diff --git a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/Gpu/Metal/SkiaMetalApi.cs b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/Gpu/Metal/SkiaMetalApi.cs
index 3022f92ec5..c1c0a74542 100644
--- a/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/Gpu/Metal/SkiaMetalApi.cs
+++ b/src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/Gpu/Metal/SkiaMetalApi.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ internal unsafe class SkiaMetalApi
         // Make sure that skia is loaded
         GC.KeepAlive(new SKPaint());
 
-        var dll = NativeLibraryEx.Load("libSkiaSharp", typeof(SKPaint).Assembly);
+        // https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/blob/25e70a390e2128e5a54d28795365bf9fdaa7161c/binding/SkiaSharp/SkiaApi.cs#L9-L13
+        // Note, IsIOS also returns true on MacCatalyst.
+        var libSkiaSharpPath = OperatingSystemEx.IsIOS() || OperatingSystemEx.IsTvOS() ?
+            "@rpath/libSkiaSharp.framework/libSkiaSharp" :
+            "libSkiaSharp";
+        var dll = NativeLibraryEx.Load(libSkiaSharpPath, typeof(SKPaint).Assembly);
 
         IntPtr address;
 
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ internal unsafe class SkiaMetalApi
         var context = _gr_direct_context_make_metal_with_options(device, queue, pOptions);
         Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pOptions);
         if (context == IntPtr.Zero)
-            throw new ArgumentException();
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to create GRContext from Metal device.");
         return (GRContext)_contextCtor.Invoke(new object[] { context, true });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs
index a51d3f2b28..b9b8b78c1e 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/AvaloniaView.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ using Avalonia.Rendering.Composition;
 using CoreAnimation;
 using Foundation;
 using ObjCRuntime;
-using OpenGLES;
 using UIKit;
 using IInsetsManager = Avalonia.Controls.Platform.IInsetsManager;
 
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         private TextInputMethodClient? _client;
         private IAvaloniaViewController? _controller;
         private IInputRoot? _inputRoot;
+        private MetalRenderTarget? _currentRenderTarget;
 
         public AvaloniaView()
         {
@@ -47,23 +47,33 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
 
             _topLevel.StartRendering();
 
-            InitEagl();
+            InitLayerSurface();
             MultipleTouchEnabled = true;
         }
 
         [ObsoletedOSPlatform("ios12.0", "Use 'Metal' instead.")]
         [SupportedOSPlatform("ios")]
         [UnsupportedOSPlatform("maccatalyst")]
-        private void InitEagl()
+        private void InitLayerSurface()
         {
-            var l = (CAEAGLLayer)Layer;
+            var l = Layer;
             l.ContentsScale = UIScreen.MainScreen.Scale;
             l.Opaque = true;
-            l.DrawableProperties = new NSDictionary(
-                EAGLDrawableProperty.RetainedBacking, false,
-                EAGLDrawableProperty.ColorFormat, EAGLColorFormat.RGBA8
-            );
-            _topLevelImpl.Surfaces = new[] { new EaglLayerSurface(l) };
+#if !MACCATALYST
+            if (l is CAEAGLLayer eaglLayer)
+            {
+                eaglLayer.DrawableProperties = new NSDictionary(
+                    OpenGLES.EAGLDrawableProperty.RetainedBacking, false,
+                    OpenGLES.EAGLDrawableProperty.ColorFormat, OpenGLES.EAGLColorFormat.RGBA8
+                );
+                _topLevelImpl.Surfaces = new[] { new EaglLayerSurface(eaglLayer) };
+            }
+            else
+#endif
+            if (l is CAMetalLayer metalLayer)
+            {
+                _topLevelImpl.Surfaces = new[] { new MetalPlatformSurface(metalLayer, this) };
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -239,7 +249,16 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         [Export("layerClass")]
         public static Class LayerClass()
         {
-            return new Class(typeof(CAEAGLLayer));
+#if !MACCATALYST
+            if (Platform.Graphics is EaglPlatformGraphics)
+            {
+                return new Class(typeof(CAEAGLLayer));
+            }
+            else
+#endif
+            {
+                return new Class(typeof(CAMetalLayer));
+            }
         }
 
         public override void TouchesBegan(NSSet touches, UIEvent? evt) => _touches.Handle(touches, evt);
@@ -253,6 +272,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         public override void LayoutSubviews()
         {
             _topLevelImpl.Resized?.Invoke(_topLevelImpl.ClientSize, WindowResizeReason.Layout);
+            if (_currentRenderTarget is not null)
+            {
+                _currentRenderTarget.PendingSize = new PixelSize((int)Bounds.Width, (int)Bounds.Height);
+                _currentRenderTarget.PendingScaling = Window.ContentScaleFactor;
+            }
+
             base.LayoutSubviews();
         }
 
