Top "Windows-runtime" questions

Windows Runtime (WinRT) is a Microsoft platform architecture that allows applications to run in a sandboxed environment exposing a 'Windows Modern Style' UI/UX.

GridView with 2 columns, fill width

The result I want to achieve is pretty simple, a list with 2 columns, both with equal width. In Windows Phone 7/8 …

xaml gridview windows-runtime windows-phone-8.1
Get Screen Resolution in Win10 UWP App

As an UWP App runs in window mode on common desktop systems the "old" way of getting the screen resolution …

c# xaml windows-runtime windows-10 uwp
How do I get a Unique Identifier for a Device within Windows 10 Universal?

This is my old implementation to get a Unique DeviceID for Windows Universal 8.1 but the type HardwareIdentification does not exist …

c# windows-runtime windows-10 win-universal-app
How to disable the “Expect: 100 continue” header in WinRT's HttpWebRequest

I'm developing an app that for legacy code reasons I can't upgrade for the new HttpClient so I'm using HttpWebRequests. …

c# windows-8 httpwebrequest windows-runtime
Why is WinRT unmanaged?

Windows 8 introduces WinRT, which is like .NET but unmanaged. Why is it unmanaged? Is it a performance issue? Does it …

c# .net windows-8 windows-runtime
Give Java application a Metro Look and Feel in Windows 8

I have already developed a Java application which is working well in Windows XP, Windows 7 & Windows 8 consumer preview. The …

java swing windows-8 windows-runtime look-and-feel
WinRT and WPF in Windows 8

As I understand, WinRT is a different version of WPF written without using the underlying Win32 APIs. What's the relation …

wpf windows-8 windows-runtime
How to await an async private method invoked using reflection in WinRT?

I'm writing unit tests for a WinRT app, and I am able to invoke non-async private methods using this: TheObjectClass …

c# reflection windows-runtime async-await
Getting all files in UWP app folder

For UWP, it is easy to get all files in the app local folder as: IReadOnlyList<StorageFile> files = …

c# windows-runtime windows-10 uwp
Windows 8, C++ and Metro GUI samples?

So I look at this (Windows build keynote 1:42:56) And I just do not get it - what I can use …

c++ windows user-interface windows-8 windows-runtime