Platform Support

Xamarin.Essentials supports the following platforms and operating systems:

Platform	Version
Android	4.4 (API 19) or higher
iOS	10.0 or higher
Tizen	4.0 or higher
tvOS	10.0 or higher
watchOS	4.0 or higher
UWP	10.0.16299.0 or higher
macOS	10.12.6 (Sierra) or higher

Note

• Tizen is officially supported by the Samsung development team.
• tvOS & watchOS have limited API coverage, please see the feature guide for more information.
• macOS support is in preview.

Feature Support

Xamarin.Essentials always tries to bring features to every platform, however sometimes there are limitations based on the device. Below is a guide of what features are supported on each platform.

Icon Guide:

• - Full support
• - Limited support
• - Not supported

Feature	Android	iOS	UWP	watchOS	tvOS	Tizen	macOS
Accelerometer
App Actions
App Information
App Theme
Barometer
Battery
Clipboard
Color Converters
Compass
Connectivity
Contacts
Detect Shake
Device Display Information
Device Information
Email
File Picker
File System Helpers
Flashlight
Geocoding
Geolocation
Gyroscope
Haptic Feedback
Launcher
Magnetometer
MainThread
Maps
Media Picker
Open Browser
Orientation Sensor
Permissions
Phone Dialer
Platform Extensions
Preferences
Screenshot
Secure Storage
Share
SMS
Text-to-Speech
Unit Converters
Version Tracking
Vibrate
Web Authenticator