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The new API is only supported on the latest versions of Windows 10. If your app has users on older Windows versions, the suggestion of using this API will almos
by nindalf 7y ago
The new API is only supported on the latest versions of Windows 10. If your app has users on older Windows versions, the suggestion of using this API will almost certainly be shelved for at least a few years. That’s how it works on Android - google shows off a new API and we make plans to use it 5 years later when users actually have it on their devices.
- snuxoll 7y agoWinUI 3 is decoupled from the platform and is one of its major improvements, apps built with it will run on Windows 10 builds as far back as 1803 (that’s two years old and is EOL even for enterprise customers).
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- nindalf 7y agoThat's pretty great, and kudos to Microsoft. However the person I was replying to has a 20 year old app. I'm going to guess they still have users on Windows 8, 7, maybe even Vista and XP. Using the WinUI API, even a bit of it, will leave those users in the lurch.
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoTrue, but anyone making commercial apps have to support Windows 8.1 for a few years (still not EOL!) at the very least. Some even support Windows 7 (only EOL'd a few months ago).