Will All Platforms REALLY Look The Same?

[njsokalski]

The goal, if I understand correctly, is to be able to use the same code for the UI on all platforms. Although I do believe this is possible, it is not something I am 100% convinced people will try to make it do. When I attempted to learn Xamarin to convert my UWP apps to Android, even the code I did manage to learn did not display the same on the different emulators. MAUI is definitely organized very differently from Xamarin, but it still needs to create stuff that will run on different OS's. I also realize that there is always a way, although sometimes it may (depending on the specific scenario) require very extreme code and even a little hacking, to make things look the same, but there is obviously a limit to what can be done before labeling your app inefficient or declaring the extra extreme code not worthwhile if all it does is make a slightly prettier button or center a piece of text. With MAUI, how much of my code really will look the same on all platforms, and how much will I still need to write as platform specific? This is obviously a question that will vary for different apps, but I am asking because I think it is one of the things that will determine whether I should wait for MAUI or just try to learn the current options.