@@ -261,5 +286,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
             get => (Control?)_topLevel.Content;
             set => _topLevel.Content = value;
         }
+
+        internal void SetRenderTarget(MetalRenderTarget target)
+        {
+            _currentRenderTarget = target;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/EaglDisplay.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/EaglDisplay.cs
similarity index 89%
rename from src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/EaglDisplay.cs
rename to src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/EaglDisplay.cs
index f003c4c6d7..cbd7089f4c 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/EaglDisplay.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/EaglDisplay.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+#if !MACCATALYST
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using Avalonia.Logging;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Reactive;
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         public GlContext Context { get; }
         public static GlVersion GlVersion { get; } = new(GlProfileType.OpenGLES, 3, 0);
 
-        public EaglPlatformGraphics()
+        private EaglPlatformGraphics()
         {
             
             const string path = "/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGLES.framework/OpenGLES";
@@ -29,6 +31,19 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
             var iface = new GlInterface(GlVersion, proc => ObjCRuntime.Dlfcn.dlsym(libGl, proc));
             Context = new(iface, null);
         }
+        
+        public static EaglPlatformGraphics TryCreate()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return new EaglPlatformGraphics();
+            }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.TryGet(LogEventLevel.Error, "OpenGL")?.Log(null, "Unable to initialize EAGL-based rendering: {0}", e);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     [ObsoletedOSPlatform("ios12.0", "Use 'Metal' instead.")]
@@ -122,3 +137,4 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         public object TryGetFeature(Type featureType) => null;
     }
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/EaglLayerSurface.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/EaglLayerSurface.cs
similarity index 95%
rename from src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/EaglLayerSurface.cs
rename to src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/EaglLayerSurface.cs
index 6323bb3acb..e62395c985 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/EaglLayerSurface.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/EaglLayerSurface.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-
+#if !MACCATALYST
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using System.Threading;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL.Surfaces;
 using CoreAnimation;
+using Foundation;
+using OpenGLES;
+using UIKit;
 
