Sharing Content
Universal Windows apps can share content with other apps, via specific parts of the system’s user interface. In order to share or receive content, you must implement a share contract. With it, your app can integrate with built-in features of the operating systems that provide the infrastructure to send and receive contents. If an app shares content, it is referred to as the share source; if it receives content, it is referred to as the share target. This chapter explains how to implement a share source scenario by providing the option to share the link of the web page shown in the BrowserPage page with other apps.
Objects that are required to share contents are exposed by the Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer namespace. More ...
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