Windows Webview without bundling WebView2Loader

[mochalins]

Rather than relying on users to provide and bundle WebView2Loader.dll or statically link WebView2Loader.lib, a custom WV2 loader implementation can be embedded in webui.

An existing embedded Windows WV2 loader is referenced below:

https://github.com/webview/webview/blob/master/core/include/webview/detail/platform/windows/webview2/loader.hh

[AlbertShown]

Yes, good idea, this will be helpful.
We should try using loader.hh as it is, so we can get updates later.

Also, both projects are MIT licensed, so all good 👍

[mochalins]

Yes, good idea, this will be helpful. We should try using loader.hh as it is, so we can get updates later.

Also, both projects are MIT licensed, so all good 👍

We shouldn't use loader.hh or other files from webview directly, as it requires a minimum C++11 compiler rather than building with pure C. It shouldn't be infeasible to add a custom C implementation and maintain it separately; any major improvements/fixes can still be shared between libraries.

[AlbertShown]

I checked the file very quickly, and I did not even notice it's in C++ !
However, we can keep this in our to-do list, implementing it may take some time., but it's very good feature to have.

[jinzhongjia]

I have a small question. Currently, the function show_wv needs to be linked to the dynamic link library WebView2Loader.dll during compilation to work properly, right?

[AlbertShown]

Yes, all xxx_wv() needs WebView2Loader.dll to be present in Windows, otherwise those functions will return false.