When developing an Evergreen WebView2 app, regularly test the app against the latest Microsoft Edge preview channel, in addition to testing against the WebView2 Runtime. Use a Prerelease version of the SDK along with a preview channel of Microsoft Edge You can also view the list of 2 SDK packages at the NuGet site. To select which version of WebView2 SDK NuGet package a Visual Studio project uses, in Visual Studio, right-click a project, select Manage NuGet Packages, select or clear the Include prerelease checkbox, select the 2 package, and then in the Version dropdown list, select a version of the 2 NuGet package.įor details, see Install or update the WebView2 SDK in Set up your Dev environment for WebView2. The API also remains in the Prerelease SDK. This typically happens 1 month after the API is promoted to Stable in a Prerelease SDK. Then the Stable API is promoted to be included in the Release SDK. Then the API is promoted to Stable in the Prerelease SDK. You can test these APIs and provide feedback. First an API is Experimental in a Prerelease SDK. New APIs are introduced in phases as follows: API statusġ. More details about the Prerelease and Release SDK packages are provided below.

The WebView2 Runtime on your development client.

When you're working on a production release of your WebView2 app, use the following combination: Release SDK packages only contain Stable APIs, not Experimental APIs.

A preview channel of Microsoft Edge on your development client.

A Prerelease version of the WebView2 SDK.

When you want to test and use Experimental WebView2 APIs, use the following combination:

The Canary channel is recommended, because it has the implementations of the latest APIs. Prerelease SDK packages are for use during development if you want to test the latest WebView2 APIs, including the Experimental APIs, before support for those APIs is added to the Runtime.

Either use a Prerelease SDK with a preview channel of Microsoft Edge, or use a Release SDK with the WebView2 Runtime. The WebView2 SDK is provided as a Prerelease or Release version of the 2 NuGet package.

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