Is CommunityToolkit.Maui.NativeLibraryInterop a reliable solution for using native iOS libraries in .NET MAUI?

[javohirtohirovich]

Hi,

I’m trying to integrate a native iOS .xcframework into my .NET MAUI project using CommunityToolkit.Maui.NativeLibraryInterop, but I'm facing a lot of challenges. The documentation is extremely limited, and I couldn’t find any complete working example or guidance.

Before I go deeper into debugging or restructuring things, I have a few questions:

Is this project production-ready or actively maintained?

Can it be reliably used to bind and use native iOS libraries?

Is there any complete step-by-step guide or example showing how to correctly set up and consume an iOS native library (e.g., .xcframework) using this package?

I’ve spent a considerable amount of time trying to get it working, but without proper documentation, it's been really difficult.

Any help or clarification would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

[DavePilks]

Given that this is a 3 week old issue with no reply I would say no. I have just tried making a simple change to the sample template and it doesnt work.

[joemicmc]

I'm not sure at the moment if it's reliable or not...

Building for Android and iOS appear to work with the sample template.

• If you target Android it can be built on Windows
• If you target iOS it has to be built on MacOS

Build the binding projects and if the using statements aren't resolved, try reloading the project.

• Deploying to Android physical device and iOS simulator works for me.
• Deploying iOS IPA to physical device fails with missing symbol for me (will raise as an issue).

[joemicmc]

I got it working with physical devices as per here: #105

The template csproj file minimum supported iOS doesn't match up with the Xcode minimum deployments property.

Hopefully a quick fix. I'm not familiar with Xcode otherwise would submit a PR myself.