@nativescript/windows 0.1.0-alpha.53 → 0.1.0-alpha.55

package/framework/dotnet-bridge/BinaryProtocol.cs

@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ internal ref struct BinWriter(ArrayBufferWriter<byte> buf)
         _buf.Advance(4);
     }
 
+    public void WriteI64(long v)
+    {
+        BinaryPrimitives.WriteInt64LittleEndian(_buf.GetSpan(8), v);
+        _buf.Advance(8);
+    }
+
     public void WriteF64(double v)
     {
         BinaryPrimitives.WriteDoubleLittleEndian(_buf.GetSpan(8), v);

package/framework/dotnet-bridge/Bridge.BinaryDispatch.cs

@@ -158,12 +158,23 @@ public static partial class Bridge
             s_handles.TryGetValue(hr.Id, out var obj);
             return obj;
         }
-        if (value is WinRtRef wr && wr.Ptr != 0)
+        if (value is WinRtRef wr)
         {
-            // Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown calls AddRef internally; the RCW will
-            // Release when GC'd.
-            try { return Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(new IntPtr(wr.Ptr)); }
-            catch { return null; }
+            if (wr.Ptr == 0) return null;
+            var nativePtr = new IntPtr((long)wr.Ptr);
+            // 1. Typed QI first: works for COM/CsWinRT interface types that carry a
+            //    [Guid] attribute.  More precise than a generic RCW for strongly-typed
+            //    parameters such as Windows.UI.Xaml.UIElement.
+            if (targetType != typeof(object) && targetType.GUID != Guid.Empty)
+            {
+                try { return Marshal.GetTypedObjectForIUnknown(nativePtr, targetType); }
+                catch { }
+            }
+            // 2. Generic RCW: .NET WinRT interop calls IInspectable::GetRuntimeClassName
+            //    and projects to the appropriate CsWinRT type automatically.
+            //    Do NOT swallow the exception — a null return silently breaks the call
+            //    downstream; a thrown exception surfaces a meaningful error instead.
+            return Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(nativePtr);
         }
         if (value.GetType() == targetType) return value;
         try { return Convert.ChangeType(value, targetType); }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nativescript/windows",
-  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.53",
+  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.55",
   "description": "NativeScript for using Windows v8",
   "repository": {
         "type": "git",