Building Windows8 Metro Applications
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This document summarizes a presentation about building Metro style applications for Windows 8. It discusses conventions like supporting fullscreen, snapped, and filled layouts. Features covered include live tiles, charms, and the application bar. The application manifest and its capabilities and declarations are explained. Application lifecycles like suspension and resumption are also summarized. Finally, the document touches on packaging applications, including required files, for deployment in the application store.
Building Windows8 Metro Applications
- 1. Developer Conference 2011 MICROSOFT USER GROUP KOLKATA
- 2. Building your first Metro Style Application Abhishek Sur, Microsoft MVP Website: www.abhisheksur.com Email : contact@abhisheksur.com Twitter : @abhi2434
- 3. Agenda Introduction Convention & Rules Features Application Manifest Application Life Cycle Packaging & Deployment
- 4. Windows 8 Platforms and Tools Metro Style Applications Desktop Applications XAML Javascript, CSS HTML C, C++ / C#, VB Normal Desktop Applications Communication Graphics & Devices & and Data Media Printing Win 32 Native Apps Application Model Windows Kernel Services
- 5. Why Metro Application Metro Style application are full screen, device ready, touch interactive applications. They are more alive & truly designed for multi tasking Supports fluid layout, so content flows freely and adapts to available space. Application Store
- 6. Conventions and Rules Everything should be in background. UI threads must be responsive. Layout needs to support Snapping. (FullScreen, Fillled, Snapped) UI elements should follow standardization. (Application Bar, Charms etc.) Packaging and Deployment is recommended to be done via App Store
- 7. Video
- 8. FEATURES
- 9. Live Tiles Tiles are like Icons. They provide facility to update tile content even when the application is not running Tiles are bigger than Icon and helps you easily Tap using Thumb. Size of Tile can be made Small or Big based on content you want.
- 10. Chirms Each application is provided with Chirms. Chirms are special tools that allows an application to interact with the environment. Chirms allows you to navigate to different settings (Search, Share, Settings etc.) • Windows+F – Opens File Search • Windows+C – Opens Charms Bar • Windows+I – Opens Settings • Windows+Q – Opens App Search pane • Windows+W – Opens Settings Search app • Windows+Z – Opens App Bar
- 11. Application Bar Provides standard set of Icons in form of a Application Toolbar. ApplicationBar generally applied on top or bottom of the application. Shortcut for Application Bar is : Win + Z Application Bar provides standard access to activities required for an application
- 14. Capabilities Windows 8 runs in constraint environment Capabilities define what the application is capable of. Some capabilities are treated as sensitive and hence depends on User preference. User has flexibility to switch on / off.
- 15. Declarations General declarations on which the application can participate. Example : File Type association, Global search, Background Tasks etc.
- 16. Capabilities
- 17. Application Life Cycle Windows Metro application does not need to be stopped by the User. Application must Detect Suspension, Termination or Resumption. Application automatically gets to suspended mode after 5 seconds. Application gets terminated when it is not used for a long time
- 18. Debugging in VS Visual Studio debugger never suspend an application. Visual Studio has special menu which lets you Debug Suspension and Resumption of the application.
- 20. Packaging And deployment Application Store Packaged using digital signature Zip content with XAML in plain text. Debug symbol files. VS generates additional files for local deployment
- 21. Package includes Compiled Code & Custom dlls (if any) XAML (not compiled) Resources Manifest Digital signature
- 22. Packaging Demo
- 23. References • http://tinyurl.com/devconkol1 • http://tinyurl.com/devconkol2 • http://tinyurl.com/devconkol3
- 24. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- #8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p92QfWOw88I