Answer by Liyun Zhang - MSFT for sqlite3.dll Not Found in .NET 8 MAUI Project on Android

I create a new project and reproduce your problem. I found the Mono.Data.Sqlite Version="1.0.61" package targets .NET Framework 4.0. And it's last updating is 11/5/2018.

The visual studio also showed warning:

Warning (active)  NU1701      Package 'Mono.Data.Sqlite 1.0.61' was restored using '.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1, .NETFramework,Version=v4.6.2, .NETFramework,Version=v4.7, .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.1, .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2, .NETFramework,Version=v4.8, .NETFramework,Version=v4.8.1' instead of the project target framework 'net8.0-android34.0'. This package may not be fully compatible with your project.

So you can check the official document about the .NET MAUI local databases and use the sqlite-net-pcl instead.