# Brief .NET MAUI Preview

### .NET MAUI Initial
.NET MAUI or the Multi-platform App UI is a cross platform UI framework. Details of it are located [here.](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/what-is-maui)

This is not what my first actual post was going to be, but I decided today to sink into some MAUI for the first time. This is very brief, but these are my initial reactions with zero code development. I am hoping to get more time with it to perform some actual development. My real target is iOS.

### Installation
VS2022 Preview 17.1 was really easy. Select which version from Microsoft's site, and ensure that you install the Mobile development with .NET option. You should see the "This includes a preview of the ..."

### New Project
Project templates are good to go in the preview version. Just select a new project and select MAUI from the "All project types" drop down. Afterwards you get a nice tree that should give you some comfort so far.

![01.PNG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1641410990624/Tcn5IQxhk.png)

Probably some initial setup for Android Sdk licensing, but ok...hit accept.

![02.PNG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1641411039818/2sVJIaOyq.png)

![03.PNG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1641411045836/4M1y2eOAr.png)

I see some errors down at the bottom by default. Not crazy about that at startup with a new project, but it is preview.

![04.PNG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1641411050654/_bmDhYlpx.png)

The android emulator was enabled by default. No worries. After running, I am getting an error.

![05.PNG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1641412086004/PuWbApdsv.png)

Ok, let's switch to a windows device (Windows Machine). Much better..

![06.PNG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1641412301300/pC_T7Nb40.png)

### Conclusion
After a little bit of time, I was able to see the default project. The other platform option issues are completely on my end from what I can tell initially, but so far I like the integration, the XAML direction and the ease of use to switch between devices. So far so good Microsoft.