Adding app settings (Windows Store apps using C#/VB/C++ and XAML)

You can implement the Settings contract so that users can access your app's settings from the Settings charm.

Implement the Settings contract to:

• Provide users with a consolidated place for fast, in-context access to settings that affect their current Windows Store app. A light-dismiss settings UI enables users to quickly adjust the behavior of the app and return to the experience they were in.
• Expose app-specific settings commands along with settings and information automatically exposed by the system.
• Provide access to your settings UI at all times without sacrificing application real estate or having to build navigation to and from a setting page.

If you’d like to try working with app settings and other key Windows 8 features, download the hands-on labs for Windows 8. These labs provide a modular, step-by-step introduction to creating a sample Windows Store app in the programming language of your choice (JavaScript and HTML or C# and XAML).

Build date: 6/20/2013