uap5:Host

Article
10/30/2023

Represents a valid HTTP or HTTPS host name with a wildcard that the app wants to register as able to handle.

Element hierarchy

<uap3:Extension>

<uap3:AppUriHandler>

<uap5:Host>

Syntax

<uap5:Host
    Name = 'A wildcard ("*") and a period (".") character followed by an alphanumeric domain name string value.' />

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Data type	Required	Default value
Name	A wildcard with a domain name of the web site associated with the app.	A wildcard (`*`) and a period (`.`) character followed by an alphanumeric domain name string value.	Yes

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Parent element	Description
uap3:AppUriHandler	Declares an app extensibility point of type windows.appUriHandler.

Examples

In this example, *.microsoft.com can be handled as: learn.microsoft.com, developer.microsoft.com, foo.microsoft.com, etc.

<Package ...
    xmlns:uap3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/3"  
    xmlns:uap5="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5"  
    IgnorableNamespaces="... uap3">
    <Applications>
        <Application>
            <Extensions>
                <uap3:Extension
                    Category="windows.appUriHandler">  
                    <uap3:AppUriHandler>  
                        <uap5:Host
                            Name="*.microsoft.com" />  
                    </uap3:AppUriHandler>  
                </uap3:ExtensionCategory>  
            </Extensions>
        </Application>
    </Applications>
</Package>

Requirements

Item	Value
Namespace	`http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5`
Minimum OS Version	Windows 10 version 1709 (Build 16299)

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