Windows Runtime via C# by Richter, Jeffrey -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Windows Runtime via C# Dedication Foreword Introduction

Who should read this book

Assumptions

Who should not read this book Organization of this book Code samples Acknowledgments Errata & book support We want to hear from you Stay in touch

I. Core concepts

1. Windows Runtime primer

Windows Store app technology stacks The Windows Runtime type system Windows Runtime type-system projections Calling asynchronous WinRT APIs from .NET code

Simplifying the calling of asynchronous methods Cancellation and progress WinRT deferrals

2. App packaging and deployment

A Windows Store app’s project files The app’s package manifest file

Package identity Capabilities App (not package) declarations (extensions/contracts)

Building a Windows Store app package

Contents of an .appx package file Creating a bundle package file

Deploying a Windows Store package

Restricted deployments Enterprise deployments Windows Store deployments

Package staging and registration Wintellect’s Package Explorer desktop app Debugging Windows Store apps

3. Process model

App activation Managing the process model XAML page navigation Process lifetime management

Windows Store app suspension Windows Store app termination How to best structure your app class’ code Debugging process lifetime management

II. Core Windows facilities

4. Package data and roaming

Package data settings Package data storage folders Versioning package data Roaming package data Package data change notifications

5. Storage files and folders

The WinRT storage object model Package and user files Accessing read-only package files Accessing read-write package files Accessing user files via explicit user consent File-type associations Storage item properties Accessing user files with implicit user consent Performing file and folder queries

6. Stream input and output

Simple file I/O The streams object model Interoperating between WinRT streams and .NET streams Transferring byte buffers Writing and reading primitive data types Performing transacted write operations Polite reader data access Compressing and decompressing data Encrypting and decrypting data Populating a stream on demand Searching over a stream’s content

7. Networking

Network information Network isolation Network connection profile information

How your app must use connectivity profile information Network connectivity change notifications

Background transfer

Debugging background transfers

HttpClient: Client-side HTTP(S) communication

HttpBaseProtocolFilter

Windows Runtime sockets

Socket addressing StreamSocket: Client-side TCP communication StreamSocketListener: Server-side TCP communication StreamWebSocket: Streaming client-side WebSocket communication MessageWebSocket: Messaging client-side WebSocket communication DatagramSocket: Peer-to-peer UDP communication DatagramSocket: Multicast UDP communication

Encrypting data traversing the network with certificates

8. Tile and toast notifications

Tiles and badges

Updating a tile when your app is in the foreground Placing a badge on a tile Animating a tile’s contents Updating a tile at a scheduled time Updating a tile periodically Secondary tiles

Toast notifications

Showing a toast notification at a scheduled time Using the Wintellect Notification Extension Library Windows Push Notification Service (WNS)

Registering your app and the user’s PC with WNS Send the channel URI to your app’s web service Pushing a notification from your app’s web service to the user’s PC

9. Background tasks

Background task architecture Step 1: Implement your background task’s code Step 2: Decide what triggers your background task’s code

Maintenance and time triggers System triggers Location triggers Push notification triggers Control channel triggers

Step 3: Add manifest declarations

Lock-screen apps

Step 4: Register your app’s background tasks Debugging background tasks Background task resource quotas Deploying a new version of your app Background task progress and completion Background task cancellation

10. Sharing data between apps

Apps transfer data via a DataPackage Sharing via the clipboard Sharing via the Share charm Implementing a share source app

Delayed rendering of shared content

Implementing a share target app

Implementing an extended (lengthy) share operation Share target app quick links

Debugging share target apps

11. Windows Store

Submitting a Windows Store app to the Windows Store

Submitting your app Testing your app Monitoring your app Updating your app

The Windows Store commerce engine

The Windows Store commerce engine WinRT APIs App trials and purchasing an app license Purchasing durable in-app product licenses Purchasing consumable in-app products Purchasing consumable in-app product offers

A. App containers B. About the authors Index About the Authors Copyright

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