Epic: Blazor developers can target and deploy their applications to desktop platforms, allowing them to run natively

[maddymontaquila]

Summary

In .NET 6 we want to extend Blazor's target scenarios to include native desktop applications via web-based rendering.

Note: This is a proposed experience for .NET 6 and not yet committed.

User Stories

User Stories under this Epic:

• Reuse existing Blazor components from a web app in a Blazor hybrid desktop app
• Create a single project Blazor hybrid desktop app project from the .NET CLI or from Visual Studio.
• Build, run, debug Blazor hybrid desktop apps using the development platform
• Use native controls alongside web-rendered UI in a Blazor hybrid desktop app
• Light-up platform specific functionality in individual Blazor components in a Blazor hybrid desktop app
• Create installable artifacts for Blazor hybrid desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Xamarin/Blazor developers can target macOS with .NET 6

[RChrisCoble]

Are other platforms in play here as well? Like MBB's usage of iOS and Android to complete this story? Or maybe the inclusion of MBB into ASP.Net brings those and this epic fills the gap?

[Eilon]

I'm in the loop, One .NET!

[RChrisCoble]

@Eilon !!! I for one welcome our One .Net overlords.

For me, there's one big piece which brings Blazor together in a powerhouse .Net 6 release, but it's over on the Runtime team. @danroth27 can you throw your weight around to get this slotted between now and November?

.NET WebAssembly support of task based parallelism. #40619

[wakuflair]

Is it something with MAUI?

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[kristof12345]

Hi!
Any update on this? Can we expect this feature in .NET 6?
Thank you.

[Eilon]

Hi @kristof12345 yes this is part of the plans for .NET 6!

[Pilchie]

👀

[mrlife]

With MAUI introducing support for the Android and iOS platforms, and since Blazor is built on top of MAUI, will Blazor support those platforms as well?

[Eilon]

@mrlife the main goal for .NET 6 is to support the Windows and macOS desktop platforms, but we will surely have code running on Android and iOS as well, but it might not be fully supported at that time.

[LeonarddeR]

I hope that accessibility for impaired people (like blindness) will be accounted for so apps like these will be accessible from the start, or at least the examples will be.

[kmanev073]

Is this available in the .NET 6 Preview 1? Thanks in advance.

[todosrc]

I want Blazor Desktop to also support automatically update themselves. like electron-updater.

Idea :

ElectronNET/Electron.NET#259
https://github.com/ElectronNET/Electron.NET/blob/master/ElectronNET.API/AutoUpdater.cs

https://github.com/NetSparkleUpdater/NetSparkle
https://github.com/Squirrel

cheers>>

[Eilon]

@LeonarddeR accessibility is certainly important for all apps so I'm adding that to the checklist of things to look into.

[Eilon]

@kmanev073 said:

Is this available in the .NET 6 Preview 1? Thanks in advance.

It is not in Preview 1. We plan to have this in no later than Preview 4.