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The Windows App SDK is a set of new developer tools and components that represents the next evolution in the Windows app development platform. The Windows App SDK provides a unified set of APIs and tools that can be used consistently by any desktop app on Windows 11 and below through Windows 10, version 1809. The Windows Apps SDK does not replace the Windows SDK or existing Windows desktop app types, such as .NET (including Windows Forms and WPF) and Win32 desktop with C++. Instead, the Windows App SDK supplements these existing app types and tools with a common set of APIs that developers can use across these platforms. For more information, see Benefits of the Windows App SDK. The Windows App SDK offers extensions for Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2022. These extensions include project templates configured to use Windows App SDK components in new projects. The Windows App SDK libraries are also available through a NuGet package that you can install into existing projects.
Features
- Use your current installer (no requirement to use MSIX, but there are reliability/security benefits to using MSIX!)
- Additive platform APIs (only add what you need, leave the rest of your app as-is)
- Works with Win32, WPF, WinForms, and more apps
- 1.0 is available today and includes unpackaged support with WinUI 3, single-project templates, and more!
- Create beautiful, modern apps for Windows 11 that are backwards compatible to Windows 10 October 2018 Update (build 17763 / version 1809)!
- Delight users with modern UI
- Access new platform features
Project Samples
