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Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app samples

This repo contains the samples that demonstrate the API usage patterns for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) in the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 10. These code samples were created with the Universal Windows Platform templates available in Visual Studio, and are designed to run on desktop, mobile, and future devices that support the Universal Windows Platform.

Note: If you are unfamiliar with Git and GitHub, you can download the entire collection as a ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

Universal Windows Platform development

These samples require Visual Studio 2015 and the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 10 to build, test, and deploy your Universal Windows Platform apps.

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Using the samples

The easiest way to use these samples without using Git is to download the zip file containing the current version (using the following link or by clicking the "Download ZIP" button on the repo page). You can then unzip the entire archive and use the samples in Visual Studio 2015.

Download the samples ZIP

Notes:

• Before you unzip the archive, right-click it, select Properties, and then select Unblock.
• Be sure to unzip the entire archive, and not just individual samples. The samples all depend on the SharedContent folder in the archive.
• In Visual Studio 2015, the platform target defaults to ARM, so be sure to change that to x64 or x86 if you want to test on a non-ARM device.

The samples use Linked files in Visual Studio to reduce duplication of common files, including sample template files and image assets. These common files are stored in the SharedContent folder at the root of the repository, and are referred to in the project files using links.

Reminder: If you unzip individual samples, they will not build due to references to other portions of the ZIP file that were not unzipped. You must unzip the entire archive if you intend to build the samples.

For more info about the programming models, platforms, languages, and APIs demonstrated in these samples, please refer to the guidance, tutorials, and reference topics provided in the Windows 10 documentation available in the Windows Developer Center. These samples are provided as-is in order to indicate or demonstrate the functionality of the programming models and feature APIs for Windows.

Contributions

These samples are direct from the feature teams and we welcome your input on issues and suggestions for new samples. At this time we are not accepting new samples from the public, but check back here as we evolve our contribution model.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information, see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

See also

For additional Windows samples, see Windows on GitHub.

Samples by category

App settings

App package information

Application data

Store

Audio, video, and camera

Adaptive streaming	Advanced capture	Advanced casting
Audio categories	Audio graphs	Background media playback
Basic camera app	Basic face detection	Basic face tracking
Basic media casting	Camera face detection	Camera frames
Camera preview frame	Camera profiles	Camera resolution
Camera stream correlation	DASH streaming	Direct2D photo adjustment
Media editing	Media import	Media transport controls
MIDI	Playlists	PlayReady
Simple imaging	Spatial audio	System media transport controls
Transcoding media	Video playback	Video playback synchronization
Video stabilization	Windows audio session (WASAPI)

Communications

Bluetooth RFCOMM chat	Caller ID	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

3D Printing	3D Printing from Unity	AutoSuggestBox
Bottom-up list (XAML)	Clipboard	Colored glyphs (DirectWrite)
Commanding	Context menu	Context menu (XAML)
Custom text edit control	Data virtualization	Disabling selection
Display orientation	Downloadable fonts (DirectWrite)	Downloadable fonts (XAML)
Drag and drop	Focus visuals	Full screen mode
Gamepad-style navigation (XAML)	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
TreeView (XAML)	UI basics (XAML)	User interaction mode
WebView control (HTML)	WebView control (XAML)	Window resizing

Custom user interactions

Basic input	Complex inking	Inking
Low latency input	Simple inking	Touch keyboard
Touch keyboard text input

Data

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

Deep links and app-to-app communication

App services	Jump list customization	Remote systems
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
Bluetooth Low Energy client	Cash drawer	Compass
Custom HID device	Custom sensors	Custom serial device
Custom USB device	Device enumeration and pairing	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
Radial controller	Relative inclinometer	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

Holographic

Depth-based focus plane	Holographic face tracking	Holographic mixed reality capture
Holographic spatial mapping	Tag-along hologram

Identity, security, and encryption

Credential locker	Client Device Information	Credential picker
Device lockdown with Azure login	Disabling screen capture	Enterprise data protection
KeyCredentialManager	Lock screen personalization	Microsoft Passport and Windows Hello
Smart cards	User information	UserCertificateStore
UserConsentVerifier	Web account management	WebAuthenticationBroker

Launching and background tasks

Association launching	Background activation	Background task
Extended execution	Suspend and resume

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

Advertising	Background transfer	DatagramSocket
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

Platform architecture

In-process component authoring	In-process component authoring	Out-of-process component authoring
Version adaptive code

Speech and Cortana

Cortana voice command

Speech recognition and synthesis

Threading

JavaScript Web Workers app multithreading

Tiles, toasts, and notifications

Notifications

Secondary tiles