is runtime needed to be installed on android or ios device if running MAUI application on this device?

Question

Is the answer is not, does it mean the MAUI application also contains the dotnet components for supporting running on device?

I`m worrying about the application size if each MAUI application contains the shared dotnet components.

thanks!
-William

Answer 1

Hello,​

is runtime needed to be installed on android or ios device if running MAUI application on this device?

No

does it mean the MAUI application also contains the dotnet components for supporting running on device?

Yes. .NET MAUI apps will be compiled into native app packages:

Android apps built using .NET MAUI compile from C# into intermediate language (IL) which is then just-in-time (JIT) compiled to a native assembly when the app launches.

iOS apps built using .NET MAUI are fully ahead-of-time (AOT) compiled from C# into native ARM assembly code.

You can refer to this documentation for more details about How .NET MAUI works

Best Regards,

Leon Lu

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