There are many contenders in the mobile and cross-platform realm. Flutter by google and .net MAUI by Microsoft are probably one of the stronger candidates. Both deliver a broad range of features, but they do differ quite a bit in how they work and what bases they cover. Come to see an unbiased overview of where they shine and where there still are dragons.

1. FLUTTER VS. MAUI
What should you pick and why?
Tobias Hoppenthaler

2. he/him
Principal IT Consultant @ msg group
Focus on cross platform, mobile and
desktop development
@hot33331 on social media
Tobias Hoppenthaler

3. FIGHT!

4. iOS / macOS Android Windows
C#
Visual Studio
Java / Kotlin
Android Studio
Objective-C
/ Swift
Xcode

6. Native
Cross-Platform
Web
Multiple Platforms
Full Capability
Single Platforms
Partial Capability

7. Avalonia UI
Kivy

8. Cross-platform mobile frameworks used by developers worldwide
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9. Xamarin
Xamarin Forms
.NET for iOS / Android / …
.NET MAUI

11. Under the hood

12. Shared Graphical User Interface
Shared Business Logic
Shared access to device features

13. Bob Ross Master of Puppets

17. Experimental: Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Controls

18. Come to the C#, F#, XAML side!*
*And web with Blazor…

19. Engine
(C++)
Framework
(Dart)
Material Cupertino
Widgets
Rendering
Animation Painting Gestures
Foundation
Skia Dart Text

20. Widgets,
rendering
Platform
channels
Canvas
Events
etc.
Sensors
Bluetooth
Camera
Audio
Location
Your App
Platform
Services

21. .NET Multi-platform App UI
.NET for Android WinUI
.NET for iOS / Mac Catalyst
.NET base class library (BCL)
App Code
Android Windows
iOS macOS

22. .NET Multi-platform App UI
.NET for Android WinUI
.NET for iOS / Mac Catalyst
.NET base class library (BCL)
App Code
Android Windows
iOS macOS

23. etc.
Sensors
Bluetooth
Camera
Audio
Location
Your App
Platform
Services
MAUI Platform UI
Essentials / Shiny

24. Where they stand out

25. Flutter MAUI
Android API 16+ API 21+
iOS iOS 11+ iOS 11+
Windows Windows 7+ (x64)* Windows 10 version 1809+
macOS El Capitan (10.11)+ High Sierra (10.15)+
Linux Debian 10+ (x64) no*
Web yes* no*

26. Desktop

28. Multi-window

31. Extensibility

32. Access platform SDKs completely
Create abstractions through interfaces / services
Create custom handlers for special UI needs
Create completely separate experience if necessary

33. Flutter uses a
fl
exible system that allows you to call platform-speci
fi
c APIs in
a language that works directly with those APIs:
• Kotlin or Java on Android
• Swift or Objective-C on iOS
• C++ on Windows
• Objective-C on macOS
• C on Linux

34. Docs
(Onboarding)

37. Tools

39. Dev Tools
easy to use CLI
IDE and pro
fi
ling free
Run from Windows on iOS
Single Project
Resizetizer

40. Ecosystem

41. .NET standard libs
Accelerometer App Actions App Information
App Theme Barometer Battery
Clipboard Color Converters Compass
Connectivity Contacts Detect Shake
Display Info Device Info Email
File Picker File System Helpers Flashlight
Geocoding Geolocation Gyroscope
Haptic Feedback Launcher Magnetometer
MainThread Maps Media Picker
Open Browser Orientation Sensor Permissions
Phone Dialer Platform Extensions Preferences
Screenshot Secure Storage Share
SMS Text-to-Speech Unit Converters
Version Tracking Vibrate Web Authenticator
Essentials
Community Toolkit
Shiny

45. Speeeeeeed

46. SIZEmatters

47. Dragons

50. Identical experience on all platforms
Moarrr Platforms
Better tooling
Faster onboarding

51. Native platform experience
.NET environment / devs
Migrating from Xamarin
Very
fl
exible Avalonia UI
Best before May 2024
Mobile
Desktop

52. Let’s connect!
Tobias Hoppenthaler
tobias.hoppenthaler@msg.group
@hot33331
msg.direct/ddc22
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utter