The latest .NET MAUI component is available in Visual Studio 2026:

You can also download the .NET 10 RC 1 SDK directly, followed by:

> dotnet workload install android
...
Successfully installed workload(s) android.

To verify installation:

> dotnet workload list

Installed Workload Id      Manifest Version                            Installation Source
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android                    36.0.0-rc.1.285/10.0.100-rc.1               SDK 10.0.100-rc.1

TLDR

For a short list of Android features in .NET 10, see:

• #9571

What's Changed

• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=rc.1 by @jonathanpeppers in #10318
• [tests] fix GetString_Many() test by @jonathanpeppers in #10317
• [build] pack Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk by @jonathanpeppers in #10321
• Remove tests/BCL-Tests directory and move NetworkChangeTest to Mono.Android-Tests by @Copilot in #10320
• Fix NRT annotations in MSBuild Tasks Legacy/ResolveAndroidTooling.cs by @Copilot in #10315
• [build] set $(PackageVersionSuffix) for dotnet/android-tools by @jonathanpeppers in #10325
• [native] update p/invoke tables for libSystem.Native.so by @jonathanpeppers in #10330
• [tests] add a smoke test for System.IO.Directory by @jonathanpeppers in #10331
• Fix NRT annotations in Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks to follow repository guidelines by @Copilot in #10327
• Cleanup: remove Xamarin.Android.Bindings.targets and _AndroidIsBindingProject usage by @Copilot in #10337
• Cleanup: remove src\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\Xamarin.Android.PCLSupport.* and other unshipped MSBuild files by @Copilot in #10344
• [build] remove usage of "Facades" directories by @jonathanpeppers in #10342
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 8.9.35 to 8.11.18 in /src/r8 by @dependabot[bot] in #10347
• [xabt] suppress XA0101 for Razor class libraries by @jonathanpeppers in #10350
• [tests] enable GCBridge category for CoreCLR by @jonathanpeppers in #10354
• [xabt] Compute $DOTNET_DiagnosticPorts using MSBuild properties by @jonathanpeppers in #10351
• [copilot] update instructions file by @jonathanpeppers in #10355
• Fix NRT annotations in src\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\Utilities\ directory with proper MSBuild compatibility by @Copilot in #10335
• Audit static field usage: Make mutable static fields readonly to improve MSBuild safety by @Copilot in #10359
• [build] update $(ProductVersion) to align with Android 16 by @jonathanpeppers in #10361
• [CoreCLR] Remove unused struct types from CoreCLR host header by @Copilot in #10264
• Fix null-forgiving operator usage in MarshalMethodsAssemblyRewriter by @Copilot in #10362
• [WIP] <RemoveDirFixed/> MSBuild task can take 8+ seconds by @Copilot in #10363
• [vscode] update recommended VS Code extensions by @jonathanpeppers in #10366
• Fix AndroidLibrary Pack='false' ignoring jar exclusion from AAR packages by @Copilot in #10365
• Enable nullable reference types for JavaResourceParser and MD2Managed in Utilities directory by @Copilot in #10364
• [build] enable transitive trimmer warnings by @jonathanpeppers in #10369
• Fix Aapt2Link not passing min SDK version to aapt2 by @Copilot in #10194
• Bumps com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger from 31.11.1 to 31.12.0 by @jonathanpeppers in #10370
• [tests] Simplify CreateDllBuilder() and CreateApkBuilder() calls to use default parameters by @Copilot in #10373
• [xabt] Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks.dll should be strong-named by @jonathanpeppers in #10377
• Add comprehensive XML documentation to Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks test framework API by @Copilot in #10380
• [build] Bump NDK to r28c by @grendello in #10386
• [tests] fix AppWithAndroidJavaSource test by @jonathanpeppers in #10389
• Add BA2008 EnableControlFlowGuard suppression for aapt2.exe by @Copilot in #10390
• [build] build with Open JDK 21.0.8 by @jonathanpeppers in #10391
• Make 7z able to handle symlinks in the NDK zip again by @grendello in #10392
• Update BinSkim BA2008 suppression for aapt2.exe with wildcard pattern and proper justification by @Copilot in #10394
• [clr] fix environment variable setting by @grendello in #10395
• [WIP] Fix NRT annotations in src\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\ by @Copilot in #10393
• [xabt] fix default trimmer switches for Metrics by @jonathanpeppers in #10388
• [xaprepare] Fix detection of the new Debian/sid version by @grendello in #10399
• [Docs] Update JDK version in docs by @davidnguyen-tech in #10410
• Fix WebClient obsolete warning by replacing with HttpClient by @Copilot in #10407
• [profiled-aot] update AOT profile using 10.0.100-rc.1.25412.102 by @jonathanpeppers in #10412
• [NativeAOT] remove @(KnownILCompilerPack) hack by @jonathanpeppers in #10413
• [xabt] see if we can remove _RemoveLinuxFrameworkReferences by @jonathanpeppers in #10415
• [Mono.Android] fix Type.GetType() performance issue by @jonathanpeppers in #10416
• Expose usesPermissionFlags in UsesPermissionAttribute for Android API 31+ Bluetooth permissions by @Copilot in #10411

New Contributors

• @davidnguyen-tech made their first contribution in #10410

Full Changelog: 36.0.0-preview.7.229...36.0.0-rc.1.285