ActivationKind enumeration (Windows)

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Specifies the type of activation.


public enum ActivationKind

The ActivationKind enumeration has these members.

Member	Value	Description
Launch \| launch	0	The user launched the app or tapped a content tile.
Search \| search	1	The user wants to search with the app.
ShareTarget \| shareTarget	2	The app is activated as a target for share operations.
File \| file	3	An app launched a file whose file type this app is registered to handle.
Protocol \| protocol	4	An app launched a URL whose protocol this app is registered to handle.
FileOpenPicker \| fileOpenPicker	5	The user wants to pick files that are provided by the app.
FileSavePicker \| fileSavePicker	6	The user wants to save a file and selected the app as the location.
CachedFileUpdater \| cachedFileUpdater	7	The user wants to save a file that the app provides content management for.
ContactPicker \| contactPicker	8	The user wants to pick contacts.
Device \| device	9	The app handles AutoPlay.
PrintTaskSettings \| printTaskSettings	10	The app handles print tasks.
CameraSettings \| cameraSettings	11	The app captures photos or video from an attached camera.
PickerReturned \| pickerReturned	1000	Windows Phone only. The application was activated after the completion of a picker.

On Windows Phone, only Launch and PickerReturned are supported.

Minimum supported client	Windows 8
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012
Minimum supported phone	Windows Phone 8
Namespace	Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation Windows::ApplicationModel::Activation [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd

ActivationKind enumeration