Support for ASP.Net core functionality in UWP project

[hansmbakker]

I would like to host an ASP.Net core server in a UWP project, more specifically - I would like to host a REST service in a Background App on Windows IoT Core.

This would give 2 benefits:

• allows hardware to be disclosed as a REST service
• allows a website or REST service to be managed by the operating system on Windows IoT core (so that you can start / stop it like any other app)

I'm not sure whether this is the right repo since it relates to both ASP.Net Core and UWP.

[jkotas]

This belongs to ASP.NET repos. dotnet/aspnetcore#1531 is duplicate of this issue.

cc @davidfowl @DamianEdwards

[hansmbakker]

@jkotas I don't think that dotnet/aspnetcore#1531 is a 1:1 duplicate. My question was broader - to allow an ASP.Net Core webserver to be hosted in UWP apps. The Windows IoT Core usecase is an example of what you could do with that.

Other usecases could be to temporarily run a website when running an UWP app, e.g. to upload photos from a phone to use in that app.

[los93sol]

@Wind-rider, this is possible and I have a working example of it in my GitHub

[hansmbakker]

Sounds good! Thank you for pointing me at it, I’ll have a look

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[hansmbakker]

Would still be nice if this would be officially supported by Microsoft though

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[los93sol]

I fully agree, I had to get deep into the weeds to get it to work

[litehead]

I tried solution from @los93sol recently but it only worked in Debug mode. In release there are some unresolved DllImports which most likely prevent web server from running correctly (at least on Windows IOT Core)