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Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed Adam Nathan

Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed By Adam Nathan

Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed by Adam Nathan

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Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed Summary

Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed by Adam Nathan

Full color: Learn how to build great Windows Store apps! Figures and code appear as they do in Visual Studio.

Windows 8.1 enables you to build stunning applications that integrate with each other, Web services, and Windows itself. You can sell them in the Windows Store, with more options than ever before, for tablets such as Surface, laptops, and traditional desktop PCs! World-renowned Microsoft programming guru Adam Nathan shows you exactly how to write first-class apps for this significant update to Windows. Don't let the minor name change fool you--Windows 8.1 contains an incredible amount of new developer opportunities compared to Windows 8.

Clear, accessible, and intensely practical, this guide teaches through concise code examples, in full color to match their appearance in Visual Studio--the same approach that made Nathan's WPF Unleashed so popular. Writing with unprecedented depth and insight, Nathan guides you through creating advanced user interfaces with XAML and exploiting key Windows 8.1 features. Whether you're already comfortable with Microsoft programming or relatively new to it, Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed will take you to the cutting edge of Windows 8.1 development.

Detailed information on how to...
  • Use XAML to represent state-of-the-art user interfaces, even across multiple windows
  • Handle touch, mouse, keyboard, and pen input, including handwriting recognition
  • Use new Windows 8.1 controls for creating hubs, flyouts, better app bars, performing in-app searches, rendering PDFs, and much more
  • Encode, decode, and transcode multimedia content and speech-enable your app
  • Leverage rich XAML vector graphics and animation
  • Interact with built-in functionality such as the Camera app, file picker, the lock screen, new contacts and appointments integration, and more
  • Exploit the Windows 8.1 charms bar
  • Integrate DirectX graphics seamlessly
  • Work with the rich set of available sensors: accelerometer, compass, light sensor, location (with geofencing support), proximity, and more
  • Control devices such as fingerprint readers, image and bar code scanners, magnetic stripe readers, and custom Bluetooth, USB, HID, or Wi-Fi Direct devices

About Adam Nathan

Adam Nathan is a principal software architect for Microsoft, a best-selling technical author, and arguably the world's most prolific developer for Windows Phone. He introduced XAML to countless developers through his books on a variety of Microsoft technologies. Currently a part of Microsoft's Startup Business Group, Adam has previously worked on Visual Studio and the Common Language Runtime. He was the founding developer and architect of Popfly, Microsoft's first Silverlight-based product, named by PCWorld as one of its year's most innovative products. He is also the founder of PINVOKE.NET, the online resource for .NET developers who need to access Win32. His apps have been featured on Lifehacker, Gizmodo, ZDNet, ParentMap, and other enthusiast sites.

Adam's books are considered required reading by many inside Microsoft and throughout the industry. Adam is the author of Windows 8 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed (Sams, 2013), 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps (Sams, 2011), Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed (Sams, 2008), WPF Unleashed (Sams, 2006), WPF 4 Unleashed (Sams, 2010), WPF 4.5 Unleashed (Sams, 2013), and .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide (Sams, 2002); a coauthor of ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams, 2001); and a contributor to books including .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2 (Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Windows Developer Power Tools (O'Reilly, 2006). You can find Adam online at www.adamnathan.net or @adamnathan on Twitter.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Started

