Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.1

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.NET Standard 1.0 This package targets .NET Standard 1.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package Xamarin.Essentials --version 1.8.1                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package Xamarin.Essentials -Version 1.8.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Essentials" Version="1.8.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add Xamarin.Essentials --version 1.8.1                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: Xamarin.Essentials, 1.8.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install Xamarin.Essentials as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Xamarin.Essentials&version=1.8.1

// Install Xamarin.Essentials as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Xamarin.Essentials&version=1.8.1

Xamarin.Essentials: a kit of essential API's for your apps

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 was computed.  netcoreapp1.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard1.0 is compatible.  netstandard1.1 was computed.  netstandard1.2 was computed.  netstandard1.3 was computed.  netstandard1.4 was computed.  netstandard1.5 was computed.  netstandard1.6 was computed.  netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net45 was computed.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed.  monoandroid13.0 is compatible. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen30 was computed.  tizen40 is compatible.  tizen60 was computed. 
Universal Windows Platform uap was computed.  uap10.0 was computed.  uap10.0.16299 is compatible. 
Windows Phone wp8 was computed.  wp81 was computed.  wpa81 was computed. 
Windows Store netcore was computed.  netcore45 was computed.  netcore451 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed.  xamarinios10 is compatible. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed.  xamarinmac20 is compatible. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed.  xamarintvos10 is compatible. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed.  xamarinwatchos10 is compatible. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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NuGet packages (424)

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Plugin.Permissions

Check to see if your users have granted or denied permissions for common permission groups on iOS and Android. Additionally, you can request permissions with a simple cross-platform async/awaitified API.
Xam.Plugin.Media

Take or pick photos and videos from a cross platform API.
SheshaMobile.Core

Common application functionality and features to be shared across the framework
SheshaMobile.Modules

The modules module contains common functionality shared across multiple modules
ZXing.Net.Mobile

ZXing.Net.Mobile is a C#/.NET library based on the open source Barcode Library: ZXing (Zebra Crossing), using the ZXing.Net Port. It works with Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Tizen and Windows Universal (UWP). The goal of ZXing.Net.Mobile is to make scanning barcodes as effortless and painless as possible in your own applications. See https://github.com/Redth/ZXing.Net.Mobile/releases for release notes.

GitHub repositories (158)

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dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet
Powerful .NET library for benchmarking
mono/SkiaSharp
SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images.
beto-rodriguez/LiveCharts2
Simple, flexible, interactive & powerful charts, maps and gauges for .Net, LiveCharts2 can now practically run everywhere Maui, Uno Platform, Blazor-wasm, WPF, WinForms, Xamarin, Avalonia, WinUI, UWP.
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Sample apps built using the Xamarin.Forms framework
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Version Downloads Last updated
1.8.1 475,382 12/15/2023
1.8.0 594,596 8/11/2023
1.8.0-preview2 6,208 7/3/2023
1.8.0-preview1 29,417 5/10/2023
1.7.7 429,774 7/3/2023
1.7.6 61,768 6/15/2023
1.7.5 934,687 2/14/2023
1.7.4 587,130 12/12/2022
1.7.3 2,070,555 5/6/2022
1.7.2 361,415 4/7/2022
1.7.1 1,192,566 1/25/2022
1.7.0 3,230,574 7/13/2021
1.6.1 3,606,053 1/25/2021
1.6.1-preview2 3,467 1/21/2021
1.6.1-preview1 11,657 12/27/2020
1.6.0 948,041 12/21/2020
1.6.0-rc1 52,967 12/12/2020
1.6.0-pre5 19,928 12/6/2020
1.6.0-pre4 41,400 11/14/2020
1.6.0-pre3 62,194 11/6/2020
1.6.0-pre2 53,615 9/25/2020
1.6.0-pre1 13,864 9/15/2020
1.6.0-ci.2 479 9/15/2020
1.5.3.2 6,784,083 5/12/2020
1.5.3.1 335,832 4/23/2020
1.5.3 112,517 4/20/2020
1.5.2 1,968,913 3/28/2020
1.5.1 573,424 3/6/2020
1.5.0 166,249 2/26/2020
1.5.0-pre1 5,294 2/20/2020
1.4.0 129,623 2/20/2020
1.4.0-pre2 18,198 1/10/2020
1.4.0-pre 3,192 1/7/2020
1.3.1 1,553,597 9/19/2019
1.3.0 455,508 8/23/2019
1.3.0-pre 14,754 7/8/2019
1.2.0 617,932 7/8/2019
1.2.0-pre 4,983 6/20/2019
1.1.0 10,017,124 3/15/2019
1.0.1 480,046 1/15/2019
1.0.0 379,225 12/1/2018
0.11.0-preview 187,121 10/12/2018
0.10.0-preview 143,054 8/17/2018
0.9.1-preview 36,444 7/30/2018
0.8.0-preview 61,327 6/28/2018
0.7.0.17-preview 13,411 6/14/2018
0.6.0-preview 49,650 5/5/2018

See: https://aka.ms/xamarinessentials-releasenotes