Linux support

[damodaranr]

When can we expect WebView2 to be available on Linux (ubuntu) now that Microsoft Edge Chromium is officially available on Linux.

AB#27465288

[champnic]

Thanks for the inquiry! We are currently planning on adding support for MacOS first, so I wouldn't expect Linux until later 2021. We'll use this GH issue to track support and keep you posted. Thanks!

[gismofx]

Nic Champagne Williamson [MSFT] (@champnic) Is there a timeline/schedule issue I can follow for MacOS support?

[kirsan31]

What about Avalonia support?
Or may be I need to open a new issue?

[champnic]

kirsan31 I don't think we will be specifically contributing to Avalonia. It sounds like something folks who are passionate about WebView2 may want to contribute to that project though!

[Jinjinov]

Nic Champagne Williamson [MSFT] (@champnic) when approximately - which month - can we expect WebView2 on macOS / Linux? or at least which quarter?

[champnic]

It is on our roadmap but at this point we believe it will be post 2021 so we don't have a specific quarter - we will share updates when we have more detailed timelines.

[TomMarius]

Nic Champagne Williamson [MSFT] (@champnic) is there (going to be) an issue tracking macOS support, or will you use this one?

[champnic]

Tom Marius (@TomMarius) That's a great point - I'll create a new issue to track Mac: #1314.

[RChrisCoble]

Registering interest in this support.

Specifically we want to deliver a MAUI wrapped Blazor application that also runs on Linux. My understanding is we need a Linux version of WebView2 and some form of MAUI wrapper support.

CC: Daniel Roth (@danroth27)

[captainjono]

Plus 1 to support for a cross platform WebView framework.

Chris Coble (@RChrisCoble) Ive been building apps in this vain with Xamarin WebView on mobiles, and with Chromely on desktops, sharing code across all projects. Ive got a fork that runs on macos, windows, linux and supposedly works with Blazor but i havnt tried. Alvalonia runs on CEF, pretty much all current electron style frameworks do.

Im keen bring .net outa the dark ages and start a MAUItron to package this style of app up into a simple to consume library and would love it to be powered by AspNetCORE + WebView2.

I came across this thread while tracking down my latest CEF gremlin. Its a massive maintanance overhead that you need to dedicate either full time resources to or deal being on a stale build. My WebView code hardly changes from update to update if at all.

The Java ecosystem has no problem with embedded Browser apps on any platform, C# definitely feels like the poor second cousin in this area.

[yangzhongke]

Because 'AddHostObjectToScript' uses the notorious COM technology, which is Windows-dependent , I don't think it will be supported on the Linux version, right?
Why did your team decide to use COM technology to implement the hostObjects?

[jschroedl]

WebView2 was created as a replacement for WPF WebBrowser and UWP WebView, so it is no surprise that it uses COM. IMO, making this cross-plat is a pipe dream which adds no value to myself as a Windows desktop developer. I personally hope Lx and Mac are very low priorities.

[RChrisCoble]

WebView2 was created as a replacement for WPF WebBrowser and UWP WebView, so it is no surprise that it uses COM. IMO, making this cross-plat is a pipe dream which adds no value to myself as a Windows desktop developer. I personally hope Lx and Mac are very low priorities.

There are some of us that want to "write once, use everywhere" using something like a MAUI wrapped Blazor application. Having this support makes that possible.

[lucasyvas]

WebView2 was created as a replacement for WPF WebBrowser and UWP WebView, so it is no surprise that it uses COM. IMO, making this cross-plat is a pipe dream which adds no value to myself as a Windows desktop developer. I personally hope Lx and Mac are very low priorities.

Edge is cross-platform to support cross-platform developers - I won't speculate the amount of work required to make this happen and if it's worth it or not (because I don't know), but Windows is less and less the sole market that Microsoft aims to serve.