.NET MAUI in .NET 10 RC 2 - Release Notes

October 14, 2025 · View on GitHub

Here's a summary of what's new in .NET MAUI in this RC 2 release:

.NET MAUI
.NET for Android
- Android API 36.1
.NET for iOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS, tvOS
- Xcode 26

Feature

Feature summary

.NET MAUI updates in .NET 10:

What's new in .NET MAUI in .NET 10 documentation.

.NET MAUI

This release has been focused on stabilizing the SDK.

Microphone permission

We have added the Windows implementation for Permissions.RequestAsync<Permissions.Microphone>() to request and check access permission for the device microphone.

SafeAreaEdges

Support for SafeAreaEdges has been added to Android for supporting edge-to-edge and managing content relative to keyboard and unsafe areas of the device display.

XAML Source Generation

This release includes improvements to XAML source generation with notable improvements to debug time view inflation. To enable this in your project add the following to your project file.

<PropertyGroup>
	<MauiXamlInflator>SourceGen</MauiXamlInflator>
</PropertyGroup>

.NET for Android

This release includes continued integration with multiple .NET runtimes, and several bug fixes.

Android API 36.1

Android API 36.1 bindings are now available thanks to the contribution and collaboration of the Uno Platform team.

To try out the new APIs, you can opt your project into the new net10.0-android36.1 target framework:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net10.0-android36.1</TargetFramework>
    <EnablePreviewFeatures>true</EnablePreviewFeatures>
    <!-- Remainder of your .csproj -->

Note that if omitted, net10.0-android will default to API 36.0. $(EnablePreviewFeatures) will not be required in future .NET 10 releases.

To use an Android 36.1-only API you can use the OperatingSystem class to check the Android version at runtime:

if (OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(36, 1))
{
    // Call some Android 36.1 API here
}
else
{
	// Fallback for older OS versions
	ShowToast("Android 36.1+ is required for this feature");
}

For a full sample using Android 36.1 APIs, see our Pdf Annotator sample on GitHub.

To install the Android 36.1 platform, you can go to Tools > Android > Android SDK Manager. Under the gear icon in the bottom right, change Repository* to Full List. This allows you to install Android SDK Platform 36.1.

(Experimental) CoreCLR

We continue to work on enabling Android apps to run on the CoreCLR runtime (instead of Mono). To use it, add the following to your project file for Android builds:

<!-- Use CoreCLR on Android -->
<PropertyGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android'">
    <UseMonoRuntime>false</UseMonoRuntime>
</PropertyGroup>

Please try this in your applications and report any issues; when filing feedback, state that you are using UseMonoRuntime=false. Expect that application size is currently larger than with Mono and that debugging and some runtime diagnostics are not fully functional yet; these areas are actively being improved. This is an experimental feature and not intended for production use.

A detailed list of Android changes can be found on the dotnet/android GitHub releases.