Windows UWP development to be deprecated
(All About Windows Phone)

In a WinUI Community Call, Microsoft has clarified plans for app development for Windows through 2021 and beyond. And UWP applications (common to Windows 10 Mobile and Desktop/Hololens/Xbox) are tied to WinUI 2.x, while WinUI 3.x is the company`s recommended way forward. It`s all a bit complex, see the chart below - it does seem as though Microsoft`s unified development plans will reap benefits in the long run but in the short term there`s a lot of recoding needed by developers, since it`s not trivial to convert WinUI 2 applications to WinUI 3. Apparently. The bottom line is that nothing will change for end users anytime soon, though. Microsoft will keep Win UI 2.x updated, supporting UWP applications for Windows 11, until well into 2022. But look ahead five years and support for UWP apps may be waning.