CHAPTER 10

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Contracts

If you are building a Windows 8 Store app as you read the chapters, by now, your app is mostly functional in what it is meant to do. However, remember the promise of the one Windows 8 ecosystem? As the user is using your Windows 8 Store app, you do not want the experience to be jarring, or worse—making the user jump through hoops to get something done. What we developers should do is integrate our Windows 8 Store apps as closely as possible with the operating system (OS) so that users have a seamless experience. Wouldn’t you like your app’s data to be searchable, even if the user is not explicitly running your app? How about ...

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