.NET MAUI
A Microsoft open-source framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
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Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop
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Giorgio Sfiligoi
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I successfully tested the sample https://github.com/Azure-Samples/ms-identity-dotnetcore-maui/tree/main/MauiAppBasic in .NET MAUI 8.0.
Now I would like to create my own project using the same technique.
To begin with, I created an empty project, then I started loading the required libraries. When I load Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop I get an error:
"The target platform must be set to Windows (usually by including '-windows' in the TargetFramework property) when using Windows Forms or WPF, or referencing projects or packages that do so."
Indeed from document https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/msal/dotnet/acquiring-tokens/desktop-mobile/wam I learn that MAUI does not support this library; this leads me to two questions:
- How is that the sample compiles and runs without raising that error?
- How can I sort out this issue in my project?
Although my project is targeted to Android, I would like to have the multi-platform capability that in principle MAU offers.
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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 72,111 Reputation points2025-03-11T18:17:39.46+00:00 the Maui sample does not use "Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop", but rather "Microsoft.Identity.Client" and "Microsoft.Identity.Client.Extensions.Msal".
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Giorgio Sfiligoi 326 Reputation points
2025-03-11T19:53:43.1833333+00:00 I am confused:
- NuGet tells me that MauiAppBasic DOES use Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop version 4.61.0; if I uninstall it, VS reports an error;
- MauiAppBasic use a link to the MSLACLient folder of the sibling sample MauiAppWithBroker; in this folder, the header of class MSAClientHelper contains:
#if WINDOWS using Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop; #endif - In fact, it is required in InitializePubicClientAppAsync(), that contains:
#if WINDOWS .WithWindowsEmbeddedBrowserSupport() #endif
Removing the references to ...Desktop, the sample does not compile.
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