Building a Windows Store App for SharePoint 2013
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The document outlines the process of building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013, highlighting essential design principles and features such as personalized content presentation, search capabilities, and user interactions. It includes technical details like programming languages and API references, along with examples for utilizing SharePoint APIs via client-side object model and REST. Additionally, it provides a demo and references for further learning resources about Windows Store apps and SharePoint 2013 development.
![Search: CSOM Example
// create the client context
using (ClientContext context = new ClientContext("http://sharepoint.demo.com"))
{
// set credentials for authentication
context.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
// describe the query
var keywordQuery = new KeywordQuery(context);
keywordQuery.QueryText = "search term";
// used to execute queries against search engine
SearchExecutor searchExecutor = new SearchExecutor(context);
// execute the search query
ClientResult<ResultTableCollection> results = searchExecutor.ExecuteQuery(keywordQuery);
// execute query
context.ExecuteQuery();
// access search properties and results
int totalCount = results.Value[0].TotalRows;
IEnumerable<IDictionary<string, object>> rows = results.Value[0].ResultRows;
}
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Building a Windows Store App for SharePoint 2013
- 1. 6000 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Suite 110 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.798.5458 www.aspenware.com Windows Store App for SharePoint 2013
- 2. Waughn Hughes Waughn has over 14 years of consulting experience, and has worked extensively with SharePoint for the past seven years as a developer and solutions architect. Waughn Hughes, Solutions Architect | [email protected]
- 3. Agenda • Start • Plan • Design • Build • Demo Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 3
- 4. Get Started
- 5. What’s a Windows Store app? • No Chrome • Touch and Pen Input • Contracts • New Controls • Tiles Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 5
- 6. Design Guidance • Principles • Navigation • Commanding • Touch Interaction • Branding Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 6
- 7. Plan
- 8. Great at… ...presenting personalized, pertinent information from numerous SharePoint environments. Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 8
- 9. Activities to support… • Find content in numerous SharePoint environments • Bookmark content for easy access • Provide notification when content is updated Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 9
- 10. Features to include… • Search and discover content (e.g. sites, lists and documents) • Add and remove content from favorite list • View dashboard of content • Preview content before launching another application • Create shortcut to a particular site • Share content with other people and applications Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 10
- 11. Design
- 12. …with PowerPoint! Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 12
- 13. Wireframes Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 13
- 14. Build
- 15. Environment and Tools • Window 8 – and – • Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 • Visual Studio 2012 – and – • Office 365 (Developer Site) • SharePoint (Foundation or Server) 2013 Farm Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 16
- 16. Windows Store app: Languages • VB/C#/C++ and XAML • JavaScript and HTML • C++ and DirectX Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 17
- 17. SharePoint 2013 APIs Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 18 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj164060 Custom Client Application SharePoint server object model _api ODATA REST Execute Query JavaScript object model Silverlight & Mobile client object model .NET client object model Server Client
- 18. What’s New? • Search • User Profile • Taxonomy • Feeds • Publishing • Sharing Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 19 • Workflow • E-Discovery • IRM • Analytics • Business Data
- 19. Web: CSOM Example // create the client context using (ClientContext context = new ClientContext("http://sharepoint.demo.com")) { // set credentials for authentication context.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; // the sharepoint web at the url Web web = context.Web; // retrieve the web properties context.Load(web); // retrieve the specified web properties // context.Load(web, w => w.Title, w => w.Description); // execute query context.ExecuteQuery(); // access properties string title = web.Title; string description = web.Description; } Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 20
- 20. Web: REST Example // create handler to handle authentication for the httpclient HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler(); handler.UseDefaultCredentials = true; using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler)) { // specify format of results (atom/xml or json) client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/atom+xml"); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("ContentType", "application/atom+xml;type=entry"); // create the rest url string restUrl = "http://sharepoint.demo.com/_api/web"; // string restUrl = "http://sharepoint.demo.com/_api/web?$select=Title,Description"; // send asynchronous get request HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(restUrl); // verify that the request was successful response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); // write the http content to string string responseBodyAsText = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); // read the xml into xdocument to use LINQ to XML StringReader reader = new StringReader(responseBodyAsText); XDocument responseXml = XDocument.Load(reader, LoadOptions.None); // namespaces required to query xml document XNamespace atom = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; XNamespace d = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"; XNamespace m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"; // access properties string title = responseXml.Element(atom + "content").Element(m + "properties").Element(d + "Title").Value; string description = responseXml.Element(atom + "content").Element(m + "properties").Element(d + "Description").Value; } Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 21
- 21. Search: CSOM Example // create the client context using (ClientContext context = new ClientContext("http://sharepoint.demo.com")) { // set credentials for authentication context.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; // describe the query var keywordQuery = new KeywordQuery(context); keywordQuery.QueryText = "search term"; // used to execute queries against search engine SearchExecutor searchExecutor = new SearchExecutor(context); // execute the search query ClientResult<ResultTableCollection> results = searchExecutor.ExecuteQuery(keywordQuery); // execute query context.ExecuteQuery(); // access search properties and results int totalCount = results.Value[0].TotalRows; IEnumerable<IDictionary<string, object>> rows = results.Value[0].ResultRows; } Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 22
- 22. Search: REST Example // create handler to handle authentication for the httpclient HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler(); handler.UseDefaultCredentials = true; using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler)) { // specify format of results (atom/xml or json) client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/atom+xml"); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("ContentType", "application/atom+xml;type=entry"); // create the rest url for search string searchRestUrl = "http://sharepoint.demo.com/_api/search/query?querytext='searchterm'"; // send asynchronous get request HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(restUrl); // verify that the request was successful response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); // write the http content to string string responseBodyAsText = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); // read the xml into xdocument to use LINQ to XML StringReader reader = new StringReader(responseBodyAsText); XDocument responseXml = XDocument.Load(reader, LoadOptions.None); // namespaces required to query xml document XNamespace atom = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; XNamespace d = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices"; XNamespace m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata"; // retrieve search results XElement relavantResults = responseXml.Descendants(d + "query").Elements(d + "PrimaryQueryResult").Elements(d + "RelevantResults").FirstOrDefault(); List<XElement> items = responseXml.Descendants(d + "query").Elements(d + "PrimaryQueryResult").Elements(d + "RelevantResults") .Elements(d + "Table").Elements(d + "Rows").Elements(d + "element").ToList(); } Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 23
- 23. Demo
- 24. References
- 25. References: Windows Store apps Learn to build Windows Store apps http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br229519 Concepts and architecture http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211361 Developing Windows Store apps http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/br229566 Windows 8 app samples http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Windows-8-Modern-Style-App-Samples Creating Windows Runtime Components in C# and Visual Basic http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br230301 Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 26
- 26. References: SharePoint 2013 APIs What’s new for developers in SharePoint 2013 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj163091 Choose the right API set in SharePoint 2013 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj164060 Reference for SharePoint 2013 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj193038 How to: Complete basic operations using SharePoint 2013 client library code http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp179912 Programming using the SharePoint 2013 REST service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp142385 Building Windows Store apps for SharePoint 2013 27
- 27. Questions
- 28. Thank You!
- 29. 6000 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Suite 110 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.798.5458 www.aspenware.com Aspenware