Pro Windows 8.1. Development with. XAML and C# Jesse Liberty. Philip Japikse. Jon Galloway

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1 Pro Windows 8.1 Development with XAML and C# Jesse Liberty Philip Japikse Jon Galloway

2 Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewers Acknowledgments xvii xix xxi HChapter 1: Getting Started 1 Background 1 Dual User Interfaces 1 ARM Support 1 Acceptance 2 Fast-Release Cycle 2 The Microsoft Store 2 What's New in Windows Windows Design Guidelines 2 Being Fast and Fluid 3 Sizing Beautifully 3 Using the Right Contracts 3 Investing in a Great Tile 3 Feeling like It Is Connected and Alive 3 Roaming to the Cloud 4 Embracing the Modern App Design Principles 4 UX Guidelines 4 Tooling 5 Visual Studio Blend for Visual Studio vii

3 Git 14 Using Git in Visual Studio 14 NuGet 19 Installing NuGet 19 Enabling Package Restore 20 Installing Your First Package 22 Summary 24 Chapter 2: Building Your First Windows 8 App 25 Windows Architecture (For Developers) 25 Creating Your First App 26 App Project Overview 26 App.xaml 32 MainPagaxaml 32 Model View ViewModel (MWM) 32 The Pattern 32 Creating a Model 33 Creating the ViewModel 36 Updating the Code Behind 38 Creating the View 38 Testing the App 39 Guidance 40 Navigation 40 Creating a New Page 40 Adding Navigation to the MainPage 42 Handling the NavigatedTo Event 43 The Back Button 44 Summary 44 viii

4 ^Chapter 3: Themes, Panels, and Controls 45 Choosing a Theme 45 Using Panels 47 The Canvas 48 The Grid 50 The StackPanel 54 Border Control 55 Working with Controls 56 TextBlock and TextBox 56 Spell Check 58 Headers and Watermarks 59 PasswordBox 61 Buttons and Event Handlers 62 CheckBoxes, ToggleSwitches, and RadioButtons 65 ListBox, ListView, and ComboBox 67 Image 68 Slider 70 Progress Bar 71 ToolTip 71 DatePickers and TimePickers 72 Flyouts 72 Understanding Dependency Properties 74 Data Hiding 74 Dependency Properties 75 Summary 77 -Chapter 4: Binding 79 DataContext 79 Creating a Simple Binding 80 Data Binding Statements 81 Binding Errors 82 ix

5 FallbackValue 83 TargetNullValue 83 Binding to Elements 84 Binding Modes 85 UpdateSourceTrigger 86 INotifyPropertyChanged 86 Binding to Collections 89 Creating the Collection 90 Creating a Data-Bound ListView 91 Creating a Data-Bound GridView 93 INotifyCollectionChanged 94 Data Converters 95 Summary 97 ^Chapter 5: Views 99 The GridView and ListView Controls 99 Building the Sample 99 The Supporting Code 106 Resizing the Application 107 Creating the ListView 110 Switching Views 111 Handling the Resize Event 115 The Grid App Template 116 What's Included in the Template 116 Options for Integrating Your Data into a Grid App Project 120 Integrating Your Own Data into SampleDataSource 120 The Split App Template 126 Summary 129 X

6 ^Chapter 6: Local Data 131 Application Data 131 Settings Containers 132 Saving, Reading, and Deleting Local Data 132 Creating the Data Layer 135 Creating the Repository Interface 135 Creating the DataModel 136 Creating the ViewModel 136 Local Data 139 Using JSON to Format Data 139 Local Data Containers 140 Creating the File Repository 140 Creating the View 144 Roaming 147 User-Specified Locations 148 Creating the FileOperations Class 148 Adding the File Association for JSON Files 150 SQLite 153 Summary 158 Chapter 7: Remote Data and Services 159 Remote Data Services 159 REST to the Rescue 160 Common API Formats 160 XML 161 JSON 161 ASP.NET Web API 162 Building a Service with ASRNET Web API 162 Web API Convention over Configuration 167 Entity Framework 167 xi

7 Accessing the ASP.NET Web API Service from a Windows 8.1 Client 171 Adding the Web Api Client Package from NuGet 172 Adding the Contact Class 174 Editing the SampleDataSource Class 174 Calling LoadDataAsync 177 Running the Client 177 Consuming OData in Windows Accessing a Public OData Service Using the OData Client Tools 180 Summary 185 ^Chapter 8: Search and Share Contracts 187 Seaching 188 Adding a Charms-Based Search to an App 189 Building the Sample to Match Search Terms 193 Doing a Search Using the SearchBox 197 Sharing 201 Architecture 201 Implementation 201 Creating a Sharing Target 204 Summary 207 Chapter 9: Notifications 209 Display Options for Notifications 209 Delivery Options for Notifications 210 Live Tiles 210 Creating the Sample 211 Adding Live Tiles Manually 214 Adding Live Tiles Through the Notifications Extensions 218 Resetting the Tiles 220 xii

8 Secondary Tiles 220 Creating the Project 221 Creating the Secondary Tile 222 Responding to Secondary Tile Launch 225 Toast Notifications 227 Creating the Toast Notification Sample App 227 Updating the Manifest 229 Creating Toast Notifications Manually 229 Creating Toast Notification Through the Notifications Extensions 231 Responding to Toast Notification Launch 232 Push Notifications with Windows Notification Service (WNS) and Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) 234 WNS Interaction Overview 234 Why Use WAMS 235 WAMS Logs 258 Summary 259 ^Chapter 10: Application Life Cycle 261 The Three App States 262 Running 262 Suspended 262 Terminated 262 State Transitions 262 Launching 263 Working with the Suspension Manager 264 Using Async Methods 264 Adding a Suspension Manager to the Blank App 264 Building the Sample App 267 Adding the Navigation Parameter Class 268 Creating the Details Page 268 Creating the Main Page 269 Handling Adding/Editing List Items 270 xiii

9 Responding to App Suspension 270 Registering the Root Frame 271 The OnSuspending Event 271 Saving Session Data 272 Saving Session State 272 Responding to App Activation 272 Determining the Previous Application State 273 Testing the Restoring Navigation State 274 Restoring Session Information 274 Testing the Restoring Session Information 275 Summary 275 Chapter 11: Making Money 277 Monetization Choices 277 Free 277 Selling Your App 278 Supported Through In-App Purchases 278 Supported Through In-App Advertising 278 Implementing Your Choice(s) 279 Programmtically Checking the Licensing Status 279 Setting Up In-App Purchases 281 Converting Trials to Purchased Apps 286 In-App Advertising 288 Summary 294 HChapter 12: Publishing Your App 295 Signing Up for a Developer Account 295 Setting Up Your Payout Account and Tax Information 295 The App Submission Checklist 296 Picking an App Name 297 Setting Selling Details 298 Age Rating and Rating Certificates 302 xiv

10 Cryptography 303 Packages Description Notes to Testers 315 Submitting for Certification 315 Summary 317 Index 319 XV