RNW supports WinAppSDK – Phase 2 “Preview”

[AgneLukoseviciute]

Building on top of #9600, this issue tracks the set of sub-issues that are required before RNW support for WinAppSDK is said to be in Preview.

Phase 0 | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | Phase 4

Estimated Schedule

gantt
    section WinAppSDK
    Phase 0 "Prototype" :done, phase0, 2022-01-01, 2022-03-21
    Phase 1 "Experimental" :done, phase1, 2022-03-28, 53d
    Phase 2 "Preview" :active, phase2, after phase1, 22d
    9136 : phase2b, after phase1, 21d
    9141 : phase2c, after phase1, 3d
    9142 : phase2d, after phase2c, 2d
    Phase 3 "Stable"  : phase3, after phase2, 40d
    Phase 4 "Default"  : phase4, after phase3, 26d

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Phase 2 "Preview"

• Figure out how to deal with community native modules and WinUI 3 support #9136
• Measure % of new apps using RNW+WinAppSDK #9141
• Update usage docs to include creating winappsdk apps #9142

[chrisglein]

Back in late 2021 / early 2022 we started a WinAppSDK new app template based on understanding of WinAppSDK at the time. And then came Fabric and impact on our overall strategy for how to handle Win32/WinAppSDK. As such these original plans don't make as much sense and we'll be closing them as Not Planned. That's not in any way to say RNW isn't going to support WinAppSDK, we're just doing it differently! Track our Fabric progress for details on the new app template and how that'll be compatible with WinAppSDK.