Universal App Platform

Windows 10

Neil Turner@theothernt

Independent developerof things on Xbox, Windows Phone and iOS.

Who develops with C# + XAML?

XAML

A quick history of

WPF / Desktop

Silverlight / Web

Silverlight / Phone

WinRT / Everywhere

Windows 8.1

Universal apps with

Shared project +Platform specific projects

90% of APIs common between Windows 8.1 and

Windows Phone 8.1

Universal App Platform

Windows 10

1 project, 1 binary

add more if you like!

Common APIs and UI controls

<SplitView x:Name="SplitView"OpenPaneLength="100"PanePlacement="Left"><SplitView.Pane>

<Grid Background="Salmon"><TextBlock Text="SplitView pane" />

</Grid></SplitView.Pane><Grid Background="LightBlue">

<TextBlock Text="Regular content" /></Grid>

</SplitView>

Responsive / Adaptive layouts

<RelativePanel><Button Content="Button 1" x:Name="B1"RelativePanel.AlightHorizontalCenterWithPanel="True" /><Button Content="Button 2"RelativePanel.LeftOf="{Binding ElementName=B1}" />

</RelativePanel>

<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups><VisualStateGroup>

<VisualState x:Name="WideState"><VisualState.StateTriggers>

<AdaptiveTrigger MinWindowWidth="600" /></VisualState.StateTriggers>

</VisualState></VisualStateGroup>

</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>

Universal App Platform

How to prepare for the

Target Windows / Phone 8.1 using WinRT

Shared Projects +

Portable Class Libraries

Design for adaptive layouts

phone / tablet / big screen

2015

Thanks for listening!

Any questions?