Can you get Silverlight on Android?
Table of Contents
- 1 Can you get Silverlight on Android?
- 2 Does Google Chrome use Microsoft Silverlight?
- 3 How do I enable Silverlight in Chrome?
- 4 How do I activate Microsoft Silverlight?
- 5 How do I migrate from Silverlight to HTML5?
- 6 Why did Microsoft discontinue Silverlight?
- 7 How do I add Silverlight to my browser?
- 8 How do I get Microsoft Silverlight?
Can you get Silverlight on Android?
Microsoft seems to be pushing Silverlight into a cross-platform web application framework for mobile devices. Silverlight is already available for Windows Phone 7 and Symbian^1, and it seems it is being also ported to Android and iPhone.
Does Google Chrome use Microsoft Silverlight?
In the newest release of Google Chrome (v42), you can still use Silverlight but you have to explicitly enable it. Below you will find instructions on how to enable Silverlight in Chrome and Firefox.
What is replacing Silverlight?
Microsoft’s UWP and WPF can be used as alternatives to Silverlight. You can recreate your Silverlight apps using WPF in . NET Core. WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a UI framework to create desktop client applications.
How do I enable Silverlight in Chrome?
How to enable Microsoft Silverlight in Chrome (version 42 or…
- Type «chrome://flags/#enable-npapi» in browser.
- Scroll down to find Enable NPAPI.
- Select «Enable»
How do I activate Microsoft Silverlight?
How to Enable Microsoft Silverlight in Internet Explorer
- Click on the “Tools” or “Settings” icon.
- Select “Manage Add-Ons”
- Select “Toolbars and extensions”. Zoom: 3. Select “Toolbars and extensions”.
- Set Show: to “all add-ons”
- Scroll to Microsoft Silverlight and set to enabled. Zoom: 5.
What browsers still support Silverlight?
Silverlight works on all major OS’s plus all major browsers, including Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and yes, Internet Explorer.
How do I migrate from Silverlight to HTML5?
Therefore, the general idea for migrating a Silverlight/WPF application into cross-platform HTML5 is the following:
- You start by creating a new empty “CSHTML5 Project”,
- You then copy all your C#/XAML files from your Silverlight/WPF project into the new CSHTML5 project,
Why did Microsoft discontinue Silverlight?
The Mono Team abandoned development of Moonlight, a free and open-source implementation of both the Silverlight 1 and 2 runtimes. Development was discontinued in 2012 due to the poor acceptance of Silverlight and the restrictions imposed by Microsoft.
How do I install Microsoft Silverlight?
Go to https://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight, or search Google for “Get Microsoft Silverlight”.
- You’ll be taken to the Get Microsoft Silverlight page. Click the Install for Windows or Install for Macintosh link, depending on your computer.
- Follow the installation instructions presented below the download links.
How do I add Silverlight to my browser?
Internet Explorer On the left hand column select ‘Toolbars and Extensions’ and below those options select ‘All Add Ons’ in the ‘show’ category. Look for ‘Silverlight’ and ensure that it is set to ‘enabled’ by highlighting and selecting the enable button.
How do I get Microsoft Silverlight?
Is Blazor another Silverlight?
Silverlight 1 was released in 2007, and the last version, Silverlight 5, was released in 2011. Blazor was first officially announced in 2018 and released in September 2019. In the meantime, devices and the web itself have massively changed. Blazor, on the other hand, is based on open web standards.