 namespace Avalonia.iOS
 {
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         public IGlPlatformSurfaceRenderTarget CreateGlRenderTarget(IGlContext context)
         {
             CheckThread();
-            var ctx = Platform.GlFeature.Context;
+            var ctx = ((EaglPlatformGraphics)Platform.Graphics).Context;
             if (ctx != context)
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Platform surface is only usable with tha main context");
             using (ctx.MakeCurrent())
@@ -97,3 +100,4 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         }
     }
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/LayerFbo.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/LayerFbo.cs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/LayerFbo.cs
rename to src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/LayerFbo.cs
index d971858b6d..97a9692d1c 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/LayerFbo.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Eagl/LayerFbo.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#if !MACCATALYST
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL;
@@ -148,3 +149,4 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
         public double Scaling => _oldLayerScale;
     }
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalDevice.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalDevice.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..796cc2a613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalDevice.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia.Metal;
+using Avalonia.Utilities;
+using Metal;
+
+namespace Avalonia.iOS;
+
+internal class MetalDevice : IMetalDevice
+{
+    private readonly DisposableLock _syncRoot = new();
+
+    public MetalDevice(IMTLDevice device)
+    {
+        Device = device;
+        Queue = device.CreateCommandQueue();
+    }
+
+    public IMTLDevice Device { get; }
+    public IMTLCommandQueue Queue { get; }
+    IntPtr IMetalDevice.Device => Device.Handle;
+    IntPtr IMetalDevice.CommandQueue => Queue.Handle;
+
+    public bool IsLost => false;
+
+    public IDisposable EnsureCurrent() => _syncRoot.Lock();
+    public object TryGetFeature(Type featureType) => null;
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        Queue.Dispose();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalDrawingSession.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalDrawingSession.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1587377fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalDrawingSession.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia.Metal;
+using CoreAnimation;
+
+namespace Avalonia.iOS;
+
+internal class MetalDrawingSession : IMetalPlatformSurfaceRenderingSession
+{
+    private readonly MetalDevice _device;
+    private readonly ICAMetalDrawable _drawable;
+
+    public MetalDrawingSession(MetalDevice device, ICAMetalDrawable drawable, PixelSize size, double scaling)
+    {
+        _device = device;
+        _drawable = drawable;
+        Size = size;
+        Scaling = scaling;
+        Texture = _drawable.Texture.Handle;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        var buffer = _device.Queue.CommandBuffer();
+        buffer.PresentDrawable(_drawable);
+        buffer.Commit();
+    }
+
+    public IntPtr Texture { get; }
+    public PixelSize Size { get; }
+
+    public double Scaling { get; }
+
+    public bool IsYFlipped => false;
+}
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalPlatformGraphics.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalPlatformGraphics.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5947a13b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalPlatformGraphics.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+using Metal;
+using SkiaSharp;
+
+namespace Avalonia.iOS;
+#nullable enable
+
+internal class MetalPlatformGraphics : IPlatformGraphics
+{
+    private MetalPlatformGraphics()
+    {
+        
+    }
+    
+    public bool UsesSharedContext => false;
+    public IPlatformGraphicsContext CreateContext() => new MetalDevice(MTLDevice.SystemDefault);
+
+    public IPlatformGraphicsContext GetSharedContext() => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+    public static MetalPlatformGraphics? TryCreate()
+    {
+        var device = MTLDevice.SystemDefault;
+        if (device is null)
+        {
+            // Can be null on unsupported OS versions.
+            return null;
+        }
+
+#if !TVOS
+        using var queue = device.CreateCommandQueue();
+        using var context = GRContext.CreateMetal(new GRMtlBackendContext { Device = device, Queue = queue });
+        if (context is null)
+        {
+            // Can be null on macCatalyst because of older Skia bug.
+            // Fixed in SkiaSharp 3.0
+            return null;
+        }
+#endif
+
+        return new MetalPlatformGraphics();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalPlatformSurface.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalPlatformSurface.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..453c9992c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalPlatformSurface.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using Avalonia.Metal;
+using CoreAnimation;
+
+namespace Avalonia.iOS;
+
+internal class MetalPlatformSurface : IMetalPlatformSurface
+{
+    private readonly CAMetalLayer _layer;
+    private readonly AvaloniaView _avaloniaView;
+
+    public MetalPlatformSurface(CAMetalLayer layer, AvaloniaView avaloniaView)
+    {
+        _layer = layer;
+        _avaloniaView = avaloniaView;
+    }
+    public IMetalPlatformSurfaceRenderTarget CreateMetalRenderTarget(IMetalDevice device)
+    {
+        var dev = (MetalDevice)device;
+        _layer.Device = dev.Device;
+
+        var target = new MetalRenderTarget(_layer, dev);
+        _avaloniaView.SetRenderTarget(target);
+        return target;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalRenderTarget.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalRenderTarget.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8a28154df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Metal/MetalRenderTarget.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using Avalonia.Metal;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+using CoreAnimation;
+using CoreGraphics;
+using Foundation;
+
+namespace Avalonia.iOS;
+
+internal class MetalRenderTarget : IMetalPlatformSurfaceRenderTarget
+{
+    private readonly CAMetalLayer _layer;
+    private readonly MetalDevice _device;
+    private double _scaling = 1;
+    private PixelSize _size = new(1, 1);
+
+    public MetalRenderTarget(CAMetalLayer layer, MetalDevice device)
+    {
+        _layer = layer;
+        _device = device;
+    }
+
+    public double PendingScaling { get; set; } = 1;
+    public PixelSize PendingSize { get; set; } = new(1, 1);
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public IMetalPlatformSurfaceRenderingSession BeginRendering()
+    {
+        // Flush all existing rendering
+        var buffer = _device.Queue.CommandBuffer();
+        buffer.Commit();
+        buffer.WaitUntilCompleted();
+        _size = PendingSize;
+        _scaling= PendingScaling;
+        _layer.DrawableSize = new CGSize(_size.Width, _size.Height);
+
+        var drawable = _layer.NextDrawable() ?? throw new PlatformGraphicsContextLostException();
+        return new MetalDrawingSession(_device, drawable, _size, _scaling);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs
index bb61861596..e586052087 100644
--- a/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs
+++ b/src/iOS/Avalonia.iOS/Platform.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 using System;
-
-using Avalonia.Controls;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Input.Platform;
-using Avalonia.OpenGL;
 using Avalonia.Platform;
 using Avalonia.Rendering;
 using Avalonia.Rendering.Composition;
@@ -11,6 +10,26 @@ using Avalonia.Threading;
 
