WinUI 2.8

WinUI 2.8 is the latest stable release of WinUI for UWP applications (and desktop applications using XAML Islands).

Note

For more information on building Windows desktop and UWP apps with the latest version of WinUI 3, see WinUI 3.

WinUI is hosted on GitHub where we encourage you to file bug reports, feature requests and community code contributions.

All stable releases (and prereleases) are available for download from our GitHub release page or from our NuGet page.

WinUI packages can be added to Visual Studio projects through the NuGet package manager. For more information, see Getting started with WinUI 2.

What's New

WebView2 is now available in WinUI 2. WebView2 enables you to embed web content in native applications with Microsoft Edge (Chromium). Check out Get started with WebView2 in WinUI 2 (UWP) apps for more info for how to use it in your app.
The minimum supported version of WinUI 2 is now Windows 10, version 1809 - build 17763.
Several bug fixes and improvements for a range of controls including TabView, NavigationView, InfoBadge, and ProgressRing.
Improvements to accessibility and high contrast mode.
AnimatedVisualPlayer.AnimationOptimization property to configure how animations are cached in an AnimatedVisualPlayer. See Configuring Animation Playback for info for how to use it in your app.

Tip

For more info, design guidance, and code examples, see Design and code Windows apps.

The WinUI 3 Gallery and WinUI 2 Gallery apps include interactive examples of most WinUI 3 and WinUI 2 controls, features, and functionality.

If installed already, open them by clicking the following links: WinUI 3 Gallery or WinUI 2 Gallery.

If they are not installed, you can download the WinUI 3 Gallery and the WinUI 2 Gallery from the Microsoft Store.

You can also get the source code for both from GitHub (use the main branch for WinUI 3 and the winui2 branch for WinUI 2).

See our Notable Changes list for many of the GitHub issues addressed in this release.