Table Of Content

1 99 PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 Copyright © 2012 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-7356-7261-1 Microsoft Press books are available through booksellers and distributors worldwide. If you need support related to this book, email Microsoft Press Book Support at [email protected]. Please tell us what you think of this book at http://aka.ms/tellpress. Unless otherwise noted, the companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted in examples herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft and the trademarks listed at http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/ Trademarks/EN-US.aspx are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other marks are property of their respective owners. This book expresses the author’s views and opinions. The information contained in this book is provided without any express, statutory, or implied warranties. Neither the authors, Microsoft Corporation, nor its resellers, or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused either directly or indirectly by this book. Acquisitions, Developmental, and Project Editor: Devon Musgrave Cover: Twist Creative • Seattle 2 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Who This Book Is For ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 What You'll Need (Can You Say “Samples”?) ...................................................................................................................... 21 A Formatting Note ........................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Errata & Book Support ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 We Want to Hear from You ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 Stay in Touch .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Chapter 1: The Life Story of a Windows Store App: Platform Characteristics of Windows 8 ................................................................................... 26 Leaving Home: Onboarding to the Windows Store .......................................................................................................... 27 Discovery, Acquisition, and Installation ................................................................................................................................. 30 Playing in Your Own Room: The App Container ................................................................................................................ 34 Different Views of Life: View States and Resolution Scaling .......................................................................................... 37 Those Capabilities Again: Getting to Data and Devices .................................................................................................. 40 Taking a Break, Getting Some Rest: Process Lifecycle Management .......................................................................... 43 Remembering Yourself: App State and Roaming .............................................................................................................. 45 Coming Back Home: Updates and New Opportunities ................................................................................................... 48 And, Oh Yes, Then There’s Design .......................................................................................................................................... 50 Chapter 2: Quickstart ................................................................................................................ 52 A Really Quick Quickstart: The Blank App Template ........................................................................................................ 52 Blank App Project Structure .................................................................................................................................................. 55 QuickStart #1: Here My Am! and an Introduction to Blend for Visual Studio ......................................................... 59 Design Wireframes ................................................................................................................................................................... 59 Create the Markup ................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Styling in Blend .......................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Adding the Code ...................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Creating a Map with the Current Location ..................................................................................................................... 69 Oh Wait, the Manifest! ........................................................................................................................................................... 73 3 Capturing a Photo from the Camera ................................................................................................................................ 75 Sharing the Fun! ....................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Extra Credit: Receiving Messages from the iframe ....................................................................................................... 81 The Other Templates ................................................................................................................................................................... 82 Fixed Layout Template ............................................................................................................................................................ 82 Navigation Template ............................................................................................................................................................... 83 Grid Template ............................................................................................................................................................................ 83 Split Template ............................................................................................................................................................................ 83 What We’ve Just Learned ........................................................................................................................................................... 84 Chapter 3: App Anatomy and Page Navigation ..................................................................... 85 Local and Web Contexts within the App Host .................................................................................................................... 86 Referencing Content from App Data: ms-appdata ....................................................................................................... 90 Here My Am! with ms-appdata ........................................................................................................................................... 92 Sequential Async Operations: Chaining Promises ............................................................................................................. 94 Error Handling Within Promises: then vs. done ............................................................................................................. 96 Debug Output, Error Reports, and the Event Viewer ................................................................................................... 96 App Activation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 99 Branding Your App 101: The Splash Screen and Other Visuals ................................................................................ 99 Activation Event Sequence .................................................................................................................................................. 101 Activation Code Paths ........................................................................................................................................................... 103 WinJS.Application Events ..................................................................................................................................................... 105 Extended Splash Screens ...................................................................................................................................................... 106 Activation Deferrals ............................................................................................................................................................... 108 App Lifecycle Transition Events and Session State .......................................................................................................... 109 Suspend, Resume, and Terminate ..................................................................................................................................... 109 Basic Session State in Here My Am! ................................................................................................................................. 114 Data from Services and WinJS.xhr ......................................................................................................................................... 116 Handling Network Connectivity (in Brief) ...................................................................................................................... 119 Tips and Tricks for WinJS.xhr .............................................................................................................................................. 120 Page Controls and Navigation ............................................................................................................................................... 121 4 WinJS Tools for Pages and Page Navigation ................................................................................................................ 121 The Navigation App Template, PageControl Structure, and PageControlNavigator ..................................... 123 The Navigation Process and Navigation Styles ............................................................................................................ 129 Optimizing Page Switching: Show-and-Hide ............................................................................................................... 130 WinRT Events and removeEventListener ............................................................................................................................. 131 Completing the Promises Story .............................................................................................................................................. 133 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 135 Chapter 4: Controls, Control Styling, and Data Binding ..................................................... 136 The Control Model for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript ......................................................................................................... 137 HTML Controls ............................................................................................................................................................................. 138 WinJS stylesheets: ui-light.css, ui-dark.css, and win-* styles .................................................................................... 141 Extensions to HTML Elements ............................................................................................................................................ 142 WinJS Controls ............................................................................................................................................................................. 142 WinJS Control Instantiation ................................................................................................................................................. 144 Strict Processing and processAll Functions .................................................................................................................... 145 Example: WinJS.UI.Rating Control ..................................................................................................................................... 146 Example: WinJS.UI.Tooltip Control ................................................................................................................................... 147 Working with Controls in Blend ............................................................................................................................................. 149 Control Styling ............................................................................................................................................................................. 151 Styling Gallery: HTML Controls .......................................................................................................................................... 153 Styling Gallery: WinJS Controls .......................................................................................................................................... 