 namespace Avalonia
 {
+    public enum iOSRenderingMode
+    {
+        OpenGl = 1,
+        Metal
+    }
+    
+    public class iOSPlatformOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets Avalonia rendering modes with fallbacks.
+        /// The first element in the array has the highest priority.
+        /// The default value is: <see cref="iOSRenderingMode.OpenGl"/>, <see cref="iOSRenderingMode.Metal"/>. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <exception cref="System.InvalidOperationException">Thrown if no values were matched.</exception>
+        public IReadOnlyList<iOSRenderingMode> RenderingMode { get; set; } = new[]
+        {
+            iOSRenderingMode.OpenGl, iOSRenderingMode.Metal
+        };
+    }
+
     public static class IOSApplicationExtensions
     {
         public static AppBuilder UseiOS(this AppBuilder builder)
@@ -27,18 +46,21 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
 {
     static class Platform
     {
-        public static EaglPlatformGraphics GlFeature;
+        public static iOSPlatformOptions Options;
+        public static IPlatformGraphics Graphics;
         public static DisplayLinkTimer Timer;
         internal static Compositor Compositor { get; private set; }
 
         public static void Register()
         {
-            GlFeature ??= new EaglPlatformGraphics();
+            Options = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<iOSPlatformOptions>() ?? new iOSPlatformOptions();
+
+            Graphics = InitializeGraphics(Options);
             Timer ??= new DisplayLinkTimer();
             var keyboard = new KeyboardDevice();
 
             AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable
-                .Bind<IPlatformGraphics>().ToConstant((IPlatformGraphics) GlFeature)
+                .Bind<IPlatformGraphics>().ToConstant(Graphics)
                 .Bind<ICursorFactory>().ToConstant(new CursorFactoryStub())
                 .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(new WindowingPlatformStub())
                 .Bind<IPlatformSettings>().ToSingleton<PlatformSettings>()
@@ -48,7 +70,34 @@ namespace Avalonia.iOS
                 .Bind<IDispatcherImpl>().ToConstant(DispatcherImpl.Instance)
                 .Bind<IKeyboardDevice>().ToConstant(keyboard);
 
-                Compositor = new Compositor(AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformGraphics>());
+            Compositor = new Compositor(AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformGraphics>());
+        }
+
+        private static IPlatformGraphics InitializeGraphics(iOSPlatformOptions opts)
+        {
+            if (opts.RenderingMode is null || !opts.RenderingMode.Any())
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(iOSPlatformOptions)}.{nameof(iOSPlatformOptions.RenderingMode)} must not be empty or null");
+            }
+
+            foreach (var renderingMode in opts.RenderingMode)
+            {
+#if !MACCATALYST
+                if (renderingMode == iOSRenderingMode.OpenGl
+                    && EaglPlatformGraphics.TryCreate() is { } eaglGraphics)
+                {
+                    return eaglGraphics;
+                }
+#endif
+
+                if (renderingMode == iOSRenderingMode.Metal
+                    && MetalPlatformGraphics.TryCreate() is { } metalGraphics)
+                {
+                    return metalGraphics;
+                }
+            }
+
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(iOSPlatformOptions)}.{nameof(iOSPlatformOptions.RenderingMode)} has a value of \"{string.Join(", ", opts.RenderingMode)}\", but no options were applied.");
         }
     }
 }