Construct a page layout
- Configure a RelativePanel layout; select the appropriate XAML layout panel based on the UI requirement; configure a grid with appropriate column and row properties; configure alignment, margins, and padding
Implement responsive and adaptive UI behaviors
- Differentiate between responsive and adaptive UI behaviors, create responsive and adaptive UIs by using VisualStateManager and AdaptiveTriggers, implement settings syntax for element properties and attached properties
Create and use custom controls within an adaptive UI
- Evaluate when to create a custom control; create a custom control; implement styles, themes, and resource dictionaries; apply styles to custom controls by using Generic.XAML
Optimize a page layout
- Reduce complexity for performance gains, reduce unnecessary nesting
Choose the appropriate navigation structure for an app
- Evaluate when to implement the Hub, Master/Details, Tabs and Pivot, and Nav Pane navigation patterns; evaluate when to implement a custom navigation pattern
Implement Nav Pane navigation
- Load page content by using Frame. Navigate, implement page navigation by using the Nav Pane pattern; implement a SplitView control for use as a navigation pane; support accessibility requirements within navigation by implementing key-based navigation, UI automation, and narrator; handle Back button behavior for different Windows 10 device families
Manage app activation
- Launch an app, activate an app on Startup, implement activation from a deep link, implement activation based on Search integration, implement activation from a secondary tile
Manage app suspension and resuming
- Prepare an app for suspension, resume from suspension or termination, extend execution and monitor suspension errors
Access data by using Entity Framework (EF)
- Access data by using EFCore with SQLite, implement a local SQLite database
Implement the {Binding} extension
Implement the {x:Bind} extension
Implement MVVM classes and class interactions
- Implement event binding by applying command patterns, implement a Dispatcher to update the UI thread with async return data
Implement app-to-app communications
- Integrate a Share contract to share content with another app, integrate drag-and-drop, launch an app for results, implement app extensions, implement App Services
Implement REST Web Services
- Implement JSON and data serialization, access cloud data and Web APIs by using HttpClient
Implement file system access
- Manage storage by using StorageFile, StorageFolder, and StorageItem; access a file location by using FilePickers; implement data roaming and roaming folders
Implement API detection within adaptive code
Implement Type detection within adaptive code
Implement supported capabilities
- Implement support for a microphone, implement support for a webcam, implement support for location, implement support for enterprise authentication
Implement command bars, flyouts, and dialogs
- Implement command bars and AppBarButton buttons, implement context menus and menu flyouts, implement content dialogs, display a tooltip by using ToolTipService, display a pop-up menu, implement control over app settings
Implement support for traditional and touch input devices
- Support touch input, support mouse input, support keyboard, and virtual keyboard input
Implement speech and voice commands
- Support speech synthesis, support speech recognition, support Cortana integration, support Personal Assistant Launch capability, support voice commands
Implement alternative forms of input
- Implement inking, implement camera input, implement location services and GPS input
Implement authentication using Web Authentication Broker
- Implement web service authentication, implement OAuth, implement Azure Active Directory authentication
Manage credentials securely with Credential Locker
Implement two-factor authentication
- Implement two-factor authentication using Microsoft Passport, implement two-factor authentication using Windows Hello
Create and consume class libraries and Windows Runtime components
- Develop Windows Runtime components, develop class libraries, integrate class libraries and Windows Runtime components
Implement tile and toast notifications
- Implement adaptive and interactive toast notifications, implement local tile notifications
Create and register a background task
- Create a background task project and reference the background task within a project, implement background task event triggers and conditions
Implement and manage a background task
- Monitor background task progress and completion, manage task lifecycle, share data and events between an app and its background tasks, call a background task directly
Create and consume a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app service
- Specify the AppService extension, implement app serves as a background task, deploy the app service provider, call app services