Page Loading

If you have a page that takes a long time to load it can seem to the user nothing has happened for several seconds until the page appears. A simple way round this is to create a quick to load page which has say an hourglass icon or “Loading….” text and display this before loading […]

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App Background Colour

It can be important to set the apps background colour, for instance if you are using page transitions. In App.xmal.cs add this in the OnLaunched() function:

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Page Transitions

Good Resources http://amadeusw.com/xaml/animated-navigation-universal-app Setting a complete page transition Add this before <Grid Animation types https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.ui.xaml.media.animation.transition https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/motion/xaml-animation

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Theme Transition Types

Theme Transitions AddDeleteThemeTransition Fades in and grows after a short delay.  Fades out and shrinks after a short delay. Glides when repositioned. Intended for: A collection of elements ContentThemeTransition Glides slightly from the right with a quick fade in.  Quickly fades out. Intended for: Large controls with changing content, such as Frame. EdgeUIThemeTransition Slides in […]

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