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Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps
by Ben Dewey
Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps
Getting Started with Windows 8 Apps
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Preface
The Windows Runtime
Disclaimer
Who This Book Is For
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
What You Need to Use This Book
Subscribing to the Bing Search API Service on Windows Azure Marketplace
Using Code Examples
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
How to Contact the Author
Acknowledgements
1. Windows 8: A Quick Tour
A User Interface for Touch
Start Screen
Start Bar
Search
Share
Devices
Settings
Windows Programming Reimagined
A New Native APIJ: The Windows Runtime
Language Support
JavaScript
C# and Visual Basic
C++
Hosted Application Model
Single File Deployment
Windows Store
Inside Windows 8 Apps
Application Bar
Semantic Zoom
Animation
Outside Your App
Tiles
Pickers
Charms
Sensors and Devices
Summary
2. Getting Started
Where Is the Hello World app?
Bing Search API
Getting Started: The BingSimpleSearch App
Bing Search API Service class
Calling the Bing Search API
Wrapping Up the UI
Running the BingSimpleSearch App
Unlocking WinRT (the FileSavePicker)
Summary
3. Application Architecture
The Bing Image Search App
Goals
Usability
Non-functional
Development Process Goals
Design of the User Interface
Application Diagram
Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)
Who Comes First: the View or the ViewModel (the ViewModelLocator)?
Commands
Inversion of Control (IoC) Container
Navigation
NavigationService
MessageHub
Sending a Message
Alternatives to the MessageHub
Application Storage and Tombstoning
Settings
Summary
4. Interacting with the Operating System
Search
Declaring Your Search Intentions
Handling SearchPane.QuerySubmitted
Launching Your App Directly into Search Mode
Tiles
Updating the Tile with a Collection of Images
Updating Multiple Tiles with a Single Command
Pickers
FileOpenPicker
Declaring the FileOpenPicker in the manifest
Launching the FileOpenPicker
Handling the FileOpenPickerUI
FileSavePicker
Sharing
ShareDataRequestedMessagePump
ShareUriHandler
ShareImageResultsHandler
Sensors
LockScreen
Summary
5. Windows Store
Marketing
Windows Store App
Opening Your Developer Account
Selling Your App
Ratings and Reviews
Distribution
Packaging Your App
Packaging your app from Visual Studio
Packaging your app from the Appx Packager
Inside your Appx
Running Windows App Cert Kit
Publishing Your App
Global Reach
Exposure to Global Markets
Localization
Setting up resources
Localizing text in XAML
Localizing text in code
Summary
About the Author
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