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"net5.0-windows (and later net6.0-android and net6.0-ios). These TFMs represent OS-specific flavors of .NET 5 that include net5.0 plus OS-specific functionality."

Wait - net6.0-<platform> is actually net5.0?

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I read that to mean: .NET won't get OS-specific functionality on Android and iOS until .NET 6.

Sounds more like net5.0-android and net5.0-ios doesn't exist and they will come in net6.0

I was surprised by this, too. I've spent the last 20 minutes researching; it seems every time I look away for more than a few minutes, Microsoft changes things up (then leaves nasty comments like didn't you read the FAQ or 'it was explained clearly, .net 5 is a separate language together and individually' https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/177951/future-of-xamar...).

My reading of this is that Xamarin has been dropped from .NET 5 and moved to .NET 6, and Microsoft is hoping you don't notice.

Here is where they announced that Xamerian will not ship as part of .NET 5. 4th paragraph, starting with “Last year,”:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-previ...

This announcement was made in a post announcing a preview release instead of its own post, so I can see why people missed it.

There's a table further down in the article that shows more clearly that net6.0-android is part of .NET 6

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/the-future-of-net-stan...

I think that’s a typo. Their chart further down the page clarifies.

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