diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Application/ApplicationHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Application/ApplicationHandler.iOS.cs
index 92dd668df..2ad5099c4 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Application/ApplicationHandler.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Application/ApplicationHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Maui.Handlers
 #if __MACCATALYST__
 		class NSApplication
 		{
-			static IntPtr ClassHandle => ObjCRuntime.Class.GetHandle("NSApplication");
-			static IntPtr SharedApplicationSelector => ObjCRuntime.Selector.GetHandle("sharedApplication");
-			static IntPtr TerminateSelector => ObjCRuntime.Selector.GetHandle("terminate:");
+			static NativeHandle ClassHandle => ObjCRuntime.Class.GetHandle("NSApplication");
+			static NativeHandle SharedApplicationSelector => ObjCRuntime.Selector.GetHandle("sharedApplication");
+			static NativeHandle TerminateSelector => ObjCRuntime.Selector.GetHandle("terminate:");
 
-			readonly IntPtr _handle;
+			readonly NativeHandle _handle;
 
 			NSApplication(NativeHandle handle)
 			{
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.Maui.Handlers
 			}
 
 			public static NSApplication SharedApplication =>
-				new(IntPtr_objc_msgSend(ClassHandle, SharedApplicationSelector));
+				new(NativeHandle_objc_msgSend(ClassHandle, SharedApplicationSelector));
 
 			public void Terminate() =>
-				void_objc_msgSend_IntPtr(_handle, TerminateSelector, IntPtr.Zero);
+				void_objc_msgSend_NativeHandle(_handle, TerminateSelector, NativeHandle.Zero);
 
 			[DllImport(ObjCRuntime.Constants.ObjectiveCLibrary, EntryPoint = "objc_msgSend")]
-			static extern IntPtr IntPtr_objc_msgSend(IntPtr receiver, IntPtr selector);
+			static extern NativeHandle NativeHandle_objc_msgSend(NativeHandle receiver, NativeHandle selector);
 
 			[DllImport(ObjCRuntime.Constants.ObjectiveCLibrary, EntryPoint = "objc_msgSend")]
-			static extern void void_objc_msgSend_IntPtr(IntPtr receiver, IntPtr selector, IntPtr arg1);
+			static extern void void_objc_msgSend_NativeHandle(NativeHandle receiver, NativeHandle selector, NativeHandle arg1);
 		}
 #endif
 	}