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uap5:Host

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Represents a valid HTTP or HTTPS host name with a wildcard that the app wants to register as able to handle.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Applications>

         <Application>

              <Extensions>

                   <uap3:Extension>

                        <uap3:AppUriHandler>

                             <uap5:Host>

Syntax

<uap5:Host
    Name = 'A wildcard ("*") and a period (".") character followed by an alphanumeric domain name string value.' />

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default value
Name A wildcard with a domain name of the web site associated with the app. A wildcard (*) and a period (.) character followed by an alphanumeric domain name string value. Yes

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Parent element Description
uap3:AppUriHandler Declares an app extensibility point of type windows.appUriHandler.

Examples

In this example, *.microsoft.com can be handled as: learn.microsoft.com, developer.microsoft.com, foo.microsoft.com, etc.

<Package ...
    xmlns:uap3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/3"  
    xmlns:uap5="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5"  
    IgnorableNamespaces="... uap3">
    <Applications>
        <Application>
            <Extensions>
                <uap3:Extension
                    Category="windows.appUriHandler">  
                    <uap3:AppUriHandler>  
                        <uap5:Host
                            Name="*.microsoft.com" />  
                    </uap3:AppUriHandler>  
                </uap3:ExtensionCategory>  
            </Extensions>
        </Application>
    </Applications>
</Package>

Requirements

Item Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10/5
Minimum OS Version Windows 10 version 1709 (Build 16299)