What is the Windows RT / Windows Store App answer to App.config?

Question

What is the best way to go about reading and writing simple configuration data like we used to use App.config and Web.config available thr

Answer 1

LocalSettings

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.applicationdata.localsettings

OR

RoamingSettings

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.applicationdata.roamingsettings.aspx

The main difference is that RoamingSettings will be saved to the cloud and thus, can be transferred across different devices for the same user profile. LocalSettings is device-specific.