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macOS

PrintingTools.MacOS bridges Avalonia into AppKit and Quartz through a packaged native library.

Supported environment

  • macOS 12 or later
  • Intel and Apple Silicon
  • desktop or sandboxed applications, provided the correct entitlements are present

Feature snapshot

Capability Status
Printer discovery Supported
Print panel Supported
Page layout dialog Supported
Native preview hosting Supported
Quartz-backed PDF output Supported
Headless CI mode Supported

Sandbox notes

  • Enable print entitlement support for sandboxed apps.
  • Use user-selected or container-safe paths for PDF export.
  • Headless CI runs should skip interactive dialogs and rely on PdfOutputPath.

Native bridge

The package includes PrintingToolsMacBridge.dylib under runtimes/osx/native. When building from source on macOS, the bridge is rebuilt before the managed project compiles.