# UWP Community Toolkit 1.2 is already here

> Just three months after the release of 1.0 we're already on version 1.2. This version is full of new features. 7 new helpers: BackgroundTaskHelper to help you work…

- Author: Jérôme Giacomini
- Language: en
- Canonical URL: [UWP Community Toolkit 1.2 is already here](https://jeromegiacomini.net/articles/2016/11/23/uwp-community-toolkit-1-2-is-already-here)
- Published: 2016-11-23
- Last modified: 2026-09-05
- Topics: .NET, Windows

Just three months after the release of 1.0 we're already on version 1.2.

This version is full of new features.

7 new helpers:
- BackgroundTaskHelper to help you work with background tasks
- HttpHelper: everyone had their own little helper for queries now the toolkit provides one
- PrintHelper: to simplify the printing of our XAMLs and this is top
- DispacherHelper: everyone's already coded in their apps?
- To simplify the management of your deep links
- WebViewExtensions: allows us to bind HTML content to a WebView
- SystemInformation: allows you to retrieve all the system information in a single class


A new control: the MasterDetailView:

![controls-masterdetailsview](https://jeromegiacomini.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Controls-MasterDetailsView-1024x899.gif)

In addition, they've made a lot of small bug fixes and improvements to existing controls.

Happy coding.