Advanced Topics in Windows 8 Programming with XAML and C#

Take the next step in your Windows Store application development journey. In this session, we will cover some of the more advanced topics that you may encounter while developing your application.

First we’ll learn about Live Tiles, badges and notifications, as well as how to give users the ability to create secondary tiles based on content in your application. Next we’ll show you how to open your application up to new markets using Globalization and the Multilingual App Toolkit.

We will conclude the session reviewing a couple topics related security where we will show you how to protect locally stored data using cryptography and how to store and retrieve user credentials using the Password Vault.

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1. Advanced Topics in Windows Programming with XAML and C#
2. Introduction • Michael Crump • @mbcrump • michaelcrump.net • Carey Payette • @careypayette • codingbandit.com
3. • Live Tiles, Badges, Secondary Tiles and Toasts • Animations • Globalization • Securing Windows 8 Applications • Resources and Q&A Roadmap for Today
4. WHAT’S THE FIRST STEP IN TAKING YOUR APPLICATION FROM….
5. Boring and Dreary…..
6. To Bright and Cheery?
7. Live Tiles! Why is it so important ? Regular Tile • Stagnant • Uninviting Live Tile • Engaging • Informational • Motivating • Inviting
8. Demo
9. Delivery method Use with Description Examples Local Tile, Badge, Toast A set of API calls that send notifications while your app is running, directly updating the tile or badge, or sending a toast notification. •A game app updates the tile with the user's high score Scheduled Tile, Toast A set of API calls that schedule a notification in advance to update at the precise time you specify. •A calendar app sets a reminder for an upcoming meeting as a toast notification. Periodic Tile, Badge Notifications that update tiles and badges regularly at a fixed time interval by polling a cloud service for new content. •A weather app updates its tile, which shows the forecast, at 30-minute intervals. Push Tile, Badge, Toast Notifications sent from a cloud server, even if your app isn't running. •A sports app keeps its tile up-to-date during an ongoing game. Notification Delivery Methods
10. Many animations are baked into Windows 8 Custom animations Using the animation library Animations
11. Theme Transitions – Auto Invoked Entrance, Content, Reorder, etc. Theme Animations – Explicitly Invoked PopIn / PopOut, FadeIn/Fade Out, etc. Theme Transitions and Animations
12. Demo
13. Enables translation support Integrated within VS Pseudo translations to XLIFF file formats Supports file export and import roundtrip Globalization with the Multilingual Toolkit
14. Demo
15. • Tile Template Catalog – http://bit.ly/TileTemplateCatalog • Toast Template Catalog – http://bit.ly/ToastTemplateCatalog • Animations http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Animatio ns-f758de70 • Multilingual Toolkit – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/hh848309.aspx Resources
16. Thank You!! • Michael Crump • Evangelist • @mbcrump • michaelcrump.net • Carey Payette • Evangelist • @careypayette • codingbandit.com