Getting started with .NET MAUI (iOS) on an M1 Mac

The easiest way of getting started with .NET MAUI development (iOS) on an M1 Mac.

.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML that can run on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows from a single shared code-base.

1 Install macOS Arm64 .NET SDK on M1 Mac.

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download

Alternatively you can also install Visual Studio 2022 for Mac preview.

2 Install .NET MAUI workload with the dotnet CLI. A .NET "workload" is a collection of packs. Launch "Terminal" and enter the following:

dotnet workload install maui

Note - You may need "sudo" in front of the command to enable the necessary security privileges.

Check that the MAUI workload is installed successfully.

dotnet workload list

3 Create a new folder and a new MAUI app.

mkdir MyMauiApp

cd MyMauiApp

dotnet new maui

4 Run the MAUI app in an iOS Simulator.

dotnet build -t:Run -f net6.0-ios

5 Install Visual Studio Code for Mac.

https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

6 Launch Visual Studio Code and open the "MyMauiApp" folder to view the source code.