win-universal-app

I'm developing a Universal Windows Platform app but there is no Settings template in Visual Studio. How can I implement an easy, strongly typed and observable class that stores my settings in LocalSettings or RoamingSettings? Create a new class inheriting from ObservableSettings. Call to the base class constructor indicating if you want to store the settings in LocalSettings or in RoamingSettings . Add all your properties calling the base class members Set and Get in the getter and in the setter. No need to pass the name of the property or use nameof() operator! Optionally you can set a

I tried to use MVVMLight in our Windows 10 Universal app, but it seems like that it totally can't work. I've seen this blog Nuget downloaded and added a reference to the MVVM Light assemblies Nuget also added the ViewModelLocator in the Application.Resources. Can't see the Locator in Application.Resources You need to create the ViewModelLocator manually, please follow these steps: Create a new Windows 10 Universal app, for example: MVVMLightUWPApp1 Add reference to MVVMLight using NuGet Package Manager Add a folder for your UWP app, for example: ViewModel Under the ViewModel folder, add two

I would like to check internet connectivity type in Windows Universal Application. Not Connected Connected via WLAN(WiFi) Connected via WWAN(Cellular Data) Connected to a metered network in order to provide an option for downloading large size content. And also sense the significant network availability changes. Currently, I'm only able to check whether internet connected or not using GetIsNetworkAvailable method of NetworkInterface class. NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable(); 1. Check Internet Connection Availability To check whether internet connected or not use GetIsNetworkAvailable

I know that the new UWP app model has some limitations when comparing to "traditional" Win32 apps. Let's take Visual Studio Code as an example of a desktop app. What features of Visual Studio Code were missing or had to be different from user perspective, if it was an UWP app? EDIT: I've done exams for microsoft certification "Essentials of Developing Windows Store Apps Using C#" and Exam 70-355: Universal Windows Platform – App Data, Services, and Coding Patterns. So I know something about win rt api. Please don't bother with answers like "uwp app runs in sandbox". They are useless, because