CHAPTER 4
Reaching Beyond the App
The world is highly connected. Most likely, the apps you build will need to be connected as well. They might need to connect to an Internet source for data, or they might need to connect to other apps or services on the machine where they are running. This chapter introduces you to concepts involved in extending Metro style apps and connecting with other apps.
This chapter covers:
- Capabilities
- Implementing the Location capability
- Declarations (contracts)
- Implementing the Share declaration (as a source)
- Implementing the Share Target declaration
Capabilities
All Metro style apps are sandboxed. They ...
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