Windows Runtime via C# / Jeffrey Richter, Maarten van de Bospoort.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Jeffrey.

Contributor:

Bospoort, Maarten van de.

Series:

Developer Reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Windows (Computer file).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

C# (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Windows Runtime via C sharp

Place of Publication:

Redmond, Washington : Microsoft Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Delve inside the Windows Runtime - and learn best ways to design and build Windows Store apps. Guided by Jeffrey Richter, a recognized expert in Windows and .NET programming, along with principal Windows consultant Maarten van de Bospoort, you'll master essential concepts. And you'll gain practical insights and tips for how to architect, design, optimize, and debug your apps. With this book, you will: Learn how to consume Windows Runtime APIs from C# Understand the principles of architecting Windows Store apps See how to build, deploy, and secure app packages Understand how apps are activated and the process model controlling their execution Study the rich features available when working with files and folders Explore how to transfer, compress, and encrypt data via streams Design apps that give the illusion of running using live tiles, background transfers, and background tasks Share data between apps using the clipboard and the Share charm Get advice for monetizing your apps through the Windows Store About This Book Requires working knowledge of Microsoft .NET Framework, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE Targeted to programmers building Windows Store apps Some chapters also useful to those building desktop apps Technologies Covered Windows 8.1 Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

Contents:

Intro

Windows Runtime via C#

Table of Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

Who should read this book

Assumptions

Who should not read this book

Organization of this book

Code samples

Acknowledgments

Errata &amp

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780735679238

0735679231

9780735679252

0735679258

OCLC:

869833395