Today, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Edge WebView2 is now generally available for use in production .NET 5, .NET Core, and .NET Framework Windows Forms and WPF applications on existing Windows versions! Additionally, we are thrilled to announce that WebView2’s Fixed Version Distribution mode is also generally available for production applications.
Previously, at Build, we introduced the .NET preview of WebView2, Microsoft’s latest browser control built on the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge that renders web content (HTML / CSS / JavaScript) in .NET applications. In October, we announced that WebView2 would be generally available for Win32 C/C++ applications.
We want to thank all of our early users and developers that engaged with us throughout the WebView2 Preview period. The tremendous amount of support and enthusiasm we’ve received from the community has been unparalleled. Constant feedback, bug reports, and feature requests have helped shape the WebView2 product roadmap and we look forward to continuing to respond to the needs of the community.
To learn more check out our documentation, a history of .NET browser controls, our Win32 announcement, additional WebView2 resources, and watch the demo of the usage of the WebView2 control from the .NET Conf 2020 keynote below.
Going forward, we will continue updating the WebView2 SDK approximately every 6 weeks driven by your feedback. To keep up with the latest updates checkout our Release Notes and follow the WebView2 Announcements Repo.
Getting Started
To get started with WebView2, check out our getting started guides:
- Getting started guide for Windows Forms
- Getting started guide for WPF
- Getting started guide for WinUI 3.0
- Getting started guide for Win32
Give us your feedback
Your feedback is our main factor in creating the Roadmap and prioritizing work items. Please share your opinions, suggestions, and details on your scenarios in our feedback repo. We appreciate your help!
We can’t wait to see what you build!
Palak Goel, Program Manager, Microsoft Edge
Olia Gavrysh, Program Manager, .NET
Is there any plans on releasing the WebView2 Runtime per user install (i.e. doesn’t require run with elevation)?
So what’s the situation with WebView2 (Chromium Edge which is win32) and Xbox?
I’m a bit confused. Why is the GA version 1.0.664.37 less than the 1.0.674-prerelease that I have been using for WPF. And why does the nuget description for the GA version not say anything about WPF like the prereleases that I have been using. Is it really ready for WPF?
The version of the package is dependent on the version of the WebVIew2 Runtime required to run the package. The pre-release package requires the latest version of the WebView2 Runtime to work. Read more here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/versioning
Thank you for the response. I understand that. However, that did not answer my question.
Hello olia
i want to start programming
I don’t know what I must choose and wich one is better c++ , python or c# .
can you guide me
thanks