Windows 8 Metro Apps with XAML and C sharp Unleashed

Introduction 1 Who Should Read This Book? 3 Software Requirements 3 Code Examples 3 How This Book Is Organized 3 Conventions Used in This Book 5 Part I: Getting Started Chapter 1: Anatomy of a Windows Store App 7 Launching a New App 8 The Package Manifest 9 The Main Page 19 The Application Definition 21 Summary 25 Chapter 2: Mastering XAML 27 Elements and Attributes 28 Namespaces 29 Property Elements 31 Type Converters 33 Markup Extensions 34 Children of Object Elements 36 Mixing XAML with Procedural Code 40 XAML Keywords 44 Summary 45 Part II: Building an App Chapter 3: Sizing, Positioning, and Transforming Elements 47 Controlling Size 48 Controlling Position 52 Applying 2D Transforms 55 Applying 3D Transforms 62 Summary 64 Chapter 4: Layout 65 Discovering the Current Dimensions 66 Discovering the Current View State 67 Discovering the Current Orientation 70 Panels 71 Handling Content Overflow 87 Summary 99 Chapter 5: Interactivity 101 Dependency Properties 101 Routed Events 108 Commands 113 Summary 114 Chapter 6: Handling Input: Touch, Mouse, Pen, and Keyboard 115 Touch Input 116 Mouse Input 138 Pen Input 140 Keyboard Input 142 Summary 147 Chapter 7: App Model 149 Understanding the App Lifecycle 150 Programmatically Launching Apps 163 Interacting with the Windows Store 166 Leveraging Navigation 174 Summary 182 Part III: Understanding Controls Chapter 8: Content Controls 185 Button 188 HyperlinkButton 189 RepeatButton 191 ToggleButton 191 CheckBox 192 RadioButton 192 ToolTip 194 AppBar 196 Summary 205 Chapter 9: Items Controls 207 Items in the Control 208 Items Panels 210 ComboBox 213 ListBox 214 ListView 216 GridView 219 FlipView 221 SemanticZoom 223 Summary 226 Chapter 10: Text 227 TextBlock 227 RichTextBlock 235 TextBox 240 RichEditBox 248 PasswordBox 251 Summary 252 Chapter 11: Images 253 The Image Element 253 Multiple Files for Multiple Environments 263 Decoding Images 267 Encoding Images 276 Summary 284 Chapter 12: Audio and Video 285 Playback 286 Capture 294

Adam Nathan is a principal software architect for Microsoft, a best-selling technical author, and arguably the world's most prolific developer for Windows Phone. He introduced XAML to countless developers through his books on a variety of Microsoft technologies. Currently a part of Microsoft's Startup Business Group, Adam has previously worked on Visual Studio and the Common Language Runtime. He was the founding developer and architect of Popfly, Microsoft's first Silverlight-based product, named by PCWorld as one of its year's most innovative products. He is also the founder of PINVOKE.NET, the online resource for .NET developers who need to access Win32. His apps have been featured on Lifehacker, Gizmodo, ZDNet, ParentMap, and other enthusiast sites. Adam's books are considered required reading by many inside Microsoft and throughout the industry. Adam is the author of 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps (Sams, 2011), Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed (Sams, 2008), WPF Unleashed (Sams, 2006), WPF 4 Unleashed (Sams, 2010), and .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide (Sams, 2002); a coauthor of ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (Sams, 2001); and a contributor to books including .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2 (Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Windows Developer Power Tools (O'Reilly, 2006). You can find Adam online at www.adamnathan.net, or @adamnathan on Twitter.