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Install Visual Studio and C++ components.\n\n    ```\n    winget install \"Visual Studio Community 2022\"  --override \"--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop  Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.WindowsAppSDK.Cpp\" -s msstore\n    ```\n\n1. Install Windows App Runtime.\n\n    ```\n    winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.2\n    ```\n    \n1. Install NuGet CLI.\n\n    ```\n    winget install --id Microsoft.NuGet\n    ```\n\n## Build a WinUI 3 app\n\n1. Open x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022 and then create a project folder\n\n    ```\n    mkdir project\n    cd project\n    ```\n\n1. Install nuget packages with nuget.exe to support C++/WinRT and Windows App SDK.\n\n    ```\n    nuget install Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT -OutputDirectory packages\n    nuget install Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK -OutputDirectory packages \n    ```\n\n1. Generate C++ projection header files with cppwinrt.exe.\n\n    ```\n    packages\\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.230225.1\\bin\\cppwinrt.exe -optimize -input packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.2.230217.4\\lib\\uap10.0 -input packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.2.230217.4\\lib\\uap10.0.18362 -input sdk -output \"Generated Files\"\n    ```\n\n1. Copy DLL file for bootstrap.\n\n    ```\n    copy packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.2.230217.4\\runtimes\\win10-x64\\native\\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll .\n    ```\n\n1. Add following main.cpp file.\n\n    ```cpp\n    // main.cpp\n    #include \u003cWindows.h\u003e\n    #undef GetCurrentTime\n    #include \u003cwinrt/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.h\u003e\n    #include \u003cMddBootstrap.h\u003e\n    #include \u003cWindowsAppSDK-VersionInfo.h\u003e\n\n    using namespace winrt;\n    using namespace winrt::Microsoft::UI::Xaml;\n    using namespace ::Microsoft::WindowsAppSDK;\n\n    int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPWSTR, int)\n    {\n      init_apartment(apartment_type::single_threaded);\n      MddBootstrapInitialize2(\n        Release::MajorMinor,\n        Release::VersionTag,\n        PACKAGE_VERSION{Runtime::Version::UInt64},\n        MddBootstrapInitializeOptions_OnNoMatch_ShowUI);\n      Application::Start([](auto\u0026\u0026) {\n        Application();\n        Window window;\n        window.Activate();\n      });\n      MddBootstrapShutdown(); \n    }\n    ```\n\n1. Build the WinUI 3 app\n\n    ```\n    cl /I\"packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.2.230217.4\\include\" /I\"Generated Files\" /EHsc /std:c++17 main.cpp /link /LIBPATH:\"packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.2.230217.4\\lib\\win10-x64\" Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.lib Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.lib WindowsApp.lib /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /MANIFEST:EMBED\n    ```\n    \n    or\n    \n    ```\n    g++ -std=c++20 -municode -I \"packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.3.230331000\\include\" -I \"Generated Files\" main.cpp -L \"packages\\Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.1.3.230331000\\lib\\win10-x64\" -l Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap -l Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime -l WindowsApp -l ole32 -l oleaut32\n    ```\n\n1. Execute the WinUI 3 app\n\n    ```\n    main\n    ```\n\n## Reference\n\n* [WinUI 3 in C++ without XAML](https://github.com/sotanakamura/winui3-without-xaml)\n* [WinUI 3 in C++ and XAML without MIDL](https://github.com/sotanakamura/winui3-without-midl)\n* [MinGW WinUI 3 Demo](https://github.com/driver1998/WinUI-MinGW) by [driver1998](https://github.com/driver1998)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsotanakamura%2Fwinui3-command-line","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsotanakamura%2Fwinui3-command-line","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsotanakamura%2Fwinui3-command-line/lists"}