Testing 2025R1 with a Windows EXE build, and there’s a new (to me) 19MB file called “resources.pri” file.
What is it?
should be for the Xaml UI elements?
I know UWP apps include this
Oh, that makes sense.
I was hoping that using WebView2 via DesktopXAMLContainer would be quite a bit smaller (vs. using the Chromium browser).
I guess 19MB is better than XXXMB , but I wonder if all of that 19MB is needed? That’s a lot of bytes!
Ok, this is weird:
I can delete the file resources.pri entirely, and my WebView2/DesktopXAMLContainer app runs fine!
I wonder if this file is included in the build by mistake? Or perhaps simply not needed for WebView2?
(Testing on Windows 11 / ARM)
Your mileage may vary on this one, but resources.pri contains all the theming assets so removing this file will likely change the look of your app or worst case cause a crash.
It’s definitely not a mistake, a good example would be to add a XAML TextBox control to see what it looks like with resources.pri available and without.