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Announcing WinUI Gallery 2.8
Hey WinUI developers! If you’re new around here, WinUI Gallery is the go-to app for exploring WinUI 3 controls, samples, design guidance, and handy tools — all in one place. Today, we’re excited to announce WinUI Gallery 2.8, bringing jump list support, new samples, improved accessibility, and several quality-of-life improvements and bugfixes! Jump list support The Gallery now integrates with Windows jump lists, making it easier to quickly return to the samples and tools you use most. Right-clicking the app icon in the taskbar (or accessing it from the Start menu) now shows a Jump List that inc...
Windows App Development CLI v0.2: .NET support, manifest placeholders, “winapp store” and more!
Windows App Development CLI v0.2 is here! This release is driven largely by community feedback and packs in native .NET project support, manifest placeholders that eliminate hardcoded executable names, Microsoft Store Developer CLI integration, a revamped help experience, and more. Get the update by running or check the repo for other install options. Let’s dive in! 🟣 First-class .NET project support This was one of our most requested features. .NET projects (WinUI, WPF, WinForms, console apps) now work natively with winapp CLI. No more winapp.yaml for .NET. Just run winapp init in a folder with a ....
Use Windows on-device AI in your Electron app
Last year we published AI Dev Gallery, an open-source app full of interactive Windows AI examples. A common follow-up question from Electron developers has been: “How can we build similar on-device AI experiences in our Electron apps?” In this blog, we’ll walk through how we built an Electron app filled with samples of on-device Windows AI, using the Windows App Development CLI and Windows AI projections for JavaScript. Along the way, you’ll see patterns you can reuse to build your own AI experiences in Electron. Electron on Windows Gallery We built an open-source sample app with concrete examples of how to int...
XAML Studio is now Open Sourced
XAML Studio Open Sourced It's been over 8 years since what became XAML Studio was started. And from nearly the beginning, it was always envisioned as an open-source project… So, it's with great pleasure that I'm happy to announce that day has finally come! XAML Studio is now an open-source project! 🎉 A big thanks to the .NET Foundation for helping to make this journey happen and allowing us to become a new seed project within their organization. If you want to learn more about the history of XAML Studio as a project, you can actually read all about that on our GitHub discussion post about the...
Announcing WinUI Gallery 2.7
Hey WinUI developers! WinUI Gallery 2.7 is here and it’s packed with fresh updates. If you’re new around here, WinUI Gallery is the go-to app for exploring WinUI controls, samples, design guidance, and handy tools — all in one place. This release brings a mix of brand-new features, upgraded samples, and plenty of community-driven improvements. Let's dive in: Sample history & favorites No more losing track of what you were exploring! The home screen now has history and favorites tabs: Thanks to @Zakariathr22 for #1875 New & updated samples TitleBar Updated to use th...
Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.2
Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.2 We're happy to announce that version 8.2 is available today! It's an incremental update which contains a variety of improvements, made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community. 🎉 If you're not familiar with the Windows Community Toolkit, see below here! Or download our Sample Gallery from the Microsoft Store to start exploring what it has available for WinUI developers. At a Glance 🔍 Important Changes Dependencies/TFM The Toolkit's dependencies have been u...
Modernize your UWP app with preview UWP support for .NET 9 and Native AOT
We’re introducing the initial preview UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9, providing a path for existing UWP developers to modernize their apps with the latest .NET and Native AOT. Are you a UWP app developer considering migrating to Windows App SDK and WinUI 3? Or wanting to leverage the latest releases of .NET and Native AOT? Or perhaps you’ve been struggling with referencing new versions of your favorite libraries, because they only include support for .NET 6 and above? Well, look no further! This preview UWP support for .NET 9 provides a path for UWP apps to modernize using...
Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.1
Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.1 We're happy to announce that version 8.1 is available today! It's a minor update which contains a variety of new features and improvements, made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community. 🎉 If you're not familiar with the Windows Community Toolkit, see below here! Or download our Sample Gallery from the Microsoft Store to start exploring what it has available for WinUI developers. At a Glance 🔍 Important Changes Dependencies/TFM The Toolkit's dependencies h...
Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.0
Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v8.0 🎉🎉🎉 It's here! The Windows Community Toolkit is back with a huge update with an array of improvements and features. We're happy to announce that version 8.0 is available today! Made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community. 🎉 If you're new to the Toolkit, the Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of controls for WinUI 2, WinUI 3, and Uno Platform developers! It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building experiences for Windows 10 and Windows 11 with .NET. The Toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation. You can downl...