Wifi Adapter in Blazor wasm : System.DllNotFoundException: api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll

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I've been trying to retrieve list of availables networks by using WifiAdapter. I have a working solution that I've been testing in a console application :

        List<WiFiAvailableNetwork> networks = new();
        IEnumerable<WiFiAdapter> adapters = await WiFiAdapter.FindAllAdaptersAsync();
        foreach (WiFiAdapter adapter in adapters)
        {
            foreach (WiFiAvailableNetwork network in adapter.NetworkReport.AvailableNetworks)
            {
                networks.Add(network);
            }
        }
        return networks;

But once this solution is set in my blazor wasm project, it's crashing with this exception : System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Windows.Devices.WiFi.WiFiAdapter' threw an exception. d.printErr @ blazor.webassembly.js:1 blazor.webassembly.js:1 ---> System.DllNotFoundException: api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll

I have been looking for an answer but I did not find any relevant solutions. Any ideas on how to solve it/ why it is happening?

Thanks in advance !

2 Answers

Not all parts of the .net platform are supported on all environments.

Blazor WebAssembly will not run anything from Windows.* .

When you want access to some device you will have to research if and how JavaScript can use it.

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