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Getting Started tutorials

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These articles cover how to set up your development tools and create an initial WebView2 app, like a Hello World app with basic functionality. Learn about WebView2 concepts along the way.

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Get started with WebView2 in WinUI 2 (UWP) apps WinUI2_GettingStarted Use C# Blank App (Universal Windows) project template and install the Microsoft.UI.Xaml package (WinUI 2), which installs the Microsoft.Web.WebView2 SDK package as a dependency.
Get started with WebView2 in WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK) apps WinUI3_GettingStarted Use the Blank App, Packaged (WinUI in Desktop) project template, which uses the WindowsAppSDK, which includes the WebView2 SDK. Add an address bar and URL logic.
Get started with WebView2 in WPF apps WPF_GettingStarted Use the WPF Application or WPF App (.NET Framework) project template to create a WPF app, and then install the WebView2 SDK for the project to add WebView2.
Get started with WebView2 in WinForms apps WinForms_GettingStarted Use the C# Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) project template to create a WinForms project, then install the Microsoft.Web.WebView2 SDK package for the WinForms project.
Get started with WebView2 in Win32 apps Win32_GettingStarted Starts by opening an existing Win32 app project that has the WebView2 SDK and code already added.
Get started with WebView2 in HoloLens 2 Unity apps Hololens2_GettingStarted Starts by opening an existing Unity project that has the WebView2 SDK package and sample code added.

See also

  • Microsoft Edge WebView2 - initial introduction to WebView2, at developer.microsoft.com.
  • Sample apps - framework-specific sample apps that showcase more of the WebView2 APIs than the Getting Started tutorials.
  • WebView2Samples repo - contains completed Visual Studio projects that result from following the steps in these Getting Started tutorials, as well as sample apps and deployment samples.