--- title: Xamarin Forms is dead. Now what? | daily.dev description: Microsoft is ending support for Xamarin Forms and recommending developers to switch to MAUI or other alternative cross-platform .NET UI frameworks like Uno... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xamarin-forms-is-dead-now-what--ihrjh0nsd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xamarin Forms is dead. Now what? | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft is ending support for Xamarin Forms and recommending developers to switch to MAUI or other alternative cross-platform .NET UI frameworks like Uno... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xamarin-forms-is-dead-now-what--ihrjh0nsd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ihrjh0nsD.png og:image:alt: Xamarin Forms is dead. Now what? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Xamarin Forms is dead. Now what? **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft is ending support for Xamarin Forms and recommending developers to switch to MAUI or other alternative cross-platform .NET UI frameworks like Uno Platform and Avalonia. The migration process requires manual updates and there are differences in features and controls between the platforms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#avalonia](https://daily.dev/tags/avalonia), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#xamarin](https://daily.dev/tags/xamarin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xamarin-forms-is-dead-now-what--ihrjh0nsd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Xamarin Forms is dead. Now what?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xamarin-forms-is-dead-now-what--ihrjh0nsd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/xamarin-forms-is-dead-now-what--ihrjh0nsd"},"datePublished":"2024-04-11T09:01:57.162Z","dateModified":"2026-04-10T02:12:36.299Z","description":"Microsoft is ending support for Xamarin Forms and recommending developers to switch to MAUI or other alternative cross-platform .NET UI frameworks like Uno...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ae0a08fbfe0fc4efcf1ff4139819b86c?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ae0a08fbfe0fc4efcf1ff4139819b86c?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/xamarin-forms-is-dead-now-what--ihrjh0nsd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"avalonia,.net,xamarin","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Xamarin Forms is dead. Now what?"}]} ```