Building the View

The view allows the user to send and receive messages via the viewmodel. The view consists of the following elements:

Image A TextBox to allow the user to enter a message to send.

Image An AppBar, which includes an AppBarIconButton to execute the viewmodel’s SendCommand. For more information on the AppBar, see Chapter 8, “Taming the Application Bar.”

Image A ListBox to display all incoming messages.

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