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In this final Hands On Lab, we use the CurrentAppSimulator class to simulate interaction with the Windows Store API. Here, we simply use the configuration file to declaratively modify the user interface. This simulates the data retrieved from the Windows Store.

This lesson demonstrates the use of scheduled toasts to remind or notify the user of a task or change in the app.

Continuing from Part 25, this lesson demonstrates how to utilize push notifications from Windows Notification Services to provide information or state updates from the cloud to the user on the Windows 8 start page.   Windows Azure Mobile Services…

The Windows 8 start page is a distinctive feature and this lesson demonstrates how to implement secondary tiles to allow "deep linking" in the app.

In this lesson, we follow the instructions of the Hands On Lab to tie up the loose ends and actually implement the desired functionality. 

In this lesson, we use the ToggleSwitch WinJS control to capture a user's preference for how to deal with remembering the state of the app prior to it being terminated. We talk about the different special folders and objects we can use to save user data, and discuss roaming and how to utilize it in…

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…

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.