Why can't I see a localdb database created by a UWP (Desktop Bridge App) in the SQL Server Object Explorer?

Question

Does UWP support LocalDB?
My investigations indicate there are some issues using localdb that I don\'t experience with SQL Server 2017 Development edition.

I man

Answer 1

I have come to the conclusion that localdb is not a supported version of SQL Server for production.

As explained here

LocalDB is a special, low impact version of the SQL Server engine, that is not installed as a Windows Service, but launched (made to run) on demand by the ADO.NET client opening a connection to it. It is intended for single user scenarios, and not for any prodcution use - for production you should use SQL Server Express (or higher)