diff --git a/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Maui.Controls.Sample.csproj b/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Maui.Controls.Sample.csproj
index 0f6f14b001aa..fbaf33227a9f 100644
--- a/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Maui.Controls.Sample.csproj
+++ b/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Maui.Controls.Sample.csproj
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\Embedded\*" />
     <MauiAsset Include="Resources\Raw\**" LogicalName="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
-    <MauiAsset Include="..\..\..\Core\src\Handlers\HybridWebView\HybridWebView.js" LogicalName="HybridSamplePage\scripts\HybridWebView.js" />
     <MauiImage Include="Resources\Images\*" />
     <MauiImage Update="Resources\Images\*.gif" Resize="false" />
     <MauiIcon Include="Resources\AppIcons\appicon.svg" ForegroundFile="Resources\AppIcons\appicon_foreground.svg" />
diff --git a/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Resources/Raw/HybridSamplePage/index.html b/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Resources/Raw/HybridSamplePage/index.html
index 8f991dfac2d4..9ba0035a6973 100644
--- a/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Resources/Raw/HybridSamplePage/index.html
+++ b/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Resources/Raw/HybridSamplePage/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <title></title>
     <link rel="icon" href="data:,">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/app.css">
-    <script src="scripts/HybridWebView.js"></script>
+    <script src="_framework/hybridwebview.js"></script>
     <script>
         function LogMessage(msg) {
             var messageLog = document.getElementById("messageLog");
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Controls.DeviceTests.csproj b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Controls.DeviceTests.csproj
index 9ff6855c35ec..e8980569ae6f 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Controls.DeviceTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Controls.DeviceTests.csproj
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     <!-- Raw Assets for HybridWebView tests (removes the "Resources\Raw" prefix, to mimic what project templates do) -->
     <None Remove="Resources\Raw\**" />
     <MauiAsset Include="Resources\Raw\**" LogicalName="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
-    <MauiAsset Include="..\..\..\Core\src\Handlers\HybridWebView\HybridWebView.js" LogicalName="HybridTestRoot\scripts\HybridWebView.js" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/index.html b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/index.html
index 851a950aeb37..bd5ee137d8d4 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/index.html
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title></title>
     <link rel="icon" href="data:,">
-    <script src="scripts/HybridWebView.js"></script>
+    <script src="_framework/hybridwebview.js"></script>
 
     <!-- test helper functions-->
     <script>
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/invokedotnettests.html b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/invokedotnettests.html
index be67b6563a43..2b3b67834c55 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/invokedotnettests.html
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Resources/Raw/HybridTestRoot/invokedotnettests.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title></title>
     <link rel="icon" href="data:,">
-    <script src="scripts/HybridWebView.js"></script>
+    <script src="_framework/hybridwebview.js"></script>
     <script>
         window.addEventListener(
             "HybridWebViewMessageReceived",
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.Windows.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.Windows.cs
index c5489da7eb95..44c963724e2c 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.Windows.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.Windows.cs
@@ -171,9 +171,21 @@ private async void OnWebResourceRequested(CoreWebView2 sender, CoreWebView2WebRe
 
 			if (new Uri(requestUri) is Uri uri && AppOriginUri.IsBaseOf(uri))
 			{
-				var relativePath = AppOriginUri.MakeRelativeUri(uri).ToString().Replace('/', '\\');
+				var relativePath = AppOriginUri.MakeRelativeUri(uri).ToString();
 
-				// 1. Try special InvokeDotNet path
+				// 1.a. Try the special "_framework/hybridwebview.js" path
+				if (relativePath == HybridWebViewDotJsPath)
+				{
+					logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will return the hybrid web view script.", url);
+					var jsStream = GetEmbeddedStream(HybridWebViewDotJsPath);
+					if (jsStream is not null)
+					{
+						var ras = await CopyContentToRandomAccessStreamAsync(jsStream);
+						return (Stream: ras, ContentType: "application/javascript", StatusCode: 200, Reason: "OK");
+					}
+				}
+
+				// 1.b. Try special InvokeDotNet path
 				if (relativePath == InvokeDotNetPath)
 				{
 					logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will be handled by the .NET method invoker.", url);
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.cs
index 85393e589933..8b250e37f919 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public partial class HybridWebViewHandler : IHybridWebViewHandler
 		internal static readonly Uri AppOriginUri = new(AppOrigin);
 
 		internal const string InvokeDotNetPath = "__hwvInvokeDotNet";
+		internal const string HybridWebViewDotJsPath = "_framework/hybridwebview.js";
 
 		public static IPropertyMapper<IHybridWebView, IHybridWebViewHandler> Mapper = new PropertyMapper<IHybridWebView, IHybridWebViewHandler>(ViewHandler.ViewMapper)
 		{
@@ -493,6 +494,22 @@ await handler.InvokeAsync(nameof(IHybridWebView.EvaluateJavaScriptAsync),
 			return await FileSystem.OpenAppPackageFileAsync(assetPath);
 		}
 
