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.NET MAUI Compatibility with WindowsAppSDK 1.8

Ryley Jue 0 Reputation points
2025-12-03T21:20:18.1033333+00:00

I have a .NET MAUI application that I want to be framework dependent with self contained false and windowsappsdkselfcontained false. I noticed that for my application to work I need to have runtime 1.7.4-1.7.6 to be installed. Why does 1.8 not work and is there a way to upgrade it to 1.8?

Windows development | Windows App SDK

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  1. Jack Dang (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 4,945 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-12-04T06:58:54.8633333+00:00

    Hi @Ryley Jue ,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    Official documentation supporting this:

    Because MAUI relies on this internally defined combination of WinUI 3 and Windows App SDK, manually upgrading the WindowsAppSDK NuGet package is not supported. The workload ensures that MSBuild will ignore or downgrade any attempts to reference a newer version.

    https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Maui.Core/#dependencies-body-tab

    This means that installing a newer Windows App SDK version, such as 1.8, will not make a MAUI app automatically use it. The app runs only with the Windows App SDK version that matches the MAUI workload it was built with. MAUI may adopt newer Windows App SDK versions in future releases, so it is recommended to monitor the MAUI release notes for updates.

    Hope this helps! If my answer was helpful - kindly follow the instructions here so others with the same problem can benefit as well.

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