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Windows 8 Application Development

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István Novák
György Balássy
Zoltán Arvai
Dávid Fülöp
Beginning Windows® 8 Application Development
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 To Henriett, Eszter, and Réka. Thank you for your
love and support.

—István Novák

To Adrienn. Thank you for being so supportive and

for always standing behind me.

—Zoltán Arvai

To all my friends and family who endured while I was

writing the umpteenth “last” paragraph for the day—
at 10 p.m….on our holiday.

—Dávid Fülöp
CREDITS

Acquisitions Editor Vice President and Executive Group

Mary James Publisher
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Project Editor
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Technical Editor
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Copy Editor
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ISTVÁN NOVÁK is an associate and the chief technology consultant of SoftwArt, a small Hungarian
IT consulting company. He works as a software architect and community evangelist. In the last 20
years, he participated in more than 50 enterprise software development projects. In 2002, he co-
authored the first Hungarian book about .NET development. In 2007, he was awarded with the
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) title, and in 2011 he became a Microsoft Regional
Director. As the main author, he contributed in writing the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Six-In-
One book (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2010), and he is the author of Beginning Visual Studio LightSwitch
Development (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2011). He holds master’s degree from the Technical University of
Budapest, Hungary, and also has a doctoral degree in software technology. He lives in Dunakeszi,
Hungary, with his wife and two teenage daughters. He is a passionate scuba diver. You may have a
good chance of meeting him underwater at the Red Sea in any season of the year.

GYÖRGY BALÁSSY teaches web development as a lecturer at the Budapest University of Technology and
Economics. He is a founding member of the local MSDN Competence Center (MSDNCC), having an
important role in evangelizing the .NET platform as a speaker, book author, and consultant. Balássy
provided leadership in the foundation of the Hungarian .NET community as a key evangelist on
Microsoft events, technical forums, and as the head of the Portal Technology Group in the MSDNCC.
He is a regular speaker on academic and industrial events, presenting in-depth technical sessions on
.NET, ASP.NET, Office development, and ethical hacking, with which he won the Best Speaker and
the Most Valuable Professional awards in SharePoint, ASP.NET, and IIS multiple times. He was also
selected to be a member of the ASPInsiders group. Since 2005, Balássy has been the Microsoft Regional
Director in Hungary. You can visit his blog at http://gyorgybalassy.wordpress.com or reach him
at [email protected].

ZOLTÁN ARVAI is a software engineer specializing in client application development and front-end
architectures. He’s very passionate about user experience and next-generation user interfaces. He’s
been a freelancer the last seven years, working on several .NET projects, mainly in the enterprise
software development world. Arvai was honored with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
(MVP) award in 2009, and has been recognized three times as a Silverlight MVP. He is a frequent
speaker at local Microsoft events. Arvai has co-authored Hungarian books about Silverlight 4.0 and
Windows Phone 7.5. He lives in Budapest, Hungary, where he enjoys playing jazz on his old piano,
and is a big fan of meeting different cultures all over the world.

DÁVID FÜLÖP is a Hungarian software developer who spent the past decade building .NET and,
later, Silverlight applications. Apart from writing code and writing books about writing code, he’s
been a freelance software development trainer teaching developers of various companies, and giv-
ing lectures to college students at the University of Óbuda. Also, he’s a recurring presenter at local
Microsoft-related developer events. In his free time, he does karate, plays online, and furiously tries
to learn the Klingon language.
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR

