By Kevin McNeish For years, .NET developers have been incredibly productive building Windows, web, and backend systems. Today, with Visual Studio 2026 and .NET MAUI , that same productivity extends cleanly into mobile and desktop app development—without forcing you to abandon your existing skills or tooling. At a high level, .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) lets you build native applications for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS from a single shared codebase using C# and