- Fitting It In
- Task List
- The Development Process in a Nutshell
- Say Hello
- Create a New Project
- Run in the Simulator
- Set Some XAML Properties
- Change the XAML
- Use the Property Window
- Add a Contract
- Wire up the Flyout
- Add a Live Tile
- Certify your App
- Say What?
- Visual Studio Templates
- Common Files
- Visual Studio 2013 Express
- Using the Simulator
- The XAML Designer
- Blend integration
- Review
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Say Hello
Ready to get started? Of course you are. In this section we’ll build a very simple, but relatively complete, Win8 app. Here’s what we’ll do:
Create a New Project
We’ll use the SplitApp template, one of the project templates provided by Visual Studio.
Run the App in the Simulator
Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows provides a wonderful tool called the Simulator that lets you test your UI in different states, resolutions, and orientations. We’ll play with that next.
Set Some XAML Properties
Next we’ll change our UI a little bit by setting some properties in the XAML designer and directly in the XAML.
Add a Contract
You’ve seen that contracts are an important part of Windows 8.1, and we’ll get a taste of how that works by adding a Settings contract to our app.
Add a Tile
What would a Win8 app be without a cool tile? We’ll add that next.
Certify Your App
Finally, we’ll run the Windows App Certification Kit to ensure that our app complies with the requirements for deployment to the Windows Store.