6. Tiles and Toasts
Tiles and toasts are features of the Windows Shell that enable your app to remain alive and connected even when it isn’t running. Tiles represent your app on the Windows 8.1 Start Screen. The content of the tile can change regularly to reflect the latest information your app provides, including both text and images. You can enhance tiles by badges that provide timely notifications and at-a-glance information about important actions that can be taken by launching the app. Toast notifications can provide a pop-up message for users to decide whether to bring your app to the foreground or launch it to act on the information.
WinRT APIs also exist that send notifications from within applications that can display a toast to the ...
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