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Auto dependency installation of WebView2 #2792

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Expand Up @@ -6,10 +6,20 @@ ms.author: msedgedevrel
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.prod: microsoft-edge
ms.technology: webview
ms.date: 3/29/2023
ms.date: 08/21/2023
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# Distribute your app and the WebView2 Runtime

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Packaged apps can declare a dependency on WebView2 and it'll get installed if necessary. Mention this option, it's a simpler and more attractive option for many devs. No need to use Evergreen Bootstrapper, Evergreen Standalone Installer or SelfContained (Fixed Version) distribution.

Update this page to include this option

See https://learn.microsoft.com/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-win32dependencies-externaldependency

(that has an example explicitly citing WebView2)
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When releasing an app that uses Microsoft Edge WebView2, you need distribute the WebView2 Runtime, either by distributing the automatically updated _Evergreen_ Runtime, or by distributing a _Fixed Version_ of the Runtime.

A WebView2 app depends on the WebView2 Runtime on client machines. When you distribute your WebView2 app, you need to take into account how the WebView2 Runtime is distributed to and updated on client machines.
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