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Announcing Microsoft Build Tour 2017
Figure 1 Sign-up at http://buildtour.microsoft.com On the heels of the Build conferences these last few years, we have had the pleasure of meeting thousands of developers around the world. Their...
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Introducing XAML Standard and .NET Standard 2.0
XAML Standard We are pleased to announce XAML Standard, which is a standards-based effort to unify XAML dialects across XAML based technologies such as UWP and Xamarin.Forms. XAML Standard is a...
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Improving the high-DPI experience in GDI based Desktop Apps
In recent years, High-DPI displays have become common. Having a lot more pixels to display your application on seems like a simple recipe for crisper graphics but, counterintuitively, the opposite is...
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Earn more money by moving to the latest advertising libraries
Make sure your apps are updated to use the latest versions of the Microsoft Advertising SDK. The latest advertising SDK versions, which are MRAID 1.0 compliant, support richer creatives experiences....
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See What’s New with Windows Ink in the Windows 10 Creators Update
Windows Ink is about transforming the way we think about computers, from a tool that is great at getting things done, to one that harnesses your personality and your emotions into the things you...
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UWP and the evolution of touch development
How is programming for touch development on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) different from mouse and keyboard development in Windows Forms? This post will cover some of the subtle differences...
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Toolkits, Toolkits, Toolkits!
As a UWP developer, you have many options to help build your application quickly and reliably. In fact, there are so many options that you may feel like you can choose only one. Luckily, that’s not the...
View ArticleNative Ads in Microsoft Advertising SDK
Overview Native Ads is a component-based ad format that gives publishers the flexibility of placing the individual components of a creative – title, image, logo, description, call to action text – so...
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Using color fonts for beautiful text and icons
In this post, we’ll introduce you to a text technology called color fonts. We’ll discuss what color fonts are, when they can be useful and how to use them in your Windows 10 apps. What are color fonts?...
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How to distribute your existing Desktop Applications via Windows Store to...
Overview Windows 10 S is a specific configuration of Windows 10 Pro that offers a familiar, productive Windows experience that’s streamlined for security and performance. By exclusively using apps in...
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Monetizing your app: Set your COPPA settings for your app
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) prohibits operators of commercial websites and online services (including mobile apps) from targeting children below the age of 13 using targeted...
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Sweet UI made possible and easy with Windows.UI and the Windows 10 Creators...
Since its original debut with the Windows 10 November 2015 update, Windows.UI.Composition has been empowering developers to build fast, beautiful, sweet user interfaces in UWP and has been providing...
View ArticleWindows Template Studio 1.1 released!
We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.1. In partnership with the community, we’ve been cranking out and iterating new features and functionality. We’re always looking for...
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Smooth as Butter Animations in the Visual Layer with the Windows 10 Creators...
The Windows 10 Creators Update marks the third major release of the Windows UI platform APIs. With each release, an attempt is frequently made to simplify features introduced in prior releases. This...
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Smooth Interaction and Motion with the Visual Layer in Windows 10 Creators...
The Composition APIs come with a robust animation engine that provides quick and fluid motion running in a separate process from your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. This ensures a consistent 60...
View ArticleWindows 10 SDK Preview Build 16225 Released
Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 16225 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16225 contains bug fixes and under...
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UWP App Diagnostics
At Build this year, we gave a sneak preview of a set of new APIs designed to provide diagnostic information about running apps. You can see the videos here and here – but note that these were based on...
View ArticleWindows App Studio being sunset
We want to directly thank each of the users of Windows App Studio and we want to be sure you have a smooth transition off when Windows App Studio service ends on December 1, 2017. What will happen to...
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Announcing UWP Community Toolkit 1.5
Today marks the sixth release of the UWP Community Toolkit – all packages are updated to version 1.5. Thanks to the UWP developer community, the UWP Community Toolkit has seen great improvements and...
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Command-Line Activation of Universal Windows Apps
As we continue to close the gap between Win32 and Universal Windows Apps, one of the features we’ve recently introduced is the ability to activate a UWA from a command line and pass the app arbitrary...
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