Windows Universal App - Premier pas avec Windows 10

Après quelques essais sur les plateformes mobile (Windows Phone 8.0 Silverlight, Windows Phone 8.1) il était naturel de plancher sur la dernière génération d'application universel de Microsoft. Pour cela j'ai attendu l'arrivé de Windows 10 et de Visual Studio 2015 avec impatience. Ça y est, j'ai tout installé !

Bon qu'est ce qu'il change ? A première vu pas grand chose. Si ce n'est que nous développeur devrions passer moins de temps à développer 15 applis suivant l'OS. Normalement le but est d'en développer qu'une seule pour n'importe quelle support, du moment qu'il tourne sur Windows 10 ou plus.

L'ennuis c'est que j'ai eu du mal a switcher entre windows phone silverlight et 8.1 et que maintenant on a encore une nouvelle couche. Et je trouve très mal faite la MSDN. Je dois constament me poser la question de savoir si la doc est destiné pour quel environnement. Et franchement c'est pas clair !

Pour partir sur de bonnes bases, Microsoft met à disposition un bon paquet de code source bien ficelé pour pas mal de cas bien isolé. Voici le repo Git : https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples

Et voici la liste des exemples : faites vos choix :

App settings
App package information	Application data

Audio, video, and camera
Adaptive streaming	Advanced casting	Audio categories
Audio graphs	Background audio	Basic camera app
Basic face detection	Basic face tracking	Basic media casting
Camera face detection	Camera preview frame	Camera profiles
Camera resolution	DASH streaming	Direct2D photo adjustment
High dynamic range	Media editing	Media transport controls
MIDI	Playlists	Simple imaging
Spatial audio	System media transport controls	Transcoding media
Video playback	Video stabilization	Windows audio session (WASAPI)
Windows media import

Communications
Bluetooth RFCOMM chat	Communication blocking and filtering	Phone call
Real-time communication	SMS send and receive	Voice over IP (VoIP)

Contacts and calendar
Appointment calendar	Contact cards	Contact picker
UserDataAccountManager

Controls, layout, and text
AutoSuggestBox migration	Clipboard	Commanding
Context menu	Context menu (XAML)	Disabling selection
Display orientation	Downloadable fonts (DirectWrite)	Downloadable fonts (XAML)
Drag and drop	Focus visuals	Full screen mode
Line spacing (DirectWrite)	ListView and GridView	Lock screen apps
Message dialog	Multiple views	OCR
Printing	Pull-to-refresh	Responsiveness techniques
Scaling according to DPI	Splash screen	State triggers
Tailored multiple views	Title bar	UI basics (XAML)
User interaction mode	WebView control (HTML)	Window resizing

Custom user interactions
Basic input	Complex inking	Inking
Low latency input	Simple inking

Data
Blobs	Compression	Content indexer
Form validation (HTML)	IndexedDB	Logging
Serializing and deserializing data	x:Bind	x:DeferLoadStrategy
XML DOM	XmlLite

Deep links and app-to-app communication
App services	Sharing content source app	Sharing content target app

Devices and sensors
Accelerometer	Activity detection sensor	AllJoyn consumer experiences
AllJoyn producer experiences	Altimeter	Background sensors
Barcode scanner	Barometer	Bluetooth advertisement
Cash drawer	Compass	Custom HID device
Custom sensors	Custom serial device	Custom USB device
Device enumeration	General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)	Gyrometer
Inclinometer	Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)	Lamp device
Light sensor	Magnetic stripe reader	Near field communication (NFC)
NFC enterprise provisioner	Orientation sensor	Pedometer
POS printer	Proximity sensor	Relative inclinometer
Relative orientation sensor	Serial Arduino	Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Simple orientation sensor

Files, folders, and libraries
File access	File and folder thumbnail	File picker
File picker provider	File search	Folder enumeration
HomeGroup	Library management	Semantic text query

Gaming
Direct3D game	DirectX and XAML game

Globalization and localization
Application resources and localization	Calendar	Date and time formatting
Globalization preferences	Japanese phonetic analysis	Language font mapping
Linguistic services	Number formatting and parsing	Text segmentation
Text suggestions	Unicode string processing

Graphics and animation
Animated GIF playback (XAML)	Animation library (HTML)	Animation metrics
Composition visual without framework	Direct2D custom image effects	Direct2D gradient mesh
Efficient animations (HTML)	Transform3D animations	Transform3D parallax

Identity, security, and encryption
Credential locker	Credential picker	Disabling screen capture
Enterprise data protection	KeyCredentialManager	Lock screen personalization
Smart cards	User information	UserConsentVerifier
Web account management	WebAuthenticationBroker

Launching and background tasks
Association launching	Background task

Maps and location
Geolocation	Geotag	MapControl

Navigation
Back Button	Master/detail	Navigation menu (XAML)
Pivot	Projection	XHR, handling navigation errors, and URL schemes

Networking and web services
Background transfer	DatagramSocket	Exchange Active Sync (EAS)
HttpClient	JSON	Mobile broadband
Radios	RSS reader end-to-end (JavaScript)	Socket activity trigger stream socket
StreamSocket	Syndication	USSD protocol
WebSocket	Wi-Fi Direct	Wi-Fi Direct services
Wi-Fi scanning