Being a Share Source

If your app contains data that is potentially worth sharing (above and beyond text that can be copied and pasted via normal gestures), it should be a share source. Most apps fall into this category. For example, games should enable the user to share a high score, news apps should enable the user to share an article, drawing apps should enable the user to share each creation, and so on.

You can be a share source without doing anything special to support the contract in the package manifest. You must provide a data package to the data package manager when requested. This involves handling a DataRequested event as follows:

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DataTransferManager dtm = DataTransferManager.GetForCurrentView(); dtm.DataRequested ...

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