155 Some Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................................................................. 158 Custom Controls .......................................................................................................................................................................... 159 Custom Control Examples ................................................................................................................................................... 161 Custom Controls in Blend .................................................................................................................................................... 164 Data Binding ................................................................................................................................................................................. 167 Data Binding in WinJS ........................................................................................................................................................... 169 One-Time Binding.................................................................................................................................................................. 170 One-Way Binding................................................................................................................................................................... 173 Implementing Two-Way Binding ..................................................................................................................................... 175 5 Additional Binding Features ............................................................................................................................................... 175 Binding Initializers .................................................................................................................................................................. 177 Binding Templates and Lists ............................................................................................................................................... 178 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 178 Chapter 5: Collections and Collection Controls .................................................................... 180 Collection Control Basics .......................................................................................................................................................... 181 Quickstart #1: The FlipView Control Sample ................................................................................................................. 181 Quickstart #2a: The HTML ListView Essentials Sample .............................................................................................. 183 Quickstart #2b: The ListView Grouping Sample .......................................................................................................... 186 ListView in the Grid App Project Template .................................................................................................................... 191 The Semantic Zoom Control ................................................................................................................................................... 195 FlipView Features and Styling ................................................................................................................................................. 198 Data Sources ................................................................................................................................................................................. 202 A FlipView Using the Pictures Library .............................................................................................................................. 202 Custom Data Sources ............................................................................................................................................................ 204 How Templates Really Work ................................................................................................................................................... 205 Referring to Templates ......................................................................................................................................................... 206 Template Elements and Rendering .................................................................................................................................. 206 Template Functions (Part 1): The Basics .......................................................................................................................... 207 ListView Features and Styling.................................................................................................................................................. 210 When Is ListView the Wrong Choice? .............................................................................................................................. 210 Options, Selections, and Item Methods .......................................................................................................................... 212 Styling ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 215 Backdrops .................................................................................................................................................................................. 216 Layouts and Cell Spanning .................................................................................................................................................. 216 Optimizing ListView Performance ......................................................................................................................................... 223 Random Access ........................................................................................................................................................................ 224 Incremental Loading .............................................................................................................................................................. 225 Template Functions (Part 2): Promises, Promises! ....................................................................................................... 225 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 232 6 Chapter 6: Layout ..................................................................................................................... 233 Principles of Windows Store App Layout ............................................................................................................................ 234 Quickstart: Pannable Sections and Snap Points ............................................................................................................... 237 Laying Out the Hub ............................................................................................................................................................... 238 Laying Out the Sections ....................................................................................................................................................... 239 Snap Points ............................................................................................................................................................................... 240 The Many Faces of Your Display ............................................................................................................................................ 241 View States ................................................................................................................................................................................ 242 Handling View States ............................................................................................................................................................ 245 Screen Size, Pixel Density, and Scaling ............................................................................................................................ 249 Graphics That Scale Well ..................................................................................................................................................... 252 Adaptive and Fixed Layouts for Display Size ..................................................................................................................... 253 Fixed Layouts and the ViewBox Control ......................................................................................................................... 254 Adaptive Layouts .................................................................................................................................................................... 256 Using the CSS Grid ...................................................................................................................................................................... 258 Overflowing a Grid Cell ........................................................................................................................................................ 260 Centering Content Vertically .............................................................................................................................................. 260 Scaling Font Size ..................................................................................................................................................................... 261 Item Layout ................................................................................................................................................................................... 262 CSS 2D and 3D Transforms ................................................................................................................................................. 263 Flexbox ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 263 Nested and Inline Grids ........................................................................................................................................................ 264 Fonts and Text Overflow ...................................................................................................................................................... 266 Multicolumn Elements and Regions ................................................................................................................................ 267 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 270 Chapter 7: Commanding UI .................................................................................................... 271 Where to Place Commands ..................................................................................................................................................... 272 The App Bar .................................................................................................................................................................................. 276 App Bar Basics and Standard Commands ...................................................................................................................... 278 Command Events ................................................................................................................................................................... 281 7 App Bar Events and Methods ............................................................................................................................................ 282 Showing, Hiding, Enabling, and Updating Commands ............................................................................................ 284 App Bar Styling ........................................................................................................................................................................ 287 Custom Icons ........................................................................................................................................................................... 288 Command Menus ................................................................................................................................................................... 290 Custom App Bars and Navigation Bars ........................................................................................................................... 291 Flyouts and Menus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 293 WinJS.UI.Flyout Properties, Methods, and Events ....................................................................................................... 294 Flyout Examples ...................................................................................................................................................................... 