AVIF support in Tauri apps | Tauri Apps | Page 1

pliant mica Feb 23, 2023, 3:00 AM

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IIUC, Tauri uses webviews to display app content. The browser used in the webview depends on the operating system. On Windows, is Edge the webview browser? If this is the case, I'm not sure if/how I can use AVIF images in my app (according to caniuse.com, Edge is the only major browser that doesn't support AVIF). Is there an easy workaround for this?

cosmic sky Feb 23, 2023, 3:15 AM

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tauri uses webview2 check avif compatibility for webview2

pliant mica Feb 23, 2023, 3:21 AM

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Looks like it's Microsoft Edge webview2, so... I guess not. Pretty disappointing. The latest SO post I could find on this issue was from a few days ago: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75459594/why-doesnt-edge-support-avif-images

Stack Overflow

Why doesn't Edge Support AVIF images?

Chrome and Firefox have supported AVIF images for some time now, and it is my understanding that Edge is based on Chromium, which caused me to assume that it too would support AVIF images.
However, I

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are there any known workarounds for this? or do I just have to use WEBP?

granite shoal Feb 23, 2023, 3:25 AM

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pliant mica IIUC, Tauri uses webviews to display app content. The browser used in the webvie...

try Webp

pliant mica Feb 23, 2023, 3:26 AM

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Yeah, I'm planning to go with that

granite shoal Feb 23, 2023, 3:26 AM

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avif is better but not quite there in terms of browser support

pliant mica Feb 23, 2023, 3:28 AM

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It's just Edge holding things back. If I were doing a traditional webapp then I could make do with a <picture> element. but it's not too big of a deal in the grand scheme of things

granite shoal Feb 23, 2023, 3:29 AM

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welp, good luck

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