ALEX GOLESH is a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Sela (located in Seattle). He is an international
expert who specializes in Windows 8, Windows Phone, XNA, Silverlight, and Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF). Golesh is currently consulting for various enterprises worldwide, architecting and
developing Windows 8, Windows Phone, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), and Smart Client solu-
tions. He has been developing training samples and courses for various product groups at Microsoft
(in Redmond, WA). He conducts lectures and workshops, and leads projects worldwide in the fields
of Windows 8, Windows Phone, RIA, and Smart Client. He has conducted Windows Phone 7, WPF,
and Silverlight trainings in Israel, India, Sweden, and Poland as a part of the Microsoft Early Adoption
Program. He has received recognition as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for four years
in a row.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WRITING THIS BOOK WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE! Just a few weeks after I had completed my previous
book, Paul Reese called and asked me to participate in a book about Windows 8. I did not hesitate,
and immediately said “yes.” I’m happy that Paul took a chance on me again, and hope he’ll be con-
tent with the result.
This book wouldn’t have been completed on time without Kevin Shafer and Mary E. James. Kevin
not only did amazing editorial work, but also undertook the burdens of adjusting the book again
and again as Microsoft changed the terminology of Windows 8. Mary always kept the book on
the right track, and encouraged us when we had to revise previously completed chapters because of
breaking changes in a new release of Windows 8.
I’d also like to thank Kim Cofer for thoroughly reading the manuscript, removing ambiguities, and
translating complex paragraphs to simple and tangle-free sentences. Alex Golesh not only reviewed
the book from technical point of view, but also suggested great ideas to make the exercises in this
book easier to follow and understand. I’m very grateful for his help.
I would not have been able to create this book without such a great authoring team. So, I’d like to
thank György, Zoltán, and Dávid for adding their hearts and souls to this adventure. It was great to
work with you!
Finally, I owe many kisses to my wife and daughters for letting me spend so many hours in my
study, working on this book. I’ll keep my promise, and we’ll spend the remaining weekends of this
summer together.

—István Novák

WRITING THIS BOOK WAS REALLY DIFFICULT, but definitely one of the most exciting tasks I’ve ever
completed. Windows 8 is so exciting, and there is so much to tell and write about the possibilities
and brilliant technological solutions that it seemed almost impossible to fit all this information into
a single book.
I would have never succeeded without the help of István Novák, Kevin Shafer, and Mary E. James.
Thank you for leading me on the right path with my chapters to make this book as awesome as it
has turned out to be.
I’d also like to thank György and Dávid for contributing to this book, and putting all the hard work
into this project. It was really great and fun to work with you guys!
I’d also like to thank Kim Cofer and Alex Golesh, who thoroughly read my chapters and made sure
that the silly mistakes I made would never see the sunlight. Thank you for all your suggestions and
your hard work.
I’m very grateful for the chance to work on this project. It was a real adventure. Thank you all for your
help.
Last, but not least, Adrienn, thank you for supporting me all the way, and accepting that I couldn’t be
with you on those long nights. I promise I’ll make it up to you.

—Zoltán Arvai

FIRST OF ALL, I’D LIKE TO THANK ZOLTÁN AND ISTVÁN for inviting me on board to participate in writ-
ing my first non-Hungarian book. You do know how much fun it was! Thank you for guiding me, and
keeping me from making all my sample apps Trek- or South Park-related. I’d also like to thank György,
who made the book complete with his invaluable chapters.
I’d like to thank to the editorial crew at Wiley: Kevin Shafer for the incredibly insightful advice on
making every page better, and Mary E. James for helping me with the book writing process. Kim Cofer
deserves all my appreciation for making my English-like sentences really English. The book’s read-
ability improved a lot thanks to Kim. Last, but not least, I’d like to thank Alex Golesh, our Technical
Editor, who was always there to make the book thorough by providing another vital point of view on
every matter.
Finally, I‘d like to thank my parents, Gyuri and Zsuzsa, and my girlfriend, Dóri, for their support
while I was living like a hermit for days, living my life aloof with my laptops when a deadline was near.
I hope you can forgive the short bursts of complete lack of interest in socializing, sleeping or eating,
just like our cats, Seven and Cica could.

—Dávid Fülöp
CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION xix

Part I: INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS 8 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF WINDOWS

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 3

The Life of Windows 3

From Windows 3.1 to 32-bit 4
Windows XP and Windows Vista 5
Windows 7 Blots Out Vista Fiasco 6
The Paradigm Shift of Windows 8 6
Microsoft Takes the First Steps Toward Consumers 6
Windows 8 Appears on the Scene 7
History of APIs and Tools 9
The Power of C 10
C++ Takes Over C 12
Visual Basic 14
Delphi 15
The Emergence of .NET 15
New UI Technologies 17
Catch-22 of Windows Application Development 19
Summary 20

