Empty Mac applicationįor start, I will create empty Cocoa app with C#. At the end, I will show how to extend this basic approach to a more complex scenario. Then I will put some GUI elements and wire-up control properties and events with a C# logic. I will start with empty macOS Cocoa/C# application. Under the hood, accessing native macOS APIs is the same as with Objective-C or Swift development. NET developers to develop full native Mac applications with C#. I will show what is possible and how to start with macOS desktop development with C#.įor me, writing C# application targeting macOS sounds like science fiction. In this blog, I will focus on macOS desktop development with C#. NET desktop development stacks are available only for Windows. NET Core 3.0 was extended with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Widows Forms. NET Core and Xamarin’s mobile-based applications enable cross platform development. We all know that console-based, web-based. NET Core, Xamarin and related technologies, this changed. NET developers were limited to develop applications strictly for Windows environment.īut with. NET developer so this post is (I guess) a bit out-of-my-course. To be honest, I have never believed that I will write about developing Mac applications with C#.