---
title: "Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-wsa-for-net-maui-android-development-etexywv0y
source_url: https://egvijayanand.in/2024/03/05/using-windows-subsystem-for-android-for-dotnet-maui-android-development/
type: article
source: "Planet Xamarin"
published: 2024-03-05T00:38:23.005Z
updated: 2026-04-10T02:13:23.294Z
tags: ["android", "android-development", "avalonia", "blazor", "c", "flutter", "ios", "iphone", "java", "kotlin", "linux", "mac", "mobile", ".net", ".net-core", ".net-maui", "swiftui", "visual-studio", "vscode", "windows", "winui", "wpf", "xamarin"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 3
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development

**[Planet Xamarin](https://daily.dev/sources/planetxamarin)** · 4 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allows Windows 11 devices to run Android applications. It offers better performance compared to the Android Emulator, but lacks support for Google Play Services.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@alexravenna** · 0 upvotes

> Just don't forget that it was announced that WSA will shut down in a year and that Amazon is already pulling out of it:
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/microsoft-will-kill-windows-subsystem-for-android-on-windows-11-next-year-but-amazon-just-drove-a-nail-in-the-coffin/ar-BB1jqMGq
>
> The docs already mention this too: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

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