Chapter 2: USING WINDOWS 8 25

Two Worlds, One Operating System 25

Input Methods 27
Multi-Touch Input 27
The Software Keyboard 29
Other Input Devices 30
Logging In 30
The Start Screen 31
Evolution of the Start Menu 32
Browsing and Searching for Installed Apps 34
Using Live Tiles 39
The Context Bar of a Live Tile 39
Relocating Live Tiles 42
Live Tile Groups 43
CONTENTS

Using Windows 8 Style Apps 46

Closing a Windows 8 Style App 46
Switching between Windows 8 Style Apps 47
Using Multiple Windows 8 Style Apps at the Same Time 47
The Windows Charm Bar 50
Introducing the Charm Bar 50
The Start Button 50
The Search Button 51
The Share Button 52
The Devices Button 54
The Settings Button 55
The Windows Desktop 56
Introducing the Desktop App 56
Switching between Desktop Programs 57
Where Is the Start Button? 57
Summary 58

Chapter 3: WINDOWS 8 ARCHITECTURE FROM

A DEVELOPER’S POINT OF VIEW 61

Windows 8 Development Architecture 62

Desktop Application Layers 64
Windows 8 Style Application Layers 65
The Challenge 66
Architecture Layers Overview 66
Understanding Windows Runtime 67
Windows Runtime Architecture Overview 68
Windows Runtime Design Principles 68
The Building Blocks of Windows Runtime 69
Metadata in Windows Runtime 70
Metadata Format 71
Namespaces 75
Language Projections 76
Benefits of Windows Runtime 78
What’s not in Windows Runtime 79
.NET Framework 4.5 80
The Installation Model of .NET Framework 4.5 80
Window Runtime Integration 81
Asynchrony Support 82
Other New Features 82

x
 CONTENTS

Picking the Appropriate Technology for

Your Project 83
The Windows Store 83
Windows 8 or Desktop Applications? 84
Choosing a Programming Language 85
Summary 85
Chapter 4: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT 89

Introducing the Toolset 90

Visual Studio 2012 90
A Brief History of Visual Studio 90
Visual Studio Editions 91
Installing Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8 91
A Short Tour of the Visual Studio IDE 93
Creating a New Project 94
Using Samples and Extensions 101
Creating a New Project from a Sample 102
Installing and Using Extensions 103
A Few Useful Things to Learn about the IDE 105
The Visual Studio Start Page 106
Window Management 106
Using Quick Launch 107
Lighting Up Your Applications with Expression Blend 108
Starting Expression Blend with a Visual Studio Solution 109
Adding an Animated Object to the UI 111
Starting the Animation 114
Using Visual Studio and Blend Together 115
Summary 115

Part II: CREATING WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS

Chapter 5: PRINCIPLES OF MODERN

WINDOWS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 121

Windows 8 Style Applications 122

What Is the Windows 8 Design Language? 122
General Design Principles for Windows 8 Applications 123
Application Structure and Navigation Models 124

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CONTENTS

Asynchronous Development Platform 131

Introduction to Asynchronous Programming 132
Evolution of Asynchronous Programming on the .NET Platform 134
Asynchronous Programming with C# 5.0 137
Asynchronous Development on Windows Runtime 150
Asynchronous Programming with JavaScript Promises 153
Summary 163

Chapter 6: CREATING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS

WITH HTML5, CSS, AND JAVASCRIPT 165

HTML5 and CSS on the Web 166

Getting to Know HTML5 Technologies 166
New Semantic and Structural Elements 167
New Media Elements 167
New Form Elements and Input Types 167
Drawing 167
First Steps with HTML 168
Styling Pages with CSS 172
First Steps with CSS 173
Running Client-Side Code 181
First Steps with JavaScript 181
HTML5 Applications on Windows Runtime 188
The Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) 188
Creating Windows 8 Style Applications with JavaScript 189
Accessing the Filesystem 190
Managing Data 195
Respecting the User’s Device 204
Scrolling and Zooming 213
Canvas Graphics in Windows 8 Style Applications 217
Using the Windows 8 Animation Library 222
Summary 228

