Will There Be a .NET MAUI Community Toolkit?

Summary

The transcript discusses the future of the Xamarin Community Toolkit and its transition to .NET MAUI, highlighting three key approaches for developers moving forward. The speaker, who was involved in creating the original toolkit, explains that the existing Xamarin Community Toolkit will enter maintenance mode, with bug fixes but no new features, and will be supported until November 2022. The most significant development is the creation of a compact version for .NET MAUI that will allow developers to use existing Xamarin Forms renderers and more easily migrate their applications to the new framework. The practical takeaway is that developers will have multiple toolkit options to help them smoothly transition from Xamarin Forms to .NET MAUI, ensuring continuity and reducing migration complexity.