Folien zum Vortrag von Daniel Meixner bei der Dotnet Cologne 2015 zum Thema Windows 10 App Development.

1. NET

3. Convergence

4. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Easy for users to get
& stay current
Unified core
and app platform
The convergence journey
Windows 10
Converged
OS kernel
Converged
app model

5. http://windows.Microsoft.com
One app platform
One Store +
One Dev Center
Full Support for
Existing Code
SDK +
Services
Adaptive
User Interface
Natural
User Inputs

6. Tools

7. Install latest Windows 10
OS (10.0.10075.0)
insider.windows.com
Install VS 2015 RC w/ Universal
Windows SDK & Tools
www.visualstudio.com
Build your first
Universal Windows
App

9. Windows 10 Windows Server 2012 R2 *Windows 7
Windows 8.1
• Best developer experience for
building Universal Windows apps
• Deploy/Debug/Profile
• Simulator
• Local Machine
• Mobile Emulators
• Remote Machine
• Device
• XAML Designer/Intellisense
All other features work at parity
with Windows 10, except:
• Deploy/Debug/Profile
• Remote Machine
• Device
• XAML Intellisense
All other features work at parity
with Windows 10, except:
• Deploy/Debug/Profile
• Mobile Emulators
• Remote Machine
• Device
• XAML Intellisense
• No WACK (Server R2)
*will be supported at RTM

10. Target a version of UAP
not the Operating System

11. http://windows.Microsoft.com
UAP = Universal App Platform
A collection of contracts & versions

12. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Platform Versioning
<TargetPlatform
Name="Microsoft.Universal"
minVersion="2.0.0.0"
maxVersionTested="3.5.0.0" />

13. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Extension SDKs
UAP
Windows Core Windows Core Windows Core Windows Core
UAP UAP UAP
Desktop Mobile Xbox More…

14. http://windows.Microsoft.com
The Extension SDK/Manifest

15. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Adding extensions

16. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Extension SDKs
• Extends the UAP
• Targets specific platforms
• Updates at a separate cadence
• Enabled on every device

17. One Common source
One Windows kernel
One File I/O stack
One Driver model
One App model
One APP Binary
Windows Core

18. Adaptivity

19. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Shared Projects
Windows
Binary Phone
Binary

20. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Not all APIs were available everywhere

21. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Compilation directives
C# Syntax
#if WINDOWS_PHONE_APP
Windows.Phone.UI.Input.HardwareButtons
.BackPressed += this.HardwareButtons_BackPressed;
#endif
C++ Syntax
#if WINAPI_FAMILY==WINAPI_FAMILY_PHONE_APP
_backPressedEventToken = HardwareButtons
::BackPressed += ref new EventHandler
<BackPressedEventArgs^> (this,
&NavigationHelper::HardwareButton_BackPressed);
#endif

22. Feature Detection

23. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Testing for capabilities
IsApiContractPresent
IsEnumNamedValuePresent
IsEventPresent
IsMethodPresent
IsPropertyPresent
IsReadOnlyPropertyPresent
IsTypePresent
IsWriteablePropertyPresent
Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ApiInformation

24. http://windows.Microsoft.com

26. Bridges

28. Universal Windows Platform
Wherever your code was born, you can bring it to Windows
XboxIoT
Universal
Windows Platform
Middleware Platforms
Middleware Partners (e.g., Xamarin)
Game Engine Partners (e.g., Unity)
Windows Platform
Universal Windows 8 Apps (C++/C#/JS)
Universal Windows 10 Apps (C++/C#/JS)
Project Centennial (Classic Apps)
Web Platform
Microsoft Edge HTML Engine
Cordova Tooling (HTML/JS)
Hosted Web Apps (HTML/JS)
Other Mobile Platforms
Project Astoria (Java/C++)
Project Islandwood (Objective C/C++)

29. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Web Site
• Discoverable and
presented through a
browser
Hosted Web App
• Majority of app hosted on
a web server
• Access to native APIs
• Distributed through a
Store
Packaged Web App
• Content inside app
package
• Can use Cordova or
WebView
• Distributed through a
Store
Project Westminster „Hosted Web
App“Bring Web Apps to the Windows Store

30. App Store (iOS, Android, Windows…)
Native app container
WebView
Web Site
custom bridge
Native Code
Hosted Web App architecture today

31. App Store
Native app container
WebView
Web Site
Native Code
Hosted Web App in Windows 10
Windows APIs

32. Hosted Web Apps Manifest
<uap:ApplicationContentUriRules>
<uap:Rule Type="include" WindowsRuntimeAccess="all" Match="https://rjs.azurewebsites.net/" />
<uap:Rule Type="include" WindowsRuntimeAccess="allowForWebOnly" Match="https://*.facebook.com/" />
<uap:Rule Type="include" WindowsRuntimeAccess="none" Match="http://bing.com/" />
<uap:Rule Type="include" Match="https://*.microsoft.com/" />
</uap:ApplicationContentUriRules>

33. DEMO
Hosted Web App

34. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Project Astoria
Bring Android Apps to the Windows Store for Phones
+
Your Android Code
(Project Astoria SDK & App analysis)
+
Your app in the
Windows Store
Your IDE
(Project Astoria Plugins)
Your dev
machine
+
Windows
Magic
Live tiles
…
IntelliJ
Android
Studio
Eclipse
Windows
Mac

35. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Project Islandwood
Bring iOS Apps to the Windows Store
Compile Objective-C for Windows in Visual Studio
Xcode projects
imported to
Visual Studio
Integrated
language
support: syntax
highlighting,
autocomplete
Full debugging:
breakpoints,
stack traces, …
Universal API
Interop

36. Write Universal Windows Apps in Objective-C
Objective-C language support
• Compiler and Runtime
Useful and usable APIs
• iOS API compat
Tools
• Editor / Workflow
• Project import

37. http://windows.Microsoft.com
Project Centennial
Bring Classic Windows Applications to the Windows
Store
Test
Update
Convert
AppXMSI

38. IoT
HoloLens
Surface Hub
Windows Desktop
Windows Mobile
Xbox
ONE CORE OS
ONE APP PLATFORM
ONE STOREWindows 10

39. Store Ecosystem
Westminster- Web apps
(HTML/CSS/JS)
Astoria - Android apps
(Java/C++)
Existing store apps/games
(C++/C#/JS)
Universal windows apps
(C++/C#/JS)
Music Movies & TV
Centennial - Classic
windows apps
(C/C++/.NET/Win32 API)
Islandwoods - IOS apps
(Objective-C/C++)

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