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Multithreading with C# Cookbook, Second Edition
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This recipe walks you through the process of creating a background task in a Universal Windows Platform application, which updates the application's live tile on a desktop.
To go through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015 and the Windows 10 operating system. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter11\Recipe3
.
To understand how to use BackgroundTask
in Universal Windows Platform applications, perform the following steps:
Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# Blank App (Universal Windows) project under Windows\Universal
folder. If you need to enable the Windows 10 developer mode, refer to the Using a timer in a Windows Store application recipe for detailed instructions.
Open the Package.appxmanifest
file. In the Declarations tab, add Background Tasks to Supported Declarations. Under Properties, check the supported properties System...
Change the font size
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