Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Wole — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:11:00 GMT

Apologies for previous question re images. It is local to my work network...

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Wole — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:50:52 GMT

I can't see any of the images.... Are the image links broken?

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Mostafa — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:42:12 GMT

This is a great article! you spend good time creating it and I spent good time following your instructions!

appreciate it soma!

Mostafa

http://www.MostafaElzoghbi.com

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Stephen Toub - MSFT — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:56:42 GMT

@K Kiran: What do you mean by "XML(feeds)"? You can use the WinRT support for XML, e.g. msdn.microsoft.com/.../windows.data.xml.dom.xmldocument.aspx , or the .NET support for XML, e.g. msdn.microsoft.com/.../hh454055.aspx , to parse XML in your Windows Store apps.

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

K Kiran — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:02:25 GMT

Can you share any code samples to use xml(feeds) api's instead of rss feeds.

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Srigopal Chitrapu — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:50:54 GMT

Great Som.

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Matt — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:36:34 GMT

I think that I may have answered my question. It seems to work when overriding the OnLaunched method from App.xaml.cs.

protected override async void OnLaunched(LaunchActivatedEventArgs args)

{

…..

// Ensure the current window is active

Window.Current.Activate();

// Added the following code to only run when started. Matt

await SampleDataSource.AddGroupForFeedAsync("blogs.msdn.com/.../rss.aspx");

}

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Matt — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:02:43 GMT

Thanks Stephen for pointing that out, it makes sense to me now.

I’m wondering however, how to load the collection only once on startup and not fire every time I return to the main page. Is there a page method available for this as it is not preferred in my app to click a button to load initial data?

Thanks, Matt

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Stephen Toub - MSFT — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:48:24 GMT

@Matt: Good question. Those hardcoded feeds were just temporary; it's a bit hidden, but later in the post, the post states "To complete the experience, I need to implement the btnAddFeed_Click method (in the GroupedItemsPage.xaml.cs file), wiring it up to the SampleDataSource.AddGroupForFeedAsync method I previously wrote (and, of course, removing the three lines I previously hardcoded in LoadState):" So while LoadState might get called again, it'll end up just loading the same feeds that were already available rather than adding additional ones. I hope that helps.

re: Building an End-to-End Windows Store App - Part 1

Matt — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:33:12 GMT

Great post! However when I navigate to an item, then click back to main page, the Allgroups get called again from the LoadState of the main page.

this.DefaultViewModel["Groups"] = SampleDataSource.AllGroups;

// temporary hardcoded feeds

await SampleDataSource.AddGroupForFeedAsync("blogs.msdn.com/.../rss.aspx");

So it populates all the posts for the above feed a second time into the collection. Anyone else seeing this or have a work around?

Thanks, Matt