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Add .NET MAUI Support
I was using the Analytics and Crash packages (Version 4.5.0) in my current .NET MAUI App and it worked for both Android and iOS. Now, on .NET MAUI RC3, AppCenter integration has stopped working and instead crashes on startup with a FileNotFoundException telling me it was missing Microsoft.Windows.Forms Version 4.0.0.0.
It would be awesome if AppCenter officially supported .NET MAUI as it is the next evolution of Xamarin.Forms. Also, .NET MAUI will reach GA most probably at Microsoft BUILD this month.
Hello @Mephisztoe, thank you for getting in touch with us! We've filed this feature request on our internal dashboard.
Hi @Syed-RI , we are currently working on it. The next release should include the full support for dotnet 6 and MAUI.
@DmitriyKirakosyan Any timeline on this? Are we talking weeks/months? Thanks!
@Syed-RI, @stephenhauck, initial issue regarding App Center MAUI Build is here: https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter/issues/2360 Current issue is only related to the appcenter-sdk-dotnet and don't related with AppCenter Build features.
Something's happening: https://twitter.com/jfversluis/status/1575470486863200256
Yep, you can try 5.0.0-preview.1, it contains .NET 6 target.
And feel free to share your feedback about it, we're interested in it. Thanks
Has anything changed in regards to how you initialise and register it? Such as can we use it with MAUI DependencyInjection?
Hi @Mephisztoe and all! As @MatkovIvan mentioned above our 5.0.0-preview.1 contains .NET 6 target. It should work for Distribution, Analytics, and Diagnostics packages. We'd love to get your feedback on this preview release. Please let us know and stay tuned with us for the full support for dotnet 6 and MAUI in the near future!
@Syed-RI , you can initialise AppCenter SDK in App.xaml.cs' ctor. See Apps/Contoso.MAUI.Demo/App.xaml.cs#L27 for the reference.
@Syed-RI , you can initialise AppCenter SDK in App.xaml.cs' ctor. See Apps/Contoso.MAUI.Demo/App.xaml.cs#L27 for the reference.
I see, so nothing changed on the API surface. Still using static classes for crash and analytics
The preview version SDK does seem to be non-functional for me in a .NET6 macOS app.
No sessions are being tracked, Analytics.TrackEvent & Crashes.GenerateTestCrash don't work at all either.
I created a new MAUI app from scratch yesterday and imported the following three NuGet packages:
- Microsoft.AppCenter (5.0.0-preview.1)
- Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics (5.0.0-preview.1)
- Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes (5.0.0-preview.1)
I then initialized AppCenter within my MauiApp builder (CreateMauiApp) like so:
AppCenter.Start(
"ios=nnnnnnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnnnnnnnnnn;" +
"android=nnnnnnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-nnnnnnnnnnnn;",
typeof(Analytics), typeof(Crashes));
And for simplicity reasons, I just forced a crash within the click handler in the templates' demo source:
Crashes.GenerateTestCrash();
I didn't test logging or error reporting features (yet). I didn't test MacOS, Tizen or Windows Targets; only Android and iOS.
However, AppCenter shows analytics and diagnostics information for both iOS and Android for me.
@tipa May I ask you for the details of your macos net6 app? Is it MAUI? Can you share verbose logs?
It would be helpful if you create a separate issue with the details.
Do we have any timeline as to when 5.0.0-preview.1 will make it into a stable release? This fixes an issue with AppCenter.Crashes on app startup I was experiencing after upgrading my Xamarin.ios app to Microsoft.ios .NET6 app. I am currently unable to release my updates to Apple as the app contains a pre release dependency.
Hi @bez70 , Can you create an issue with your crash or point to the existing one? net6.0-ios app should work normally with a preview version. If you refer to https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter-sdk-dotnet/issues/1692, my concern is that it might be a dotnet bug, not our SDK's. So the details about your project and environment will help us to investigate it further.
Hi @DmitriyKirakosyan , my app does work normally with the preview version 5.0.0-preview.1, this fixes the issue in the stable release 4.5.3 that doesn't work. My issue is that I can't release my app with an potentially unstable dependency that is still in preview. Given Apples tight timescales on upgrading apps to the latest version of their OS I would like to know when the 5.0.0-preview.1 release will be published as a stable version?
Ah, got it, thank you for the clarification! We are currently working on the release, so I expect it to be published within two weeks.
Did this ever happen? I just added 5.0.1 NuGet and call AppCenter.Start in App.xaml.cs in the OnStart method and get this exception on iOS:
Could not create a native instance of the type 'Microsoft.AppCenter.Apple.Bindings.MSACWrapperSdk': the native class hasn't been loaded.
It is possible to ignore this condition by setting ObjCRuntime.Class.ThrowOnInitFailure to false.
On Android it just freezes when I start debugging or install the app directly. I take out AppCenter.Start (and comment out the method bodies that do the logging) and it's fine.
@DeerSteak Have you tried calling AppCenter.Start from the App.xaml.cs constructor instead of the OnStart method?
@MichaelShapiro thanks for trying to help. That actually puts it earlier in the startup process, and does not help. The native class is still not loaded, it says.
@DeerSteak , You seem to face the same issue reported here https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter-sdk-dotnet/issues/1692.
Are you building your project on Windows machine? Can you reproduce it on a new app?
@DeerSteak could you please provide information that @DmitriyKirakosyan asked for?
@DeerSteak me too I'm looking for NET6 support of AppCenter, as previously reported version 5.0.1 is still failing to initialize and IsEnabledAsync() is returning false...
