Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps A Guide to the Windows Runtime

Name: Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps A Guide to the Windows Runtime
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ISBN: 9781449320553

ISBN-10: 1449320554

ISBN-13: 9781449320553

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ben Dewey

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Get a head start on creating "Metro"-style apps for the approaching release of Windows 8. If you’re new to .NET programming, this introductory guide will quickly get you up to speed on the tools you need to build user interfaces with Microsoft’s new design language, code-named Metro. Learn how to use WinRT and the preview version of the upcoming Visual Studio release, and get tips and tricks for having your app published in the Windows Store.Windows 8 brings some dramatic changes to the way users interact with computers and devices, and the Metro design language plays a key role. Whether you’re an experienced .NET developer, or build apps with HTML and Javascript, this book gets you in on…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 110
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.19" long x 0.23" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface



Windows 8: A Quick Tour


A User Interface for Touch


Start Screen


Start Bar


Windows Programming Reimagined


A New Native APIJ: The Windows Runtime


Language Support


Hosted Application Model


Single File Deployment


Windows Store


Inside Metro Style Apps


Application Bar


Semantic Zoom


Animation


Outside Your App


Tiles


Pickers


Charms


Sensors and Devices


Summary



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



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



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


FileSavePicker


Sharing


ShareDataRequestedMessagePump


ShareUriHandler


SharelmageResultsHandler


Sensors


LockScreen


Summary



Windows Store


Marketing


Windows Store App


Opening Your Developer Account


Selling Your App


Ratings and Reviews


Distribution


Packaging Your App


Inside your Appx


Running Windows App Cert Kit


Publishing Your App


Global Reach


Exposure to Global Markets


Localization


Summary