[SUGGESTION] Support iOS and Android development without MAUI

[NickDarvey]

Describe the feature you'd like

(This might be already planned or supported, but it's not documented.)

Given the early retirement of Visual Studio for Mac and that MAUI is built upon whatever we call Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android these days, will using the bindings directly be supported in the .NET tooling in VS Code?

Specifically, I'm looking for these features as touted on the .NET MAUI VS Code extension:

• Hit F5 to debug your app on emulators, simulators, and devices
• Switch between different startup projects and target frameworks
• Write your cross-platform C# and XAML anywhere VS Code runs

with the addition of:

• Write your cross-platform F# anywhere VS Code runs
• Attach a debugger to your running app

Alternatives considered

JetBrains Rider

Environment Information

No response

[kvenkatrajan]

FYI - @webreidi

[jkapsouras]

I have a similar recommendation. I try to use vs code for a .net ios/ .net android solution (migrated from xamarin, three projects - shared + ios/android) but vs code recognises only the android project.

[jkapsouras]

An update on this. I managed to work it out in a different project. So VS code is supporting multi platform .net (but not maui) projects out of the box @NickDarvey . I used vs studio and rider to migrate xamarin to .net and now I am able to build and debug the projects from vs code. I just have to find out why vs code not finding the ios project on my other solution.