Chapter 1: Hello, Real World! 9

Creating, Deploying, and Profiling an App 9

Understanding the App Package 12

Updating XAML and C# Code 22

Making the App World-Ready 30

Making the App Accessible 36

Submitting to the Windows Store 40

Summary 42

Chapter 2: Mastering XAML 43

Elements and Attributes 44

Namespaces 45

Property Elements 47

Type Converters 48

Markup Extensions 49

Children of Object Elements 51

Mixing XAML with Procedural Code 56

XAML Keywords 59

Summary 61

Part II: Building an App

Chapter 3: Sizing, Positioning, and Transforming Elements 63

Controlling Size 64

Controlling Position 68

Applying 2D Transforms 71

Applying 3D Transforms 79

Summary 82

Chapter 4: Layout 83

Discovering Your Window Size and Location 84

Panels 89

Handling Content Overflow 105

Summary 116

Chapter 5: Interactivity 117

Dependency Properties 117

Routed Events 124

Commands 129

Summary 131

Chapter 6: Handling Input: Touch, Mouse, Pen, and Keyboard 133

Touch Input 134

Mouse Input 156

Pen Input 159

Keyboard Input 168

Summary 174

Part III: Working with the App Model

Chapter 7: App Lifecycle 175

Killing 177

Suspending 178

Resuming 181

Terminating 181

Launching 182

Activating 185

Managing Session State with SuspensionManager 187

Programmatically Launching Apps 190

Summary 193

Chapter 8: Threading, Windows, and Pages 195

Understanding the Threading Model for Windows Store Apps 195

Displaying Multiple Windows 200

Navigating Between Pages 204

Summary 211

Chapter 9: The Many Ways to Earn Money 213

Adding Advertisements to Your App 214

Supporting a Free Trial 220

Supporting In-App Purchases 224

Validating Windows Store Receipts 232

Testing Windows Store Features 235

Summary 240

Part IV: Understanding Controls

Chapter 10: Content Controls 241

Button 244

AppBarButton 247

HyperlinkButton 254

RepeatButton 256

ToggleButton 256

AppBarToggleButton 256

CheckBox 257

RadioButton 258

ToolTip 259

App Bars 262

Summary 269

Chapter 11: Items Controls 271

Items in the Control 272

Items Panels 274

ComboBox 277

ListBox 279

ListView 281

GridView 285

FlipView 287

SemanticZoom 289

MenuFlyout 292

Summary 293

Chapter 12: Text 295

TextBlock 295

RichTextBlock 308

TextBox 313

RichEditBox 321

PasswordBox 324

Summary 326

Chapter 13: Images 327

The Image Element 328

Multiple Files for Multiple Environments 337

Decoding Images 342

Encoding Images 351

Rendering PDF Content as an Image 359

Summary 365

Chapter 14: Audio, Video, and Speech 367

Playback 368

Capture 380

Transcoding 392

Speech Synthesis 397

Summary 399

Chapter 15: Other Controls 401

Range Controls 401

SearchBox 404

Popup Controls 411

Hub 421

Date and Time Controls 426

ProgressRing 429

ToggleSwitch 429

WebView 430

Summary 436

Part V: Leveraging the Richness of XAML

Chapter 16: Vector Graphics 437

Shapes 438

Geometries 444

Brushes 452

Summary 466

Chapter 17: Animation 469

Theme Transitions 470

Theme Animations 481

Custom Animations 486

Custom Keyframe Animations 500

Easing Functions 505

Manual Animations 509

Summary 511

Chapter 18: Styles, Templates, and Visual States 513

Styles 514

Templates 524

Visual States 533

Summary 543

Chapter 19: Data Binding 545

Introducing Binding 545

Controlling Rendering 554

Customizing the View of a Collection 562

High-Performance Rendering with ListView and GridView 566

Summary 569

Part VI: Exploiting Windows 8.1

Chapter 20: Working with Data 571

An Overview of Files and Folders 571

App Data 573

User Data 579

Networking 584

Summary 595

Chapter 21: Supporting Charms 597

The Search Charm 597

The Share Charm 603

The Devices Charm 611

The Settings Charm 620

Summary 625

Chapter 22: Leveraging Contracts 627

Account Picture Provider 629

AutoPlay Content and

AutoPlay Device 631

File Type Associations 634

Protocol 636

File Open Picker 637

File Save Picker 641

Contact Picker 642

The New Contact Contract 644

The New Appointments Provider Contract 648

Background Tasks 650

Summary 659

Chapter 23: Reading from Sensors 661

Accelerometer 661

Gyrometer 665

Inclinometer 665

Compass 665

Light Sensor 665

Orientation 666

Location 666

Proximity 674

Summary 677

Chapter 24: Controlling Devices 679

Fingerprint Readers 679

Image Scanners 680

Barcode Scanners 684

Magnetic Stripe Readers 687

Custom Bluetooth Devices 689

Custom Bluetooth Smart Devices 692

Custom USB Devices 695

Custom HID Devices 698

Custom Wi-Fi Direct Devices 700

Summary 702

Chapter 25: Thinking Outside the App: Live Tiles, Notifications, and the Lock Screen 703

Live Tiles 703

Badges 718

Secondary Tiles 720

Toast Notifications 722

Setting Up Push Notifications 728

The Lock Screen 736

Summary 738

Part VII: Advanced Features

Chapter 26: Integrating DirectX 739

Integrating as an Image Source 740

Integrating the Swap Chain 747

Summary 752

Chapter 27: Custom Controls and Components 755

Creating a User Control 756

Creating a More Complex

Control 759

Creating a Templated Control 771

Creating a Windows Runtime Component 776

Summary 779

Chapter 28: Layout with Custom Panels 781

Communication Between Parents and Children 782

Creating a SimpleCanvas 785

Creating a SimpleStackPanel 789

Creating a UniformGrid 792

Summary 798

Index 799

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Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed by Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Pearson Education (US)
20131230
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