Building libheif on Windows with vcpkg

This page details the steps that are required to build libheif from the vcpkg port.
The following examples use the x64-windows vcpkg triplet.

Installing the libheif dependencies

Before building libheif you need to install the one or more of the libraries you want to use with it.

AOM

AOM can be used for decoding and/or encoding AVIF images.

vcpkg install aom:x64-windows

dav1d

dav1d can be used for decoding AVIF images.

vcpkg install dav1d:x64-windows

libde265

libde265 can be used for decoding H.265 HEIF images.

vcpkg install libde265:x64-windows

x265

x265 can be used for encoding H.265 HEIF images.

vcpkg install x265:x64-windows

Building libheif

After the dependencies have been installed you can build libheif.

vcpkg install libheif:x64-windows

Using libheif with libheif-sharp

You will need to copy the required DLLs from the vcpkg bin folder to your application folder.
In the above examples the vcpkg bin folder would be: <VCPKG_ROOT>\installed\x64-windows\bin.

Copyheif.dll and rename it to libheif.dll.
Copy any required dependencies:

AOM: aom.dll
dav1d: dav1d.dll
libde265: libde265.dll
x265: libx265.dll