Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Description

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

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Table of Contents

Introduction     1

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

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

Killing     177

Suspending     178

Resuming     181

Terminating     181

Launching     182

Activating     185

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