/avalonia-net6-macos-sample

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avalonia-net6-macos-sample

Default Avalonia template from https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/avalonia-dotnet-templates works on macOS without problems. But if you want to use build-in .NET bundling mechanism and have access to the macOS native APIs, you can choose a new "net6.0-macos" target framework. Changes from the default template:

  1. Change target framework from "net6.0" to "net6.0-macos". Multitarget or multiple projects can help with cross platfom.
  2. Add <RuntimeIdentifier>osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifier> (optional in later .NET SDK versions, as they will prepare combined x64 and arm build for you)
  3. Add <SelfContained>true</SelfContained> as macOS bundle can only be self-contained.
  4. Add configured Info.plist file to your project.
  5. If you use macOS APIs, don't forget to call NSApplication.Init(); from your Main method.
  6. And finally change OutputType from WinExe to Exe.

After that you can build an app bundle: dotnet publish -c Release

Or use native API:

var notification = new NSUserNotification();
notification.Title = "25 Minutes is up!";
notification.InformativeText = "Add your task to your activity log";
notification.SoundName = NSUserNotification.NSUserNotificationDefaultSoundName;
notification.HasActionButton = true;
NSUserNotificationCenter.DefaultUserNotificationCenter.DeliverNotification(notification);

Alternative approach (not shown in this repo) - continue to use generic "net6.0" target and use https://github.com/egramtel/dotnet-bundle to create an app bundle and https://www.nuget.org/packages/MonoMac.NetStandard/ to access the APIs.