//Build 2020: Xamarin.Forms Experts Panel

Hosts

When will .NET MAUI be released?
- It will be included in .NET 6
- The roadmap is available here: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/wiki/Roadmap
Will Xamarin.Forms be deprecated when .NET MAUI debuts?
- The plan is to add features to Xamarin.Forms until .NET MAUI reaches GA in .NET 6. After .NET MAUI is released in .NET 6 in November 2020, Xamarin.Forms will continue to receive priority service for 12 months.
Will .NET MAUI automatically generate all of the iOS and Android images based on a single image?
- Yes! It will resize your Image assets to 1x, 2x, 3x, HDPI, XHDPI, etc., similar to the Resizetizer NuGet Package

Resources

Will .NET MAUI allow deployment of one code base across iPhone, Android, Windows Desktop, macOS Desktop and Linux?
- Yes, checkout this chart in the .NET MAUI README to see the platforms supported
What flavor of XAML will be supported by .NET MAUI
- It will continue to support the same XAML that we know and love from Xamarin.Forms
How will .NET MAUI affect existing Xamarin Plugins developed by the community?
- To target .NET MAUI, Plugins will need to add a dependency to .NET 6 and reference the new System.Maui namespaces
Will .NET MAUI and Blazor be unified?
- Stay tuned! No official plans yet, but we're looking into the possibility.
Will .NET Maui allow you to break out into Native UI when needed?
- Yes! It leverages Multitargeting which allows us to reference platform-specific APIs in our unified MAUI project
For new developers, should we start building apps with MAUI?
- Today, continue using Xamarin.Forms because MAUI won't be available until the preview of .NET 6 is released later this year.
What can we expect as far as performance improvements with MAUI?
- Slim Renderers will drastically improve performance and standardize renderers across platforms

Is there plans to build/run a Xamarin.iOS app without connecting to macOS/Xcode?
- Hot Restart allows us to build/deploy our Xamarin.Forms app to an iOS device directly from Visual Studio on Windows without connecting to a Mac. You will still need macOS / Xcode to publish the app to the App Store and AdHoc users.
What exciting new features are available today in Xamarin.Forms?
- Maddy: Gradient Brush in Xamarin.Forms v4.7-pre1
- Matt: Xamarin.Forms.Shell Backwards Navigation
- Brandon: Xamarin.Forms C# Markup
- David: I love all of my new features equally 😇

What is the future of Xamarin.Essentials?
- Like Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin.Essentials is also being rolled into .NET
  - Xamarin.Essentials -> System.Devices
  - Xamarin.Forms -> System.Maui
When can we start using SDK Projects with Xamarin?
- .NET 6
When can we expect UWP XAML Hot Reload?
- It's on the roadmap for Spring 2020