WebWindowNetCore 7.0.0-alpha

WebWindowNetCore

A Webview Application for Windows and Linux similar to Electron. It uses a functional builder pattern to set up the application. It has an integrted Asp.NET (Kestrel) server which can be used to host the app and to communicate between the C# application and the web app:

• you can call via javascript fetch from the web app (json input and output)
• The C# app can send SSE events to the web app

WebWindowNetCore is the base Nuget packege, you need one more Nuget packages for every to supporting Operating system:

Functional builder setup in the C# application

There is a builder pattern to setup the application (WebView.Create):

WebView
    .Create()
    .InitialBounds(600, 800)
    .Title("WebView Test")
    .ResourceIcon("icon")
    .SaveBounds()
    .Url($"file://{Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}/webroot/index.html")
#if DEBUG            
    .DebuggingEnabled()
#endif            
    .Build()
    .Run();    

Setup integrated kestrel server

The integrated Asp.NET kestrel server also uses a builder pattern (ConfigureHttp)

WebView
    .Create()
    .InitialBounds(600, 800)
    .Title("WebView Test")
    .ResourceIcon("icon")
    .SaveBounds()
    .ConfigureHttp(http => http
        .ResourceWebroot("webroot", "/web")
        .UseJsonPost<Cmd1Param, Cmd1Result>("request/cmd1", JsonRequest1)
        .UseJsonPost<Cmd2Param, Cmd2Result>("request/cmd2", JsonRequest2)
        .UseSse("sse/test", sseEventSource)
        .Build())
#if DEBUG            
    .DebuggingEnabled()
#endif            
    .Build()
    .Run("de.uriegel.Commander");    

The default (local) port is 20000. It can be adapted.

Serving web app files from resource

It is possible to serve the web app via the integrated kestrel server, when the web app files are included as C# resources. You have to specify the resource root, under which the resource files are saved.

Please refer to the sample App

How to setup .NET project:

<PropertyGroup>
    <IsWindows Condition="'$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Windows)))' == 'true'">true</IsWindows> 
		<IsOSX Condition="'$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::OSX)))' == 'true'">true</IsOSX> 
	<IsLinux Condition="'$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::Linux)))' == 'true'">true</IsLinux>    
</PropertyGroup>

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsWindows)'=='true'">
    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
</PropertyGroup> 

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsLinux)'=='true'">
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>linux-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsWindows)'=='true'">
    <PackageReference Include="WebWindowNetCore.Windows" Version="*.*.*" />
</ItemGroup> 

<ItemGroup Condition="'$(IsLinux)'=='true'">
    <PackageReference Include="WebWindowNetCore.Linux" Version="*.*.*" />
</ItemGroup>