# dotnet/android

.NET for Android provides open-source bindings of the Android SDK for use with .NET managed languages such as C#

Repository: https://github.com/dotnet/android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dotnet-android
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:16:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3808, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 85, "gap_med": 35, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2135, forks 578 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:17.553409+00:00)

## What it is
.NET for Android provides open-source bindings of the Android SDK and tooling for use with .NET managed languages such as C#. It ships as an optional .NET workload for .NET 6+ and is the successor to Xamarin.Android, also serving as the Android foundation of .NET MAUI.

## Use cases
- build native android apps in c#
- develop android applications with dotnet
- migrate xamarin.android apps to .net
- access android sdk apis from c#
- create android apps using maui
- use .net managed languages for android development

## When to choose
- you want to build Android apps in C# or another .NET language
- you are migrating an existing Xamarin.Android project to modern .NET
- you are building .NET MAUI apps targeting Android
- you need up-to-date Android SDK bindings that update independently of .NET

## When to avoid
- you are building Android apps in Kotlin or Java with no .NET involvement
- you still rely on classic Xamarin.Android, which ended support on May 1, 2024
- you need a cross-platform UI toolkit on its own rather than Android bindings (consider .NET MAUI)
- you target Android API levels newer than your installed workload without updating it

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, build-tool, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: dotnet, c
- tags: xamarin-android, android-sdk-bindings, dotnet-workload, maui, csharp, android

## Member repositories
- dotnet/android (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.553409+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:51:54.341993+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotnet/android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.553409+00:00, sha 6bc435f7d67f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.