Exam Ref : Essentials of Developing. Windows Store Apps. Using C# Indrajit Chakrabarty

Exam

Ref

70-484:

Essentials

_of

_Developing

Windows

Store

_Apps

Using

C#

Contents

Introduction xvii

Microsoft certifications xvii

Acknowledgments xviii

Errata & book_support xviii Wewant tohear_fromyou xix

Stayin touch xix

Preparing

Chapter

_Design

Objective 1.1:_Design the Ul _layoutand structure 1

Evaluating the _{conceptual design}and_deciding howthe

Ul will be_composed 2

Designing for the inheritance and reuseof visual elements 4

Designing for_{accessibility} 6

Decidingwhen customcontrolsare needed 9

Objectivesummary 11

Objectivereview 11

Objective1.2:_Designforseparationofconcerns(SOC) 12

Planningthe _{logical layersof your solution}to meet_app

requirements 13

Designing loosely coupled layers 14

Incorporating WinMD _components 15

Objectivesummary 17

Objectivereview 17

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Objective 1.3:_Applythe MVVM patternto_your

appdesign 19

Designing and _implementing the_appropriate data

model to _support business entities 19

Designingaviewmodel to_supportthe view based on

your model 25

Developing aviewto meet_{data-binding requirements} 25

Creating viewmodels_{using NotifyPropertyChanged,}

ObservableCollection,and CollectionViewSource 27

Objectivesummary 31

Objectivereview 31

Objective1.4: _Designand _implement Process Lifetime

Management (PLM) 32

Choosingastate_{management strategy} 33

Handling the_Suspendingeventand _{preparing for app}

termination 35

Handlingthe _Resuming event 38

Handlingthe OnActivatedevents 38

Checking the ActivationKind and _previousstate 41

Objectivesummary 44

Objectivereview 44

Objective 1.5: Plan foran _appdeployment 45

Planning a_deployment basedonWindowsStore app

certification_requirements 45

Preparing an_application manifest 48

Signing anapplication 53

Planning the _requirementsforan enterprise deployment 54

Objectivesummary 55

Objectivereview 56

Chaptersummary 57

Answers 58

Objective1.1:_{Thought experiment} 58

Objective1.1: Review 58

Objective 1.2:_{Thought experiment} 59

Objective 1.2: Review 59

Objective 1.3:_{Thought experiment} 60

Objective 1.3: Review 60

Objective 1.4:_{Thought experiment} 61

Objective 1.4: Review 61

Objective 1.5:_{Thought experiment} 62

Objective 1.5: Review 62

Chapter

_Develop

Calling theContactPickerclass 66

Filteringwhich contacts to_display 69

Selecting specific contactdata 70

Displayinga setnumber ofcontacts 72

Creating and _modifying contactinformation 74

Objective summary 76

Objective review 76

Objective2.2: _Designfor charms and contracts 77

Choosingthe_appropriatecharm based on_apprequirements 78

Designing your app in acharm-aware and

contract-aware manner 82

Configuringthe app manifest for correct permissions 91

Objective summary 93

Objective review 94

Objective2.3: _Implementsearch 95

Providing and _constraining searchwithin an_app 95

Providing search result _previews 100

Providing search_{suggestions using} the SearchPane class 102

Implementing activation from withinsearch 107

Searching for and _{launchingother apps} 108

Objective summary 109

Objective review 110

Objective2.4: _ImplementShare in an_app 110

Usingthe _{DataTransferManager}classtoshare datawith

other apps 111

Accepting sharing requestsbyimplementingactivation

within the Share charm 114

Limitingthe scope ofsharing usingthe_{DataPackage object} 120

Implementing in-appshareoutside the Share charm 122

Objectivesummary 123

Objective review 123

Objective2.5: _{Manageapp settings}and _preferences 124

Choosing which_{app features}are accessed inAppSettings 124

Addingentry pointsfor_AppSettings in the_Settingswindow 125

Creating settings flyouts usingthe_Popup control 127

Adding settingsto _Popup 129

Storingand _{retrieving settings}from the _roamingapp

datastore 130

Objectivesummary 132

Objectivereview 133

Chaptersummary 134

Answers 135

Objective2.1:_{Thought experiment} 135

Objective2.1: Review 135

Objective2.2:_{Thought experiment} 136

Objective2.2: Review 136

Objective2.3:_{Thought experiment} 137

Objective2.3: Review 138

Objective2.4:_{Thoughtexperiment} 138

Objective2.4: Review 139

Objective2.5:_{Thought experiment} 140

Objective2.5: Review 140

Chapter

Objective3.1: Create _layout aware_apps to handle viewstates 143

Handlingview state eventsfrom _{ViewStateManager} 144

Choosing between_stylepatternsfor differentviewstates 151

Setting up app orientation in the manifest 154

Objectivesummary 156

Objective review 156

Objective3.2: _{Implementlayout}controls 157

Implementing the Gridcontrolto structure the applayout 158

