App-to-app Communication and File Storage


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
Allowing apps to communicate with each other and store files makes it easy to expand their experience beyond the local view. In this course, you will learn how to make an app communicate with other apps and how to manage file storage.

Target Audience
Developers who want to learn how to develop mobile apps on the UWP platform and developers planning to take the Microsoft exam 70-357

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

App-to-app Communication and File Storage

  • start the course
  • share data with other apps using a share contract
  • use a share contract to receive data from other apps
  • implement clipboard sharing in your app
  • implement drag-and-drop sharing in your app
  • add app extensions in your app
  • create a file using the StorageFolder and StorageFile objects
  • write various types of data to a file
  • read various types of data from a file
  • read a file's properties
  • use a file picker to open and save files
  • implement data roaming to sync data across devices using key/value pairs
  • use data roaming to sync data across devices using unstructured files
  • use a share contract to send data to another app

    • Course Number:
    sd_dmap_a10_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Beginner