+		internal static Stream? GetEmbeddedStream(string embeddedPath)
+		{
+			var assembly = typeof(HybridWebViewHandler).Assembly;
+
+			var resourceName = assembly
+				.GetManifestResourceNames()
+				.FirstOrDefault(name => name.Equals(embeddedPath.Replace('\\', '/'), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+			if (resourceName is null)
+			{
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			return assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName);
+		}
+
 #if !NETSTANDARD
 		internal static readonly FileExtensionContentTypeProvider ContentTypeProvider = new();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.iOS.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.iOS.cs
index 8f33a76b2815..908472a0c562 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/HybridWebView/HybridWebViewHandler.iOS.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using System.Web;
 using Foundation;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Maui.Storage;
 using UIKit;
 using WebKit;
 using RectangleF = CoreGraphics.CGRect;
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ public async void StartUrlSchemeTask(WKWebView webView, IWKUrlSchemeTask urlSche
 					// 2.c. Return the body
 					if (bytes?.Length > 0)
 					{
-						urlSchemeTask.DidReceiveData(NSData.FromArray(bytes));
+						urlSchemeTask.DidReceiveData(bytes);
 					}
 
 					// 2.d. Finish the task
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ public async void StartUrlSchemeTask(WKWebView webView, IWKUrlSchemeTask urlSche
 				logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} was not handled.", url);
 			}
 
-			private async Task<(byte[]? ResponseBytes, string? ContentType, int StatusCode)> GetResponseBytesAsync(string url, ILogger? logger)
+			private async Task<(NSData? ResponseBytes, string? ContentType, int StatusCode)> GetResponseBytesAsync(string url, ILogger? logger)
 			{
 				if (Handler is null)
 				{
@@ -229,11 +230,22 @@ public async void StartUrlSchemeTask(WKWebView webView, IWKUrlSchemeTask urlSche
 
 				if (new Uri(url) is Uri uri && AppOriginUri.IsBaseOf(uri))
 				{
-					var relativePath = AppOriginUri.MakeRelativeUri(uri).ToString().Replace('\\', '/');
+					var relativePath = AppOriginUri.MakeRelativeUri(uri).ToString();
 
 					var bundleRootDir = Path.Combine(NSBundle.MainBundle.ResourcePath, Handler.VirtualView.HybridRoot!);
 
-					// 1. Try special InvokeDotNet path
+					// 1.a. Try the special "_framework/hybridwebview.js" path
+					if (relativePath == HybridWebViewDotJsPath)
+					{
+						logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will return the hybrid web view script.", url);
+						var jsStream = GetEmbeddedStream(HybridWebViewDotJsPath);
+						if (jsStream is not null)
+						{
+							return (NSData.FromStream(jsStream), ContentType: "application/javascript", StatusCode: 200);
+						}
+					}
+
+					// 1.b. Try special InvokeDotNet path
 					if (relativePath == InvokeDotNetPath)
 					{
 						logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will be handled by the .NET method invoker.", url);
@@ -243,7 +255,7 @@ public async void StartUrlSchemeTask(WKWebView webView, IWKUrlSchemeTask urlSche
 						var contentBytes = await Handler.InvokeDotNetAsync(invokeQueryString);
 						if (contentBytes is not null)
 						{
-							return (contentBytes, "application/json", StatusCode: 200);
+							return (NSData.FromArray(contentBytes), "application/json", StatusCode: 200);
 						}
 					}
 
@@ -252,7 +264,7 @@ public async void StartUrlSchemeTask(WKWebView webView, IWKUrlSchemeTask urlSche
 					// 2. If nothing found yet, try to get static content from the asset path
 					if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(relativePath))
 					{
-						relativePath = Handler.VirtualView.DefaultFile!.Replace('\\', '/');
+						relativePath = Handler.VirtualView.DefaultFile;
 						contentType = "text/html";
 					}
 					else
@@ -264,14 +276,15 @@ public async void StartUrlSchemeTask(WKWebView webView, IWKUrlSchemeTask urlSche
 						}
 					}
 
-					var assetPath = Path.Combine(bundleRootDir, relativePath);
+					var assetPath = Path.Combine(bundleRootDir, relativePath!);
+					assetPath = FileSystemUtils.NormalizePath(assetPath);
 
 					if (File.Exists(assetPath))
 					{
 						// 2.a. If something was found, return the content
 						logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will return an app package file.", url);
 
-						return (File.ReadAllBytes(assetPath), contentType, StatusCode: 200);
+						return (NSData.FromFile(assetPath), contentType, StatusCode: 200);
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiHybridWebViewClient.cs b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiHybridWebViewClient.cs
index 42c90e2c45cc..46679e015bc5 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiHybridWebViewClient.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiHybridWebViewClient.cs
@@ -99,9 +99,20 @@ public MauiHybridWebViewClient(HybridWebViewHandler handler)
 
 			logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will be handled by .NET MAUI.", fullUrl);
 
-			var relativePath = HybridWebViewHandler.AppOriginUri.MakeRelativeUri(uri).ToString().Replace('/', '\\');
+			var relativePath = HybridWebViewHandler.AppOriginUri.MakeRelativeUri(uri).ToString();
 
-			// 1. Try special InvokeDotNet path
+			// 1.a. Try the special "_framework/hybridwebview.js" path
+			if (relativePath == HybridWebViewHandler.HybridWebViewDotJsPath)
+			{
+				logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will return the hybrid web view script.", fullUrl);
+				var jsStream = HybridWebViewHandler.GetEmbeddedStream(HybridWebViewHandler.HybridWebViewDotJsPath);
+				if (jsStream is not null)
+				{
+					return new WebResourceResponse("application/json", "UTF-8", 200, "OK", GetHeaders("application/json"), jsStream);
+				}
+			}
+
+			// 1.b. Try special InvokeDotNet path
 			if (relativePath == HybridWebViewHandler.InvokeDotNetPath)
 			{
 				logger?.LogDebug("Request for {Url} will be handled by the .NET method invoker.", fullUrl);