WinUI 3.0: Why UWP project is asking for MS Edge for Business for WebView2?
See original GitHub issueWhen I use WebView2
control in a UWP
project with WinUI 3.0
and run the app, the webpage inside WebView2
control is not displayed. Instead, the app displays the following message that takes me to Microsoft Edge for Business download page:
a suitable version of Microsoft edge was not detected. Please install the latest beta channel build from here
Question: Why it’s asking for Microsoft Edge for Business? I already have the latest version of MS Edge Canary Channel
and the latest release version MS Edge installed on my Windows 10 - Pro
. I don’t want to install too many versions.
MainPage.xaml:
<Page
x:Class="UWP_WinUI.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:UWP_WinUI"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Button x:Name="myButton" Click="myButton_Click">Click Me</Button>
<WebView2 x:Name="wvTest" Grid.Row="1" Source="https://www.bing.com/"/>
</Grid>
</Page>
Display of the app
The webpage is supposed to display in the WebVeiw2
below the button control. But instead, the message (shown below) is displayed:
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- Created 3 years ago
- Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)
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Lets leave this open to track the changing of the link.
@codendone Thank you for having the issue fixed. Hopefully in the next preview it would not be confusing.