VSCode .net MAUI what version of dotnet? xcode? nugets?

[sisaacks]

I have beyond frustrated, I have been trying to build iOS in VSCode on my MAC
According to this: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/wiki/Release-Versions
The current version is .net version is [9.0.40 (SR 4.0)] and the correct SDK is 9.0.100
I downloaded the following .net SDK: SDK 9.0.100-rc.2
I added the .NET MAUI Extension is VSCode: 1.9.21
XCODE: 16.1
MAUI WorkLoad: SDK 9.0.100 -rc.2

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="9.0.40" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility" Version="9.0.40" />
<PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Maui" Version="10.0.0" />

The above configuration I get that I need to download a different adroid sdk. But I dont care about Anroid, I am trying to buidl IOS.

If I go above the .net SDK 9.0.100 then I get an error stating that SetFocusOnEntryCompletedBehavior is not in the toolkit manifest.

I have tried every combination of .net, MAUI controls, MAUI Extentions...nothing seems to work. I have spent two days on this and I am at a loss at how to get this to work and I cannot find any documentation stating exactly what I need to get this to work. If anybody can help it would be much appreciated

[MartyIX]

It's unclear to me what you actually want to compile. A .NET MAUI app on iOS or .NET MAUI itself from source code?

[sisaacks]

@MartyIX -- I have a .net 9 MAUI app, I have to build, debug and deploy iOS in VSCode. However I cannot find the right combination of XCode, Nugets, .net version, workloads to get the application to debug. I have googled and googled but could not find anything. I finally uninstalled XCode, VScode, and .net. I reinstalled everything and now the app builds and runs with no errors with the following. One thing I did different, is I installed .net 8 and .net 9. I am still not sur what was going on. Previously I was getting an error when debugging that stated: SetFocusOnEntryCompletedBehavior was not found in the maui toolkit. However, the app does build, does deploy but immediately crashes. Android works perfectly. It always seems to be a battle with iOS.

The first error I can see is: ***Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Xaml.XamlParseException', reason: 'Position 11:8. STaticResource not found for key LIghtGrayOpaqueDarkTheme (Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Xaml.XamlParseException). But this does not happen on Android and LIghtGrayOpaqueDarkTheme is definitely in the resource dictionary.

XCode: 16.3
VSCode: 1.99.1
.NET 9 SDK:
MAUI Workload:
CommunityToolkit.Maui: 11.0
Microsoft.Maui.Controls: 9.0.50
Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility: 9.0.50

[MartyIX]

I find it useful in such situations to run sudo dotnet workload update. It helped me multiple times.

[sisaacks]

@MartyIX I have done that multiple times as well. I have no clue why iOS thinks the static resource does not exist. Absolutely wild to me.

[MartyIX]

Interesting. You hit some nasty bug. It hasn't happened to me yet.