Chapter 7: USING XAML TO CREATE WINDOWS 8

STYLE USER INTERFACES 231

Describing the User Interface Using XAML 232

Using Namespaces 234
Understanding the Layout Management System 237
A New Concept: Dependency Properties 238
Taking Dependecy Properties One Step Further with Attached Properties 238
Properties Affecting the Size and Layout of a Control 239
The Canvas Panel 240

xii
 CONTENTS

The StackPanel Panel 240

The Grid Panel 241
Defining Rows and Columns 241
Placing a Control Inside a Grid 242
The VariableSizedWrapGrid Panel 243
Reusable Resources in XAML 248
Referencing Resources 248
The Hierarchy of Resources 249
Resource Dictionaries 249
System Resources 250
Basic Controls in Windows 8 Style Applications 251
Controls with Simple Values 252
The Border Element 252
The Image Element 253
The TextBlock Element 254
The TextBox Control 254
The PasswordBox Control 255
Displaying Progress with the ProgressBar and ProgressRing Controls 255
Content Controls 256
The Button Control 256
The CheckBox and the RadioButton Controls 257
The ScrollViewer Control 257
The ToggleSwitch Control 257
Working with Data 259
Data Binding Dependency Properties and Notifications 260
Binding Modes and Directions 262
The DataContext Property 262
Changing the Data in the Binding Pipeline Using Value Converters 263
Binding to Collections 264
Summary 268

Chapter 8: WORKING WITH XAML CONTROLS 271

Using Animations in Your Application 272

Animation Library 272
Theme Transitions 273
Theme Animations and Storyboards 274
Getting to Know Visual States 276
Custom Animations 280
Transformations 281
Origin of Transformations 282
Applying Multiple Transformations 283
Transformations in the 3-D Space 283

xiii
CONTENTS

Designing the Visual Look of a Control 285

Connecting the Control with the Inside 286
Responding to Interactions 287
Working with Expression Blend 290
The Toolbar 291
The Projects Panel 291
The Assets Panel 292
The States Panel 292
The Device Panel 292
The Objects and Timeline Panel 293
The Designer Surface 293
The Properties Panel 294
The Resources Panel 294
Working with Complex Controls 298
Getting to Know the ListViewBase Controls 298
Using the GridView Control 299
Binding to Data 299
Grouping Data 300
Defining Visual Groups 301
Using the ListView Control 302
Comparing ListView to ListBox 302
Using the FlipView Control 304
Using SemanticZoom 305
Using the AppBar Control 309
Summary 310
Chapter 9: BUILDING WINDOWS 8 STYLE APPLICATIONS 313

The Lifecycle of a Windows 8 Application 314

Application Lifecycle States 314
Managing Application State Changes 315
Suspending, Resuming, and Closing the Application 316
Using Application Lifecycle Events 317
Deploying Windows 8 Apps 322
Application Packages 323
The Application Package Manifest 326
Installation, Update, and Removal 327
Commanding Surfaces 328
Using the Context Menu 329
Using the App Bar 331
Using Message Dialog Boxes 337
Using the Settings Charm in Your App 340

xiv
 CONTENTS

Persisting Application Data 342

Application Data Stores 343
The ApplicationData Class 343
Applications and the Start Screen 347
Application Logo and the Splash Screen 347
Vivifying App Tiles with Notifications 349
Tile Notification Format 350
Updating Tile Notifications 350
Removing Tile Notifications 351
Managing Normal and Wide Tile Notifications 351
Using Tile Images 352
Other Live Tile Features 352
Tile Notification Samples 353
Summary 353

Chapter 10: CREATING MULTI-PAGE APPLICATIONS 357

Navigation Basics 358

Navigation Patterns 358
Hub Navigation 358
Direct Navigation 359
Hierarchical Navigation 359
Semantic Zoom 360
Working with Pages 362
Navigating Backward and Forward 363
Parameters and Navigation Events 366
Navigation Event Arguments 366
Using Navigation Parameters 367
Navigating Away from Pages 368
Using App Bars for Navigation 369
The Intuitive Solution 370
Fixing the App Bar Issue 372
Launching Files and Web Pages 375
Using the Split Application and Grid Application Templates 377
The Structure of the Templates 378
Managing Sample Data and Runtime Data 382
Layout Management 384
Using Logical Pages 385
Using Rich Text Columns 385
Other Features to Study 386
Summary 387

xv
CONTENTS

Chapter 11: BUILDING CONNECTED APPLICATIONS 391

Integrating with the Operating System and Other Apps 392

Pickers: Unified Design to Access Data 392
Understanding the Concept of Contracts 400
Using Contracts 400
The Search Contract 402
The Share Target Contract 407
Accessing the Internet 412
Detecting the Changes of Internet Connectivity 412
Using Feeds 415
Accessing Windows Live 420
Summary 428

