The Microsoft Edge WebView2 control allows you to embed web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) into your native applications. The WebView2 control uses Microsoft Edge as its rendering engine to display web content within your native applications. With WebView2, you can embed web code into different parts of your native applications or build all your native applications within a single WebView2 instance.

Benefits of WebView2

• Web ecosystem and skillset. Leverage the entire web ecosystem, including platforms, libraries, tools, and talent.

• Rapid innovation. Web development allows for faster deployment and iteration.

• Windows 10 and 11 support. Supports a consistent user experience across Windows 10 and Windows 11.

• Native capabilities. Access to the full set of native APIs.

• Code sharing. Adding web code to a codebase can improve reusability across multiple platforms.

• Microsoft provides support and requests for new features to be added on supported platforms.

• Evergreen distribution. Relies on the latest version of Chromium, as well as regular platform updates and security patches.

• Fixed version distribution. (Optional) Package a specific version of Chromium into your application.

• Incremental adoption. Add web components to your application one by one.

Supported platforms

The following programming environments are supported:

Win32 C/C++

• .NET Framework 4.5 or later
• .NET Core 3.1 or later
• .NET 5
• .NET 6
• WinUI 2.0
• WinUI 3.0

WebView2 applications can run on the following versions of Windows:

• Windows 11
• Windows 10
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC x32 2019
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC x64 2019
• Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Edition 21h1 x64
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016

Windows 7 and 8: WebView2 runtime version 109 is the final version that supports the following Windows versions.

WebView2 Features and API Overview

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/overview-features-apis?tabs=dotnetcsharp

Includes the following:

Key classes: Environment, Controller, and Core Web/Native Interoperability Browser Functionality Management; Navigation to pages and managing loaded content; iframe validation; Rendering WebView2 in non-frame applications; Rendering WebView2 using Composition; User data; Performance and debugging; Chrome Developer Tools Agreement (CDP).

Manual installation

• Download link:https://developer.microsoft.com/zh-cn/microsoft-edge/webview2/

Friendly reminder: If your Windows system already has an older version of WebView2 installed, please download [the appropriate version]. Evergreen Bootstrap Proceed with the installation (the first one on the left in the image above).

Check the installed WebView2 version

• Xiaofeitu: Software menu bar > Help > Install Plugins > Plugin list to view installed versions