Flutter vs. MAUI - what should you pick and why? There are many contenders in the mobile and cross-platform realm. Flutter by google and .net MAUI by Microsoft are probably one of the stronger candidates. Both deliver a broad range of features, but they do differ quite a bit in how they work and what bases they cover. Come to see an unbiased overview of where they shine and where there still are dragons.

1. Flutter vs. MAUI
What should you pick and why?
Tobias Hoppenthaler

2. Tobias Hoppenthaler
he/him
Principal IT Consultant @ msg group
Focus on cross platform mobile and
desktop development
@hot33331 on social media

4. iOS / macOS Android Windows
C#
Visual Studio
Java / Kotlin
Android Studio
Objective-C
/ Swift
Xcode

5. Native
Cross-Platform
Web
Multiple Platforms
Full Capability
Single Platforms
Partial Capability

6. Avalonia UI

7. Xamarin
Xamarin Forms
.NET for iOS / Android / …
.NET MAUI

11. Under the hood

12. Shared Graphical User Interface
Shared Business Logic &
Access to device features

14. Come to the C#, F#, XAML side!*
*And web with Blazor…

15. Engine
(C++)
Framework
(Dart)
Material Cupertino
Widgets
Rendering
Animation Painting Gestures
Foundation
Skia Dart Text

16. Native
code
Widgets,
rendering
Platform
channels
Canvas
Events
etc.
Sensors
Bluetooth
Camera
Audio
Location
Your App
Platform
Services

17. .NET Multi-platform App UI
.NET for Android WinUI
.NET for iOS / Mac Catalyst
.NET base class library (BCL)
App Code
Android Windows
iOS macOS

18. .NET Multi-platform App UI
.NET for WinUI
.NET for iOS / Mac
.NET base class library (BCL)
App Code
Android Windows
iOS macOS

19. Native
code
Rendering
Platform
channels
etc.
Sensors
Bluetooth
Camera
Audio
Location
Your App
Platform
Services
MAUI Platform UI
Essentials /
Shiny

23. Experimental: Microsoft.Maui.Graphics.Controls

24. Where they stand out

25. ! "
#$%
&'(

26. Targets

27. Flutter MAUI
Android API 19+ API 21+
iOS iOS 9+ iOS 10+
Windows Windows 7+* Windows 10 version 1809+
macOS El Capitan (10.11)+ High Sierra (10.13)+
Linux Debian 10+ no*
Web yes* no*

28. Desktop

29. Multi-window

31. Flutter MAUI
Windows
macOS
Linux
Notifications

32. Flutter MAUI
Windows
macOS
Linux
Trayicon

34. Flutter MAUI
tvOS
google tv
watchOS
android wear
apple car play
android auto

35. Extensibility

36. Access platform SDKs completely
Create abstractions through interfaces / services
Create custom handlers for special UI needs
Create completely separate experience if necessary

37. Flutter uses a flexible system that allows you to call platform-specific APIs in
a language that works directly with those APIs:
Kotlin or Java on Android
Swift or Objective-C on iOS
C++ on Windows
Objective-C on macOS
C on Linux

38. Docs
(Onboarding)

41. Tools

43. Dev Tools
easy to use CLI
IDE and profiling free
Run from Windows on iOS
Single Project
Resizetizer

44. Ecosystem

45. .NET standard libs
Accelerometer App Actions App Information
App Theme Barometer Battery
Clipboard Color Converters Compass
Connectivity Contacts Detect Shake
Display Info Device Info Email
File Picker File System Helpers Flashlight
Geocoding Geolocation Gyroscope
Haptic Feedback Launcher Magnetometer
MainThread Maps Media Picker
Open Browser Orientation Sensor Permissions
Phone Dialer Platform Extensions Preferences
Screenshot Secure Storage Share
SMS Text-to-Speech Unit Converters
Version Tracking Vibrate Web Authenticator
Essentials
Community Toolkit
Shiny

49. Speeeeeeed

50. SIZEmatters

51. Dragons

54. Identical experience on all platforms
Moarrr Platforms
Better tooling
Faster onboarding

55. Native platform experience
.NET environment / devs
Migrating from Xamarin
Very flexible

56. Let’s connect!
Tobias Hoppenthaler
tobias.hoppenthaler@msg.group
@hot33331
msg.direct/techorama22