Figure 5 shows the markup for an AppBar containing three buttons as well as their corresponding event listeners. Global AppBar commands should be located on the right side of the AppBar, while contextual commands should go on the left. Because the app now has less screen real estate, your app should display only necessary data.
Because snapped-view support is built into the Grid template, you need to verify that the data displays nicely while snapped, showing pertinent and readable information.
The AppBar also works while the app is snapped, so that also might need style adjustments. Semantic Zoom This new touch-friendly feature of Windows 8 is a way to aggregate large amounts of data in a single, easy-to-digest view.
Users invoke Semantic Zoom in the following ways:. Semantic Zoom is more about visualizing data in a meaningful way that assists with navigation than simply exposing a zoomed view of it. Search and Share Searching and sharing data between apps are core aspects of modern apps.
Users can now search across multiple apps at one time and then share the data they find. Or your app can register itself as a share target and accept data that users share from other Windows Store apps. Never before has app-to-app communication been so straightforward and consistent. Picker Controls These are traditional Windows controls that have been updated for a modern UI—such as the File Open Picker or File Save Picker—or print settings dialogs that have been staples of Windows apps for many versions.
Toast Notifications Toast notifications are a way to provide a momentary message to the user, regardless of whether the app is in use or not.
The most popular forms of toast notifications are e-mail alert pop-ups and text messages on phones. Toast messages can contain text and images and can serve as another way to attract users to your app. You can post the same notifications to the Windows 8 lock screen for a quick glimpse of any waiting messages.
To recap, Windows 8 is Windows reimagined, sporting some of the biggest changes in the OS since Windows 95, in an unprecedented market. The built-in Visual Studio project templates enable you to get started publishing moneymaking apps easier and faster than ever in the largest market for app creators.
It guides you through the process of building a Windows Store or Windows Phone app in 30 days, offering free technical and design consultations and assistance along with exclusive tips and resources.
Reach her via her Web site at rachelappel. You can also follow her latest updates on Twitter at twitter. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Booking Table and eventual payment features are left out of the template intentionally as they are better dealt with during actual implementation. Tutor Advanced template is an emulation of a tutor app with placeholders for Category, Gallery, and Detail data.
Tutor template is an emulation of a tutor app with placeholders for category, catalogue and details data. Making use of this template, you can create a Baby Journal app. Basic Game template will help if you want to build an app which has the following ingredients: Game Category Display Game Catalogue Display Game Page Blocks template provides navigation placeholders in the hub page followed by content blocks in the details page. Forum template will help you build an app which has elements of connecting to various discussion groups.
Drawing template is an emulation of a Painting app with placeholders for Colour selection and Tool Box. Making use of this template, we can create any Ecommerce app. Shopping Cart functionality is left out of the template intentionally as they are better dealt with during actual implementation. Fitness template is an emulation of a health and fitness app with placeholders for Category, Group Category, and Detail data.
Food Variable template is an emulation of a Recipe app with placeholders for various categories of recipe, Ingredients and Instruction. Health Management template is an emulation of a personal health manager with placeholders for Profile, Reports and Patient details. News template is an emulation of a News app with placeholders for News category, article and video data. Planning Dairy Template will help if you want to build an app which has the following ingredients: Schedule Tracking Schedule Planning Product template is an emulation of a shopping app with placeholders for Category, Group Category, and Detail data.
Recipe template is an emulation of a Recipe app with placeholders for Recipe List, Recipe details data. Shoe store template is an emulation of a Shopping app with placeholders for Category, Group Category, and Detail data. Solution template will help if you want to build an app which has the following ingredients: Topics Display Query Solution Display Query logging Standard Square template will have a Square tile with placeholders for product category and details data.
Text Keyboard template is an emulation of a Keyboard with placeholders for the text keys. Tracking template is an emulation of tracking apps with placeholders for category and details data. Add, Delete and Refresh are left out of the template intentionally as they are better dealt with during actual implementation. Translator template is an emulation of a translating app with placeholders for translating one language to other.
Select language features are left out of the template intentionally as they are better dealt with during actual implementation. Travel light theme is an emulation of a travel app with placeholders for Summary, Group summary, and Detail data. Travel picture template is an emulation of a travel app with placeholders for Vacation destination, group destination and tour detail data. Enquire and Bookmark features are left out of the template intentionally as they are better dealt with during actual implementation.
Financial Adviser template will help if you want to build an app to manage personal finances. The Simple Grid will help if you want to build an app which has a uniform display of tiles which are proportionate. The Variable Grid Style A template will help if you want to build an app which has an option for an image followed by uniform display of tiles which are proportionate.
The Variable Grid Style B template will help if you want to build an app which has an option for an image followed by uniform display of tiles which are proportionate.
The Variable Grid Style C template will help if you want to build an app which has an option for an image followed by uniform display of tiles which are proportionate. The Variable Grid Style D template will help if you want to build an app which has an option for an image followed by uniform display of tiles which are proportionate. As we discussed in my navigation pattern about Hierarchical navigation this template provides Hub pages then section pages and then details pages in the hierarchy.
Split App As the name indicates, this is the template with split navigation where we have a master list on one side and the details of the selected item on another side.
A Split application splits your application view into two parts, one master list view, and another details view. Item Templates From the above description, I hope you are clear about application-level templates provided by Visual Studio. In this section, we will discuss the Item templates. Item Template means the Item is in the application. For example, in your ASP. Net website. In the Windows Store, we have various item templates available.
When we select the add new item function in Visual Studio it opens the item templates available to add in your project. See the following image to know what the items available for Windows Store apps are. Conclusion Once you are familiar with Application templates and item templates then you can start working on Windows Store applications.
Here I'm stopping this discussion. In the next article in this series, we will see how to create your first Windows Store application.
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