XamlHostingKit 0.1.0

.NET 9.0 .NET Standard 2.0

dotnet add package XamlHostingKit --version 0.1.0

NuGet\Install-Package XamlHostingKit -Version 0.1.0

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="XamlHostingKit" Version="0.1.0" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="XamlHostingKit" Version="0.1.0" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="XamlHostingKit" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add XamlHostingKit --version 0.1.0

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: XamlHostingKit, 0.1.0"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package XamlHostingKit@0.1.0

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=XamlHostingKit&version=0.1.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=XamlHostingKit&version=0.1.0
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

XamlHostingKit

XamlHostingKit is a System XAML (aka UWP XAML aka Windows XAML) hosting library for Desktop applications with smooth resizing, WebView support, backwards compatibility down to Windows 8.1, and more!

Installation

A NuGet package is in the works.

Features

Broad Windows Version Support

Windows 11

Windows 10 RTM (Build 10240)

Windows 8.1 (Build 9600)

Smooth Resizing Support (Build 15063+) [Enabled By Default → `XamlConfig.EnableSmoothResize`]

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cb654547-d3b7-442a-848c-250bab53d760

WebView (Edge Legacy) Support [Enabled By Default → `XamlConfig.EnableWebView`]

The video seen in images above is also playing inside a WebView.

WebView2 is also supported.
WebView uses Immersive Internet Explorer (Trident) when running on Windows 8.1 instead of Edge Legacy.

Other Miscellaneous Features

Touchpad Awareness support (on all supported builds, including Windows 8.1) [Enabled By Default → XamlConfig.EnableTouchpadAwareness]
ms-appx-web:/// protocol support [Disabled By Default → XamlConfig.EnableMsAppxWebProtocolSupport]
Arbitrary paths support for the ms-appx-web:/// protocol [Disabled By Default → XamlConfig.EnableArbitraryPathsInMsAppxWeb]
Removal of the GDI redirection layer, which allows performant/efficient window transparency [Enabled By Default → XamlConfig.DisableRedirectionLayer]

Samples

You can find a simple XamlHostingKit C# sample here.

We will be adding more samples in the future.

Notes

The Windows.UI.Composition API is currently not usable on Build 14393 (Windows 10 Anniversary Update: 1607) and older unless the process is running under AppContainer, we are working on a solution.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 was computed. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 was computed. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net9.0-windows10.0.26100 is compatible. net10.0 was computed. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.
.NET Core	netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed.
.NET Standard	netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed.
.NET Framework	net461 was computed. net462 was computed. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed.
MonoAndroid	monoandroid was computed.
MonoMac	monomac was computed.
MonoTouch	monotouch was computed.
native	native is compatible.
Tizen	tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed.
Universal Windows Platform	uap was computed. uap10.0 is compatible.
Xamarin.iOS	xamarinios was computed.
Xamarin.Mac	xamarinmac was computed.
Xamarin.TVOS	xamarintvos was computed.
Xamarin.WatchOS	xamarinwatchos was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

.NETStandard 2.0
- Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts (>= 10.0.26100.4654)
native 0.0
- No dependencies.
net9.0-windows10.0.26100
- No dependencies.
UAP 10.0
- No dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.

Version	Downloads	Last Updated
0.1.0	147	8/18/2026

Initial release.