Settingthe numberof rows/columnsand size 163

Enabling scroll andzoom capabilitiesin layoutcontrols 166

Managingtextflowand_presentation 170

Objectivesummary 177

Objectivereview 177

Objective3.3: _Designand_implementthe appbar 178

Determiningwhatto _puton the app bar basedon _app

requirements 179

Designing the_placementof controlsonthe app bar 182

Styling and _{positioningapp bar items} 184

HandlingAppBarevents 186

Objectivesummary 188

Objectivereview 188

Objective3.4: _Designand _implementdata_presentation 189

Choosingand _implementing data controlsto meet_app

requirements 190

Creating data_templatesto meet _{app requirements} 197

Objectivesummary 200

Objectivereview 201

Objective3.5: Create and _manageXAML_stylesand _templates 202

Implementing and _{extending styles}and_templates 203

Implementing gradients 209

Modifyingstylesbasedon eventand _{propertytriggers} 210

Creating shared resourcesandthemes 212

Objectivesummary 214

Objectivereview 214

Chaptersummary 216

Answers 217

Objective3.1:_{Thought experiment} 217

Objective3.1: Review 217

Objective3.2:_{Thought experiment} 218

Objective3.2: Review 218

Objective3.3:Thought experiment 219

Objective3.3: Review 220

Objective3.4:_{Thought experiment} 221

Objective3.4: Review 221

Objective3.5:_{Thought experiment} 222

Objective3.5: Review 222

Chapter

Objective4.1: Create and managetiles 226

Creatingand _updatingtiles and tilecontents 226

Creatingand _{updating badges} usingthe

TileUpdateManagerclass 236

Respondingto notification requests 237

Choosingan appropriate tileupdateschedulebasedon

apprequirements 244

Objectivesummary 247

Objective review 248

Objective4.2: _Notifyusers by using toast 249

Enabling an_appfortoastnotifications 249

Populatingtoastnotifications with_imagesand text us¬

ingthe _{ToastUpdateManager}class 252

Controllingtoastduration 255

Playing sounds with toastnotifications 256

Responding totoast events 257

Objectivesummary 261

Objective review 262

Objective4.3: _{Manage input}devices 263

Capturing gesture libraryevents 264

Creatingcustom _{gesture recognizers} 272

Listeningto mouseeventsortouch_gestures 274

Managing stylus inputand _inking 276

Objectivesummary 278

Objectivereview 278

Objective4.4: _Designand_{implement navigation} in an_app 280

Designing navigationto meet_{apprequirements} 280

Working with _{navigationevents, properties,} and functions 286

Using Semantic Zoom in your app 292

Objectivesummary 295

Objectivereview 296

Chaptersummary 297

Answers 298

Objective4.1:_{Thoughtexperiment} 298

Objective4.1: Review 298

Objective4.2:_{Thoughtexperiment} 299

Objective4.2: Review 300

Objective4.3:_{Thought experiment} 301

Objective4.3: Review 301

Objective4.4:_{Thought experiment} 302

Objective4.4: Review 303

Chapter

_Manage

_security

Choosingthe_appropriatedataaccess_strategybased

on _app requirements 306

Managing applicationdata 316

Storingand _retrievingdata froma remote location 328

Objectivesummary 330

Objectivereview 330

Objective5.2: Retrieve data _remotely 331

Using HttpClienttoretrieve data from web services 332

Setting the_appropriate HTTP verbforREST 337

Consuming SOAP/WCFservices 340

Using WebSockets for bidirectional communication 341

Handlingthe progress of data requests 347

Objectivesummary 350

Objectivereview 350

Objective 5.3:_Implementdata_binding 351

Choosingand _implementingdata-bound controls 353

Bindingcollectionstoitems controls 356

Implementingthe IValueConverter interface 360

Creatingand_{setting dependency properties} 361

Validating userinput 364

Enablingdata _{filtering,grouping,}and_sorting in the

userinterface 367

Objectivesummary 369

Objective review 370

Objective5.4: _ManageWindowsAuthentication 371

Retrieving auser's roles and claims 372

Storing and _retrievingcredentialswith the PasswordVault class 374

Implementingthe CredentialPicker class 376

Objectivesummary 380

Objective review 380

Objective 5.5: _Manageweb authentication 382

Usingthe _{Windows.Security.Authentication.Web namespace} 382

Implementingthe WebAuthenticationBroker class 384

Setting up OAuth2 forauthentication 386

Setting up single sign-on (SSO) 387

Implementingthe CredentialPickerclass 388

Implementingcredential _roaming 389

Objectivesummary 389

Objective review 389

Chaptersummary 391

Answers 392

Objective5.1:_{Thought experiment} 392

Objective5.1: Review 392

Objective 5.2:_{Thought experiment} 393

Objective5.2: Review 394

Objective5.3:_{Thought experiment} 395

Objective 5.4:_{Thought experiment} 397

Objective 5.4: Review 397

Objective 5.5:_{Thoughtexperiment} 398

Objective5.5: Review 399

Index 401

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