Developing New Experiences

VST19 Design & Develop True Cross-Platform .NET Apps with Uno Platform

11/18/2025

4:15pm - 5:30pm

Level: Intermediate

Sam Basu

Lead Developer Advocate

Uno Platform

Modern .NET is powerful, open-source, cross-platform and welcoming to all, with mature tooling accompanied by rich ecosystems. However, when developers start building real cross-platform apps with .NET by digging deeper or pushing the boundaries, some cracks begin to surface – Uno Platform can help.

Say hello to Uno Platform - the most flexible open-source platform for cross-platform .NET development, complete with enterprise-grade tools. Paired with Uno Platform Studio, .NET developers can get a serious boost in productivity with the fastest C#/XAML dev loop, flexibility in technology stack and better bridges to empower enterprise workflows.

Uno Platform brings in a true single project approach to .NET, empowering developers with a unified solution spanning mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps. The supported platforms list includes Windows, macOS, ios, Android and two much desired destinations - Linux and the web browser through WebAssembly, with lots of Templates and MVVM/MVUX design patterns baked in.

Hot Design in Uno Platform Studio is the next-generation Visual Designer for cross-platform .NET apps - it transforms a running .NET app into a Designer from any IDE on any OS. Uno Platform also provides two rendering modes out of the box - Skia and Native, and all types of UI from Microsoft & the 3rd party ecosystem is welcome. Uno Platform Figma Plugin eases the friction in designer-developer handoff – pixel perfect C#/XAML is generated from Figma designs. Modern WebViews are also welcoming of web UI/styles – you make your own technology stack.

Uno Platform supports developer zen towards building modern .NET cross-platform apps with any IDE on any OS – come see wonderful developer experience!

You will learn:

  • Introduction to the Uno Platform stack
  • Explore latest cross-platform tooling
  • Understand code sharing and developer flexibility with Uno Platform