Learn about Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run across a wide variety of devices that run Windows.
Learn about Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run across a wide variety of devices that run Windows.
What Does Universal Windows Platform Mean? The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is a versatile build environment built by Microsoft to allow for device-agnostic app creation. Apps created in UWP are not limited to one type of device: They can run on any modern Windows operating system including...
Universal Windows Platform is almost new kid on the street and it’s time for developers to find out what it is, how it works and why to bother. In this post I make short introduction to UWP for developers. I also share some of my thoughts about platform and point out some useful res...
Is NcsiUwpApp safe? The NcsiUwpApp is totally safe — it’s an official part of the Windows operating system and has Microsoft’s stamp of approval. There’s no need to be concerned about security risks when you see this process running on your computer. Rest assured, it’s not a viru...
SemanticZoom updatesTheSemanticZoomcontrol now has one consistent behavior for UWP apps across all device families. The default action to switch between the zoomed in view and the zoomed out view is to tap on a group header in the zoomed in view. This is the same as the behavior on Window...
Windows 11 can be extended by printer manufacturers and/or Managed Print Software (MPS) solutions with additional custom features and workflows by publishing a PSA to Microsoft Store. These UWP apps are not drivers and run in the user's context. When installed on the user's Windo...
Until now, when you build a UWP app, it has included all the .NET APIs that it actually uses, app-locally. “… But doesn’t this get a bit big?” Here’s a concrete example. I wrote aGame of Lifesimulator that runs on Windows 10 devices, both desktop and mobile, and takes advan...
version. In addition, .NET Standard 2.0 is supported with the .NET Framework version 4.6.1, as well as UWP development for developers targeting the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. We’ll explore the nitty gritty details regarding how all this works in the “.NET and UWP Development” ...
In Windows 8.1, UWP device apps can perform multi-step device operations in a background task so that they can run to completion even if the app is moved to the background and suspended. This is necessary to allow reliable device servicing (changes to persistent settings or firmware) and ...