Chapter 12: LEVERAGING TABLET FEATURES 431

Accommodating Tablet Devices 432

Building Location-Aware Applications 432
Using Geolocation 433
Using Sensors 441
Using Raw Sensor Data 442
Using the Accelerometer 442
Using the Gyroscope 448
Using the Ambient Light Sensor 455
Using Sensor Fusion Data 456
Using the Magnetometer through the Compass 457
Using the Inclinometer 457
Detecting Device Orientation in a Simple Way 458
Other Options for Detecting Device Orientation 459
Summary 460

Part III: ADVANCING TO PROFESSIONAL WINDOWS 8 DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 13: CREATING WINDOWS 8

STYLE APPLICATIONS WITH C++ 465

Microsoft and the C++ Language 466

Clean and Safe 467
C++ and Windows 8 Apps 470
Privileges of C++ in Windows 8 Apps 470
Windows Runtime and C++ 471
Managing Windows Runtime Objects in C++ 472
Defining Runtime Classes 474
Exceptions 475

xvi
 CONTENTS

Discovering C++ Features with Visual Studio 478

Creating C++ Projects 478
Elements of a C++ Project 480
Using the Platform::String type 481
Using Runtime Collections 483
Using Asynchronous Operations 484
Using Accelerated Massive Parallelism 486
Summary 489

Chapter 14: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS 493

Building Solutions with Multiple Languages 494

Hybrid Solutions 494
Creating a Hybrid Solution with C# and C++ Projects 495
Creating and Consuming Windows Runtime Components 498
Background Tasks 502
Understanding Background Tasks 502
Background Tasks and System Resources 503
How Background Tasks Work 503
Trigger Events and Task Conditions 504
The Lock Screen and Background Tasks 505
The BackgroundTaskHost.exe Program 506
Communicating between Foreground Applications
and Background Tasks 506
Canceling Background Tasks 507
Application Updates 507
Implementing Background Tasks 507
Creating a Simple Background Task 507
Managing Task Progress and Cancelation 512
Input Devices 516
Querying Input Device Capabilities 516
Keyboard Capabilities 516
Mouse Capabilities 517
Touch Device Capabilities 518
Querying Pointer Device Information 518
Summary 520

Chapter 15: TESTING AND DEBUGGING

WINDOWS 8 APPLICATIONS 525

The Quality of Your Software 526

Becoming Familiar with Debugging 526
Controlling the Program Flow in Debug Mode 527

xvii
CONTENTS

Monitoring and Editing Variables 528

The Locals Window 528
The Watch Window 529
The Immediate Window 529
The Breakpoints Window 530
Changing the Code While Debugging 531
Windows 8 Style Application-Specific Scenarios 532
Debugging Application Lifecycle Events 532
Specifying Deployment Targets 532
Introduction to Software Testing 534
Introduction to Unit Testing 534
Unit Testing Windows 8 Style Applications 535
Summary 538

Chapter 16: INTRODUCING THE WINDOWS STORE 541

Getting to Know the Windows Store 541

How Customers See an App in the Windows Store 542
Application Details 542
Making Money with Your App 543
Full-Featured Apps 544
Free Trial Period 544
Creating a Trial Version 544
Using In-App Purchases 545
Implementing an In-App Purchase 546
Displaying Advertisements 547
Let’s Talk About the Money 548
The Developer Registration Process 550
Submitting the Application 551
The Application Certification Process 553
The Windows App Certification Kit 553
Summary 554

Part IV: APPENDICES

Appendix A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 559

Appendix B: USEFUL LINKS 573

INDEX 577

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