Adding UWP Background task causes AppManifest errors

Question

I\'ve been trying to add an out of process background task to my project to update my App\'s live tile. The task needs to make a database call to get some data, then process

Answer 1

I pulled out my hair on this one too. I finally solved it by just setting the Target and Min version respectively to Fall Creators Update (build 16299) and (most crucial) the November Update (build 10586).

Side note 1 RedStone 4 release (version 1803; build 17133) is now avail at the time of writing my answer but I limited the Target version to Fall Creators (and even had to restore my development PC back to 1709; build 16299) due to too many issues with the development with my project.

Side note 2 Setting the Min version further back gave me missing functionality (like a missing System.Diagnostics.Trace symbol).