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Windows 10 WebView and Adobe Flash

The new Microsoft Edge browser has built-in support for Adobe Flash. The updated WebView control in the Windows 10 SDK utilizes Microsoft Edge as its engine.

I am trying to figure out how to enable the WebView control to render Adobe Flash content from a website in a Universal Windows App (either a Hosted Web App or a Packaged Web App).

Any ideas or pointers would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1201

Answers (2)

Vincent
Vincent

Reputation: 3746

On Universal application, the webview is using edge now but it does not change anything regarding plugins.

Here is what it says from the MSDN :

In apps compiled for Windows 10, WebView uses the Microsoft Edge rendering engine to display HTML content. In apps compiled for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, WebView uses Internet Explorer 11 in document mode. It does not support any ActiveX controls or plugins like Microsoft Silverlight or Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Upvotes: 1

Joe Healy
Joe Healy

Reputation: 5817

WebView doesn't use Edge as the engine but uses IE11. Quote from the docs - "WebView always uses Internet Explorer 11 in document mode".

It also doesn't support any plugins or such, which would include Flash.

Full run of caveats from the control doc:

It does not support any ActiveX controls or plugins like Microsoft Silverlight or Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Additionally, WebView does not support some HTML5 features including AppCache, IndexedDB, programmatic access to the Clipboard, and geolocation.

More "tidbit" reading up at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.controls.webview.aspx .

Enjoy. Hope this helps. Healy in Tampa.

Upvotes: 2

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