295 Menus and Menu Commands ............................................................................................................................................ 299 Context Menus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 301 Message Dialogs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 303 Improving Error Handling in Here My Am! ........................................................................................................................ 305 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 309 Chapter 8: State, Settings, Files, and Documents ................................................................ 311 The Story of State ........................................................................................................................................................................ 312 Settings and State ................................................................................................................................................................... 314 App Data Locations ................................................................................................................................................................ 315 AppData APIs (WinRT and WinJS) .................................................................................................................................... 317 Settings Containers ................................................................................................................................................................ 318 Versioning App State ............................................................................................................................................................ 320 Storage Folders and Storage Files .................................................................................................................................... 321 The FileIO, PathIO, and WinJS helper classes (plus FileReader) ............................................................................. 325 Encryption and Compression ............................................................................................................................................. 326 Using App Data APIs for State Management ................................................................................................................ 327 Session State ............................................................................................................................................................................ 327 Local and Temporary State ................................................................................................................................................. 328 IndexedDB and Other Database Options ...................................................................................................................... 329 Roaming State ......................................................................................................................................................................... 331 Settings Pane and UI .................................................................................................................................................................. 333 8 Design Guidelines for Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 334 Populating Commands ......................................................................................................................................................... 336 Implementing Commands: Links and Settings Flyouts .............................................................................................. 338 Programmatically Invoking Settings Flyouts ................................................................................................................ 341 User Data: Libraries, File Pickers, and File Queries ........................................................................................................... 343 Using the File Picker .............................................................................................................................................................. 344 The File Picker UI .................................................................................................................................................................... 345 The File Picker API (and a Few Friends) .......................................................................................................................... 348 Media Libraries ........................................................................................................................................................................ 352 Documents and Removable Storage ............................................................................................................................... 353 Rich Enumeration with File Queries ................................................................................................................................. 354 Here My Am! Update ................................................................................................................................................................. 360 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 361 Chapter 9: Input and Sensors ................................................................................................. 363 Touch, Mouse, and Stylus Input ............................................................................................................................................. 364 The Touch Language, Its Translations, and Mouse/Keyboard Equivalents ........................................................ 366 Edge Gestures .......................................................................................................................................................................... 370 CSS Styles That Affect Input ............................................................................................................................................... 371 What Input Capabilities Are Present? .............................................................................................................................. 372 Unified Pointer Events ........................................................................................................................................................... 374 Pointer Capture ....................................................................................................................................................................... 377 Gesture Events ......................................................................................................................................................................... 378 Multipoint Gestures ............................................................................................................................................................... 383 The Input Instantiable Gesture Sample .......................................................................................................................... 384 The Gesture Recognizer ....................................................................................................................................................... 386 Keyboard Input and the Soft Keyboard .............................................................................................................................. 388 Soft Keyboard Appearance and Configuration ............................................................................................................ 389 Adjusting Layout for the Soft Keyboard ......................................................................................................................... 392 Standard Keystrokes .............................................................................................................................................................. 395 Inking ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 396 9 Geolocation ................................................................................................................................................................................... 398 Sensors ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 401 What We’ve Just Learned ......................................................................................................................................................... 404 Chapter 10: Media ................................................................................................................... 405 Creating Media Elements ......................................................................................................................................................... 406 Graphics Elements: Img, Svg, and Canvas (and a Little CSS) ........................................................................................ 408 Additional Characteristics of Graphics Elements ......................................................................................................... 411 Some Tips and Tricks ............................................................................................................................................................. 412 Img Elements ........................................................................................................................................................................... 412 Svg Elements ............................................................................................................................................................................ 413 Canvas Elements ..................................................................................................................................................................... 413 Video Playback and Deferred Loading ................................................................................................................................ 416 Disabling Screen Savers and the Lock Screen During Playback ............................................................................. 418 Video Element Extension APIs ............................................................................................................................................ 419 Applying a Video Effect ........................................................................................................................................................ 420 Browsing Media Servers ....................................................................................................................................................... 421 Audio Playback and Mixing ..................................................................................................................................................... 421 Audio Element Extension APIs ........................................................................................................................................... 423 Playback Manager and Background Audio ................................................................................................................... 424 The Media Control UI ............................................................................................................................................................ 428 Playing Sequential Audio ..................................................................................................................................................... 429 Playlists ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 431 Loading and Manipulating Media ......................................................................................................................................... 433 Media File Metadata .............................................................................................................................................................. 434 Thumbnails ............................................................................................................................................................................... 435 Common File Properties ...................................................................................................................................................... 435 Media-Specific Properties ................................................................................................................................................... 436 Media Properties in the Samples ...................................................................................................................................... 439 Image Manipulation and Encoding .................................................................................................................................. 442 Transcoding and Custom Image Formats...................................................................................................................... 447 10

