July 2013
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
13h 38m
English
Windows Store apps can share data with other apps in a variety of ways. Applications with a lot of text can use the Clipboard for copying and pasting content. Other apps can share content by saving it in a file and providing a save location and real-time file updates to other apps through the File Open Picker contract, File Save Picker contract, and Cached File Updater contract. The Share Target contract in Windows Store apps provides a simple, in-context, and universal experience to users interested in sharing content.
A Windows Store app can share data with other apps with the DataTransferManager class. A DataTransferManager object is available in every page that provides content to be shared with others ...