What is the equivalent of "UWP device apps" in the new Windows App SDK?

Question

We would like to make an app and driver that gets installed when our USB device is plugged into a Windows PC.

"UWP device apps" seems to do the trick: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devapps/

However it looks like MS is not implementing new features for UWP and urge devs to migrate to Windows App SDK.

It there an equivalent to "UWP device apps" in 'Windows App SDK"? If so can you point us to the documentation please?

If not will there be a future update for such "UWP device apps" feature in SDK?

Answer 1

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It there an equivalent to "UWP device apps" in 'Windows App SDK"? If so can you point us to the documentation please?

Currently, there is no such feature documented. It is more like a driver not a normal application. But since most of the UWP APIs are also available in the WinUI3, you could try to do it in the WinUI3 app.

If not will there be a future update for such "UWP device apps" feature in SDK?

Based on the roadmap of the Windows APP SDK, currently there is no such feature planned. If you could share your thought in the discussion to let the team know about this.

Thank you.

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