Description:

About writing Windows Store Apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Programming Windows 8 Apps PDF

833 Pages·2012·17.95 MB·English

by Kraig Brockschmidt

Checking for file health...

Save to my drive

Quick download

Download

Download Programming Windows 8 Apps PDF Free - Full Version

by Kraig Brockschmidt| 2012| 833 pages| 17.95| English

Download Programming Windows 8 Apps by Kraig Brockschmidt in PDF format completely FREE. No registration required, no payment needed. Get instant access to this valuable resource on PDFdrive.to!

Free Download PDF

About Programming Windows 8 Apps

About writing Windows Store Apps using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Detailed Information

Author:	Kraig Brockschmidt
Publication Year:	2012
Pages:	833
Language:	English
File Size:	17.95
Format:	PDF
Price:	FREE

Download Free PDF

Safe & Secure Download - No registration required

Why Choose PDFdrive for Your Free Programming Windows 8 Apps Download?

100% Free: No hidden fees or subscriptions required for one book every day.
No Registration: Immediate access is available without creating accounts for one book every day.
Safe and Secure: Clean downloads without malware or viruses
Multiple Formats: PDF, MOBI, Mpub,... optimized for all devices
Educational Resource: Supporting knowledge sharing and learning

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it really free to download Programming Windows 8 Apps PDF?

Yes, on https://PDFdrive.to you can download Programming Windows 8 Apps by Kraig Brockschmidt completely free. We don't require any payment, subscription, or registration to access this PDF file. For 3 books every day.

How can I read Programming Windows 8 Apps on my mobile device?

After downloading Programming Windows 8 Apps PDF, you can open it with any PDF reader app on your phone or tablet. We recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple Books, or Google Play Books for the best reading experience.

Is this the full version of Programming Windows 8 Apps?

Yes, this is the complete PDF version of Programming Windows 8 Apps by Kraig Brockschmidt. You will be able to read the entire content as in the printed version without missing any pages.

Is it legal to download Programming Windows 8 Apps PDF for free?

https://PDFdrive.to provides links to free educational resources available online. We do not store any files on our servers. Please be aware of copyright laws in your country before downloading.

The materials shared are intended for research, educational, and personal use in accordance with fair use principles.