WPF WebView2 Initialization in viewmodel never returns-CodePudding

In my wpf application i try to show a webView2 for a login, even though when i navigate to the view and start the initialization nothing happens. I've tried many options and solutions i found in the internet and that worked for others but nothing helped.

The Code:

    private WebView2 m_webView21;
    public WebView2 WebView21 { get => m_webView21; set => SetProperty(ref m_webView21, value); }

 protected async Task<WebView2> CreateBrowserAndLoadUrlAsync(string url)
    {
      webView21 = new WebView2();
      webView21.CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted  = WebView21_CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted;

      Debug.WriteLine("InitializeAsync");
      await webView21.EnsureCoreWebView2Async();
      Debug.WriteLine("WebView2 Runtime version: "   webView21.CoreWebView2.Environment.BrowserVersionString);

      SetBrowserHostVisibility(Visibility.Visible);
      if (webView21 != null && webView21.CoreWebView2 != null)
      {
        webView21.CoreWebView2.Navigate(url);
      }
      return webView21;
    }

    private void WebView21_CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted(object sender, CoreWebView2InitializationCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
      webView21.Loaded  = Browser_FrameLoadEnd;
      webView21.Initialized  = Browser_InitializedChanged;
    }

--Xaml Code--

  <Grid Background="Transparent">
    <wv2:WebView2 Visibility="Visible"  Source="{Binding WebView21.Source.AbsoluteUri, Mode=OneWay}"/>
  </Grid>

This is the first thing i'm calling in my viewmodel from the OnNavigatedTo(). Everything works as it should untig it comes to the EnsureCoreWebViewAsync() - from this function it never returns - just nothing happens.

When i do not initialize the webview2 and just set the source to the uri everything works fine aswell. But no events or anything get fired (e.g. NavigationCompleted, SourceChanged, etc.) and i need those events ofc.

I installed the correct runtime i also installed the WebView2 Plugin of course. Also tried different enviroments nothing helped.

So the actual question is, is it even possible to initialize the WebView2 from the Viewmodel?

CodePudding user response：

I found the solution. I had to use a placeholder in my xaml which later init's the webView2 in my Viewmodel.

Just change the xaml code from the question with this and it should work fine

 <ContentControl Content="{Binding WebView21, Mode=OneWay}" />

Thanks for all the helpful comments :))