Evergreen: Webview2

Furthermore, Microsoft has announced that the legacy WebBrowser control will be permanently disabled in future Windows releases. For line-of-business applications still using VB6 or WinForms with IE, migration to Evergreen WebView2 is not optional—it’s a necessity. Evergreen runtime supports Windows 7 ESU (Extended Security Updates) as well. However, on legacy OS, the runtime won’t auto-update if the OS itself is out of support. Plan accordingly. Part 10: Conclusion – Evergreen is the Default Choice To wrap up: Evergreen WebView2 is Microsoft’s strategic solution for hosting web content in native apps. It combines the best of both worlds: the rich capabilities of Chromium with the deployment simplicity of automatic updates.

Install-Package Microsoft.Web.WebView2 <Window x:Class="MyApp.MainWindow" ... xmlns:wv2="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Wpf;assembly=Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Wpf"> <Grid> <wv2:WebView2 Name="webView" /> </Grid> </Window> Step 3: Initialize Asynchronously with Evergreen The key here is that you do NOT specify a fixed version folder. You rely on the default environment.

await webView.EnsureCoreWebView2Async(); evergreen webview2

%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\Version\ Or, for machine-wide installations:

var options = new CoreWebView2EnvironmentOptions(); options.TargetCompatibleBrowserVersion = "1.0.1245.22"; var env = await CoreWebView2Environment.CreateAsync(null, null, options); await webView.EnsureCoreWebView2Async(env); This tells Evergreen: "Only use runtimes >= version 1.0.1245.22." You can subscribe to the NewBrowserVersionAvailable event to know when the underlying Evergreen runtime has updated. This allows you to refresh your WebView2 or notify the user. However, on legacy OS, the runtime won’t auto-update

Introduction In the modern landscape of Windows application development, developers face a recurring dilemma: how to embed rich, up-to-date web content without shipping a full browser or relying on the inconsistent, aging Internet Explorer engine.

webView.CoreWebView2.NewBrowserVersionAvailable += (sender, e) => It combines the best of both worlds: the

Enter . Since its general availability in 2020, WebView2 has revolutionized how developers integrate web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) into native Windows applications (WinForms, WPF, WinUI 3, and even console apps).