WebView2 Runtime as UWP PackageDependency

[kiddliu]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Due to the license issue, the commercial UWP app owner may not distribute the WebView2 Runtime as suggested in MSDN

Describe the solution you'd like and alternatives you've considered

Make a standalone dependency package of WebView2 Runtime, and make it referenceable by an UWP app by declaring it in PackageDependency

<Dependencies>
  <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.WebView2Runtime.107.0.0.0"
    Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"
    MinVersion="79.0.0.0"/>    
</Dependencies>

AB#42438191

[nishitha-burman]

Thank you for the feedback, we have added this request to our backlog!

[nishitha-burman]

Hi @kiddliu,

Can you please provide more details on the license issue you are referring to?

Thanks!

[kiddliu]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we've noticed codecs and many LGPL-licenses packages are included in the runtime.

My scenario is that distrubuting a Win32 WebView2 app in an UWP app. Though for enterprise Windows 10 users, the runtime has been pushed to those system for quite some time, there are still cases that the runtime is not available yet. It would be great if the UWP package itself can help in this case, and possibly initialize the UDF to speed up the performance

[nishitha-burman]

Hi @kiddliu,

Thank you for the details, are you using fixed or evergreen version of the runtime?

[kiddliu]

We're kind of stuck in the middle. It's fixed version at first but switched to evergreen when we realized it might lead to troubles, and then have this idea if the feature could be supported