UNO 6: MacCatalyst support removed?

[baskren]

As of Uno 6.0, I've noticed that MacCatalyst is no longer an option at https://new.platform.uno and when I try dotnet new unoapp -platform "maccatalyst" ... , I get the following:

Error: Invalid option(s):
-platforms android, ios, wasm, desktop, windows, maccatalyst
   'android, ios, wasm, desktop, windows, maccatalyst' is not a valid value for -platforms. The possible values are:
      android   - Enables the Android target platform
      desktop   - Enables Skia Desktop Windows, macOS, Linux (X11/Framebuffer)
      ios       - Enables the iOS target platform
      wasm      - Enables the WebAssembly target platform
      windows   - Enables the Windows target platform using WinAppSDK (WinUI 3)

In Rider, I tried pasting a MacCatalyst folder into MyApp/Platforms but Main.maccatalyst.cs won't resolve UIKit.

Given the ability to access MacCatalyst SDK in a net9.0-maccatalyst target, is there a work around?

[baskren]

OH, so close!

Here's what I had to do to get MacCatalyst to work:

1. Add net9.0-maccatalyst to the <TargetFrameworks> in the app's .csproj (forgot to mention that I did that in my previous post)
2. Copy the MacCatalyst folder from an older app into the project's Platforms folder (as noted earlier)
3. Modify Main.maccatalyst.cs as shown below:

using UIKit;
using Uno.UI.Hosting;

namespace MyApp.MacCatalyst;

public class EntryPoint
{
    // This is the main entry point of the application.
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        App.InitializeLogging();

        // if you want to use a different Application Delegate class from "AppDelegate"
        // you can specify it here.
        //UIApplication.Main(args, null, typeof(App));
        
        var host = UnoPlatformHostBuilder.Create()
            .App(() => new App())
            .UseAppleUIKit()
            .Build();

        host.Run();
    }
}

[jeromelaban]

Indeed, we've removed Mac Catalyst from template options because the desktop target is generally the best one to use. Having both was causing confusion.

Mac Catalyst is still supported by Uno otherwise, as you've seen with this builder.

[baskren]

Thanks @jeromelaban . I appreciated you going into a little more detail at yesterday's Q&A session.