Summary

The focus for .NET MAUI in .NET 8 is SDK quality.

• Announcing .NET 8 Preview 2
• Installation instructions
• Known Issues
• Pinning to older version of .NET with global.json
• .NET uninstall tool

Compatibility

.NET 8 preview 2 is not included with the latest preview of Visual Studio 2022 (17.6). To use .NET MAUI, use the dotnet command line to install, build, and run. Note that installing future versions of .NET 8 previews with Visual Studio may require uninstalling .NET from the command line and other steps to reset your environment.

Recommended platform versions to build against:

• Xcode 14.2 which includes iOS, iPadOS, and Mac Catalyst 16.2
• Android API 33
• Windows App SDK 1.2.221109.1

What's Changed

• Geolocation: Add #nullable for Essentials Geolocation code by @vividos in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13371
• Revert "Add shell pages via controller instead of handler (#13332)" by @PureWeen in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13465
• Source Generator Cancellation by @mgoertz-msft in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13433
• Implement IAsyncDisposable on MauiApp by @Eilon in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13424
• move BootstrapHelper to Maui Core by @chabiss in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13431
• Include border size in Frame's measurement by @Redth in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13419
• SensorSpeed: unify sensor intervals across all platforms by @janusw in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13372
• Add Shell.Title to default template by @jfversluis in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13521
• Handled x:ClassModifier attribute to set the visibility of rootType by @egvijayanand in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13531
• [iOS] Don't scroll more than the available scrollable space by @rmarinho in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13415
• Use the TextColor value to set the ClearButton color on the Entry by @jsuarezruiz in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13475

New Contributors

• @chabiss made their first contribution in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13431
• @egvijayanand made their first contribution in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/13531

Full Changelog: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/compare/8.0.0-preview.1.7762...8.0.0-preview.2.7871