It is easy to publish existing desktop applications in the MS Store using the Desktop Bridge!Info:
You can convert your existing desktop application into a Windows 10 MS Store with modern user features. This will give you a wider reach in international markets by distributing it through the Microsoft Store. You can modernize your application in a much easier way by using features built right into the store. Of course, you don't have to use the store. Feel free to use your existing channels. The solution: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/bridges https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/why-build-for-uwp ... Windows Desktop Bridge app testing Videos: Using the Desktop Bridge to bring desktop apps to the Windows Store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2z52_62xng Introducing the Windows Desktop Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =mUiI8t-dHGo Top 4 Improvements for UWP Developers in Visual Studio 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt0E15rIaPA Build 2017 Desktop Bridge Apps & User Transition: https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=sDp1y02U97o Examples: https://github.com/microsoft/DesktopBridgeToUWP-Samples In a nutshell! You need Visual Studio 2017 and create a simple Windows Universal application and integrate the existing EXE (desktop application) into this Windows Universal app. When you create a package for your desktop application, your application receives an identity. With this identity, your desktop application has access to UWP (Windows Universal Platform) APIs. You can use them to create modern and beautiful accesses such as live tiles and notifications. Use simple conditional compilation and runtime checks to execute UWP code only when your Application is running on Windows 10. More: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/msix/desktop/desktop-to-uwp-root
FAQ 14: Updated on: 4 September 2024 09:49 |
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