Windows Store apps development
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The document is a presentation on Windows Store app development by Laurent Duveau, detailing tools, controls, display modes, and live tiles. It covers aspects such as using Visual Studio 2012 and Expression Blend, various UI elements, handling different display resolutions, and managing notifications. Key highlights include the implementation of search and share contracts alongside updating live tiles through various service channels.
![What makes an update?
Choices:
Tile template catalog / toast template catalog
Whoever issues an update builds the XML
• URIs for images can use http[s]://, ms-appx:///, or
ms-appdata:///local/
Notifications Extensions Library provides
an object model
Reduces mistakes that cause updates to not show
Tiles, badges, and
toasts are bits of
XML that come
from predefined
templates (to
avoid chaos)
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Windows Store apps development
- 1. Laurent Duveau Windows 8 Instructor MVP / MCT / RD @laurentduveau Montreal February 9th, 2013 ldex.ca Windows Store app development
- 2. Agenda Tools Controls Orientations & display modes Tiles & Notifications Contracts (Search & Share)
- 4. Tools Visual Studio 2012 + Expression Blend Get Blend with: • Visual Studio Express for Windows 8 • Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8 Requirements • Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 SDK
- 6. Controls Combo box Button Check box Progress bar Password box List box Hyperlink Progress ring Radio button Slider Viewbox
- 11. Devices
- 13. Different resolution / DPIs As the resolution goes up, elements become smaller.
- 14. Different resolution / DPIs When the DPI/PPI hits a certain threshold, Windows scales all of the UI to 140% or 180% of the original size. Assets: Images/en-us/logo.scale-100.png Images/en-us/logo.scale-140.png Images/fr-fr/logo.png Code: Images/logo.png
- 15. Display modes
- 16. Orientation
- 17. Orientations and display modes
- 21. Live tiles Local, scheduled, periodic and push updates
- 22. Alive with activity without apps running 1. Issue direct updates, perhaps using queue, scheduled, and expiring updates 2. Tell Windows a service URL where it can go to obtain periodic updates 3. Obtain a Windows Push Notification Service (WNS) channel and have a service send notifications to that These actions can happen from app code or background tasks There are three ways an app configures this to happen
- 23. What makes an update? Choices: Tile template catalog / toast template catalog Whoever issues an update builds the XML • URIs for images can use http[s]://, ms-appx:///, or ms-appdata:///local/ Notifications Extensions Library provides an object model Reduces mistakes that cause updates to not show Tiles, badges, and toasts are bits of XML that come from predefined templates (to avoid chaos) http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/app-tiles-and-badges-sample-5fc49148
- 24. Live Tiles
- 25. Toast templates MSDN: The toast template catalog http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh761494
- 29. Search Anatomy 1. Search box is scoped to the main app screen 2. Query suggestions provided by the main app on screen 3. List of installed apps that have implemented the search contract
- 30. Search Anatomy 4. Result suggestions provided by the main app on screen • Must include thumbnail and title • Indicates a strong or exact match • Takes users directly to the details of the result