.net MAUI app and WebPages

dodDev 1

So I have built my first .net MAUI app.
All things good.

I would like to put on a webserver and run the app from a weblink on a webpage.
Somewhat like the old SmartClient apps.

How would I go about that?

Thanks.

Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 47,686 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-06-17T08:23:07.433+00:00

Do you mean how to use webpage in MAUI to present your web service?

If so, you could use <WebView Source="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui" /> to show your WebPage, and you could refer to WebView to get more details.

Please provide more details, you could refer to this documentation: How to write a quality question
dodDev 1 Reputation point

2022-06-17T16:40:59.967+00:00

No.
I have a .net MAUI Desktop app for windows built.
We have intranet page where users can click on a link and it starts a windows smartclient app, thru ClickOnce.

Can we do a similar thing with the .net Maui App?

So instead of copy the instaler file/s to each users desktop and running installer on their desktop I can have them just click a link on the webpage.
Then if tis not installed on their desktop , or webserver has a newer version, it gets install and auto runs.

Hope that explains it.

1 answer

Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,552 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-06-17T19:22:57.72+00:00

Installation isn't a MAUI feature - it's a function of the target platform.

For Windows, you can install your packaged MSIX file via the App Installer system.

See Publish a .NET MAUI app for Windows for information on how to publish your MAUI app as a Windows MSIX
See App Installer file overview for information on how to create and use an App Installer file to distribute an app via your web page link.

MAUI publishing for Windows is not yet available directly in Visual Studio. You will need to publish from the command line and then Create an App Installer file manually
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