What is the best way to go about reading and writing simple configuration data like we used to use App.config and Web.config <appsettings />
available through ConfigurationManager
before, for use within your Windows 8 / Windows RT / Windows Store / Windows Modern UI App?
LocalSettings
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.applicationdata.localsettings
OR
RoamingSettings
The main difference is that RoamingSettings will be saved to the cloud and thus, can be transferred across different devices for the same user profile. LocalSettings is device-specific.