When users launch an app, they are immediately welcome by the splash screen. Every Windows 8 app has a splash screen, which consists of a 620x300 image and solid background color. Windows presents the splash screen on your behalf in order to welcome users while your app is activated. The activated event is received by... Continue Reading →
DisplayProperties class provides various properties that are related to the physical display. For most of these properties, the class provides events to allow clients to monitor for changes in the properties. Respond to the static OrientationChanged event. Determine the orientation from the CurrentOrientation property. partial class MainPage { public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); DisplayProperties.OrientationChanged +=... Continue Reading →
A contract is like an agreement between one or more apps. Contracts define the requirements that apps must meet to participate in these unique Windows interactions. For XAML Metro style apps, the Windows.UI.Xaml.Application class does a lot of the work needed for your app to support activation. This class exposes a set of strongly typed... Continue Reading →
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