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.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
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[Enhancement] Minimal toolset dependency MAUI application #1392

Open mrange opened 3 years ago

mrange commented 3 years ago

Summary

I like the capability to build a MAUI application target at desktop (Windows, Mac or Linux) with minimal toolset dependency.

The background for this is that I thought I wanted to try MAUI for building a small utility application for my Windows, Mac and Linux boxes. I don't care about mobile device in my use case.

When looking at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/get-started/installation I got discouraged due the sheer size of toolset dependencies I need to add.

AFAICT I need:

I am a difficult person and I don't want to install all these dependencies and those my MAUI experiment stopped there.

What I envisioned which might not be a relevant vision in 2021 is that I could install a MAUI runtime with cherry-picked dependencies for Desktop development. I could then develop a MAUI app to target desktop devices which is the only thing relevant in my use case.

I realize I am just one guy and my use case might be considered irrelevant so feel free to close the ticket. However, it could be that others share a similar sentiment so I wanted at least to create a ticket to share my opinion on the matter.

I am very light on the actual changes needed to be done as I don't understand MAUI well enough to give any pointers.

Fundamentally I want to get started with MAUI for desktop apps faster than I can get started with Windows Forms development.

API Changes

Not sure.

Intended Use Case

Described in the summary

djsell commented 3 years ago

Yes. Having to install OpenJDK + Android SDK in order to not develop any Java or Android apps is not ideal.

manuelduarte077 commented 3 years ago

Well, I agree with you, many things have to be installed to do something, I have been testing MAUI for a few days, but installing many things takes away my desire to continue, when other platforms are more careful with that.

ghost commented 2 years ago

We've moved this issue to the Backlog milestone. This means that it is not going to be worked on for the coming release. We will reassess the backlog following the current release and consider this item at that time. To learn more about our issue management process and to have better expectation regarding different types of issues you can read our Triage Process.