Diagram relation of WebView2 control, SDK, & Runtime #2450
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mikehoffms
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@nishitha-burman @peiche-jessica - pls review diagram:
eg how to describe relation of right-side blocks:
Native-side code | Web-side code
Native control instances | WebView2 control instances
Native-side code includes:
- Code that's related to WebView2
- Code that's not related to WebView2
mikehoffms
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May 6, 2025
| | Resources | The present documentation; the WebView2Samples repo including basic Getting Started WebView2 projects and more full-featured Sample projects; the WebView2Announcements repo; and the WebView2Feedback repo. | | ||
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| <!-- todo: like the above table, talk through each box of the full diagram: --> |
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talk through each box of the full diagram
mikehoffms
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| * WebView2 control instances -- web content areas of your app. The app's web-side code runs in this control. | ||
| * Native control instances -- native controls and panes of your app. | ||
| * WebView2 SDK | ||
| * Per-platform WebView2 APIs <!-- todo: add to diagram --> including CoreWebView2, CoreWebView2Controller, CoreWebView2Environment. Primarily called by native-side code. |
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add to diagram "Per-platform WebView2 APIs"
mikehoffms
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| * Per-platform WebView2 APIs <!-- todo: add to diagram --> including CoreWebView2, CoreWebView2Controller, CoreWebView2Environment. Primarily called by native-side code. | ||
| * `AddHostObjectToScript` -- enables exposing platform APIs and WebView2 APIs to JavaScript code. | ||
| * [JavaScript APIs](/microsoft-edge/webview2/webview2-api-reference#javascript) (WebView2Script package) -- called by web-side code to communicate with the host application. | ||
| * Platform APIs -- non-WebView2 APIs provided by the platform; can be exposed to web-side code. <!-- todo: add to diagram --> |
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add to diagram: Platform APIs -- non-WebView2 APIs provided by the platform; can be exposed to web-side code.
mikehoffms
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| ## How the WebView2 SDK is laid out in relation to how the WebView2 Runtime is laid out | ||
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| todo: what's the intention here? |
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what's the intention of "How the WebView2 SDK is laid out in relation to how the WebView2 Runtime is laid out"?
mikehoffms
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| ## Differences in the Runtime and the SDK across the frameworks | ||
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add content in "Differences in the Runtime and the SDK across the frameworks"
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| ## Scenario: Running a dedicated script file | |||
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| In this section, you access a dedicated JavaScript file from your WebView2 control. | |||
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clarify the scenario. from native code? "from" is ambiguous. is the file a web-side file?
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| In this section, you access a dedicated JavaScript file from your WebView2 control. | |||
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| what does "dedicated" mean? --> | |||
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what does "dedicated" mean?
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