microsoft / microsoft/WindowsAppSDK
Feature Request: Provide a project template for Widget provider
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area-Widgets
area-WinAppSDK:Templates
feature proposal
Status: Reviewed
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
Describe the bug
Look at the doc of implementing a project provider and see how cumbersome it is. Why not provide a project template for it?
Steps to reproduce the bug
As description.
Expected behavior
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Screenshots
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NuGet package version
None
Packaging type
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Windows version
Windows 11 version 22H2 (22621, 2022 Update)
IDE
Visual Studio 2022
Additional context
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked documentation on implementing a project provider and reviewing how Visual Studio 2022 project templates are structured in Windows App SDK. Define the template's expected project shape and verify that it supports the documented Widget provider setup from a new project.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100