Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps
A Guide to the Windows Runtime
1st Edition
Published on 19. July 2012
110 pages
978-1-4493-2124-6 (ISBN)
Description
Get a head start on building apps for Windows 8. With a series of examples, this hands-on guide takes you through the process of creating complete touch-enabled apps that respond to native sensors. Through the course of the book, youll learn how to work with the Windows Runtime application model while building a Bing Image Search app.If youre an experienced .NET developer who wants to get up to speed with Windows 8, this book provides the expertise and C# code samples you need.Get a high-level overview of Windows 8 featuresfrom the Start Screen to in-app features such as the Application BarBegin by building a simple app to retrieve Bing image search results from a web serviceLearn about the components needed to complete the app, including UI design, the MVVM architectural pattern, and tombstoningTake advantage of native OS features such as tiles, file pickers, and sharing requestsExamine the steps necessary to publish an app to the Windows Store
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- The Windows Runtime
- Disclaimer
- Who This Book Is For
- How This Book Is Organized
- Conventions Used in This Book
- What You Need to Use This Book
- Subscribing to the Bing Search API Service on Windows Azure Marketplace
- Using Code Examples
- Safari® Books Online
- How to Contact Us
- How to Contact the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Windows 8: A Quick Tour
- A User Interface for Touch
- Start Screen
- Start Bar
- Search
- Share
- Devices
- Settings
- Windows Programming Reimagined
- A New Native APIJ: The Windows Runtime
- Language Support
- JavaScript
- C# and Visual Basic
- C++
- Hosted Application Model
- Single File Deployment
- Windows Store
- Inside Windows 8 Apps
- Application Bar
- Semantic Zoom
- Animation
- Outside Your App
- Tiles
- Pickers
- Charms
- Sensors and Devices
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Getting Started
- Where Is the Hello World app?
- Bing Search API
- Getting Started: The BingSimpleSearch App
- Bing Search API Service class
- Calling the Bing Search API
- Wrapping Up the UI
- Running the BingSimpleSearch App
- Unlocking WinRT (the FileSavePicker)
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Application Architecture
- The Bing Image Search App
- Goals
- Usability
- Non-functional
- Development Process Goals
- Design of the User Interface
- Application Diagram
- Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
- Who Comes First: the View or the ViewModel (the ViewModelLocator)?
- Commands
- Inversion of Control (IoC) Container
- Navigation
- NavigationService
- MessageHub
- Sending a Message
- Alternatives to the MessageHub
- Application Storage and Tombstoning
- Settings
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Interacting with the Operating System
- Search
- Declaring Your Search Intentions
- Handling SearchPane.QuerySubmitted
- Launching Your App Directly into Search Mode
- Tiles
- Updating the Tile with a Collection of Images
- Updating Multiple Tiles with a Single Command
- Pickers
- FileOpenPicker
- Declaring the FileOpenPicker in the manifest
- Launching the FileOpenPicker
- Handling the FileOpenPickerUI
- FileSavePicker
- Sharing
- ShareDataRequestedMessagePump
- ShareUriHandler
- ShareImageResultsHandler
- Sensors
- LockScreen
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Windows Store
- Marketing
- Windows Store App
- Opening Your Developer Account
- Selling Your App
- Ratings and Reviews
- Distribution
- Packaging Your App
- Packaging your app from Visual Studio
- Packaging your app from the Appx Packager
- Inside your Appx
- Running Windows App Cert Kit
- Publishing Your App
- Global Reach
- Exposure to Global Markets
- Localization
- Setting up resources
- Localizing text in XAML
- Localizing text in code
- Summary
