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Discussion on: Introduction to WinUI 3 Desktop Development

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deexter

Why to choose win ui 3 instrad or maui? Are there any pros / cons?

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Barani Kumar S

One of the major drawback of using MAUI is the lack or restriction of using UI controls.

If you see the Sample Gallery App (the link is at the end of the blog), you'll notice that the WinUI 3 has more UI controls than MAUI offers.

Also, Win UI has access to all of the Windows API's (win32). But MAUI restricts majority of those coz due to the nature of being cross platform.

Also MAUI restricts the usage of Community libraries like "Windows Community Toolkit"

At the end of the day, it's totally up to you whether to choose MAUI or winui.