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In this lesson, we learn how to add Settings pages to our project. These are used to respond to the Settings charm in Windows 8, and can be used for About pages, Preferences, or other related purposes.

In this lesson, Bob explains how Windows 8 manages the resources of the computer in regards to our apps. We learn how to respond to Suspend notifications from Windows 8 so that we can store state or data information and restore it when the app is re-launched.

ApplicationExecutionState enumeration...

In this lesson, we demonstrate how easy it is to record a video and share it directly from our app.

In this lesson, we demonstrate how easy it is to take a photo and share it directly from our app.

In this lesson, we add an AppBar and AppBar buttons to allow the user to select additional options on the Recipe Item Detail page.

In this lesson, we learn how to respond to the user's request to search using the Search charm in Windows 8. We see all of the changes to our app that are automated by including a search results page template. We also demonstrate how to enable apps to provide spelling suggestions to items as the user...

Windows 8 charms can be tightly integrated into our app. Here, we implement the Share Contract, allowing users to select a recipe and share the recipe text and images with other apps such as email.

In this lesson, we allow users to use the reverse-pinching motion to see a high-level overview of the different groups of recipes we offer—a process referred to as "Semantic Zooming." This allows the user to get context and drill into the items that interest them on our start page. 

The Grid App Template provides a basic CSS3 Media Queries framework for handling snapped mode. In this lesson, we enhance the default layout of our Group Detail and Item Detail pages to accommodate snapped mode.

In this lesson, we learn about the Simulator in Visual Studio to help us simulate the process of changing the device's orientation as well as discussing how CSS Media Queries and JavaScript event handlers control the switch between the orientations and accompanying layouts and make changes to the Groups...