microsoft/Windows-universal-samples

Features

• Framework Sample Libraries - Offers a comprehensive collection of reference implementations and sample libraries for the Universal Windows Platform.
• Augmented Reality Frameworks - Provides a framework for building mixed reality experiences incorporating spatial mapping, face tracking, and voice input.
• App Routing and Navigation - Implements standard application navigation patterns including master-detail views and system back-button handling.
• List and Grid Layouts - Renders data collections using linear and grid-based layouts with support for grouping and phased loading.
• Sensor and Hardware - Provides a comprehensive suite of tools for reading data from accelerometers, gyrometers, barometers, and proximity sensors.
• Camera and Media - Manages the full camera lifecycle including preview streams, lens selection, and saving images.
• Video Playback - Implements libraries for playing and streaming local video content across multiple media tracks.
• User Data Storage - Stores and retrieves user preferences, session state, and application files across various storage locations.
• Numeric and Date Formatting - Converts date and time data into localized strings based on regional settings.
• I2C Bus Frameworks - Provides a framework for reading and writing data to low-speed I2C bus peripherals.
• Media Capture and Playback - Processes audio and video through a combined pipeline of streaming, recording, and editing.
• Digital Media Playback - Implements the core process of streaming and rendering digital audio and video files.
• Hardware-Accelerated Rendering - Embeds high-performance 2D and 3D graphics pipelines within standard application layouts using hardware acceleration.
• Graphics Rendering APIs - Draws images, primitives, and text onto a screen using high-performance graphics APIs.
• XAML Integration - Renders high-performance DirectX graphics directly within standard XAML application layouts.
• XAML Layout Construction - Constructs application views using XAML, including lists, grids, and multi-window support.
• 3D Graphics Pipelines - Displays first-person 3D environments and stereoscopic views using a graphics API.
• Media Capture Utilities - Provides tools for recording audio and video, managing camera frames, and implementing face detection and tracking.
• Real-Time 3D Rendering Engines - Implements real-time 3D rendering of objects in a mixed reality environment with spatial placement and rotation.
• Bluetooth Connectivity - Implements wireless data exchange and device pairing using RFCOMM and Bluetooth Low Energy protocols.
• Serial Device Communication - Establishes connections to hardware devices and exchanges data using serial streams.
• Serial Peripheral Interfaces - Implements data exchange with peripherals using a four-wire SPI bus interface.
• GPIO Pin Controllers - Provides interfaces for reading and writing digital signals on General Purpose Input/Output pins.
• Device Sensors - Provides mechanisms to retrieve environmental and device metrics via real-time data streams or polling.
• Custom Hardware Controllers - Implements communication with custom USB, SPI, I2C, and GPIO peripherals to manage hardware.
• USB Device Communication - Establishes connections and exchanges data using USB control, interrupt, and bulk transfers.
• Camera Capture Controllers - Controls camera hardware to preview live streams and record video files in various orientations.
• Network Communication Implementations - Establishes network connectivity using HTTP, WebSockets, and TCP/UDP sockets.
• Windows System Integrations - Implements integration modules for interfacing with Bluetooth, USB, and NFC via the Windows Runtime.
• Compiled Bindings - Provides UI-to-data synchronization validated at compile time to increase runtime performance.
• Declarative UI Markup - Defines application layouts and interactive elements using XAML markup for cross-device consistency.
• Digital Ink Capture - Records user input as ink strokes and renders them on a canvas.
• Digital Ink Rendering - Renders high-precision ink strokes on a surface and supports interleaving them with other objects.
• Input Handling - Processes a wide range of input devices including touch, pen, and ink with low-latency handling.
• Adaptive UI Layouts - Adjusts layout and navigation controls dynamically based on screen dimensions to optimize for one-handed use.
• Scrolling Performance Optimizations - Optimizes list scrolling performance using incremental data binding to maintain smooth frame rates.
• Locale-Aware Value Formatting - Transforms formatted numeric strings back into numeric values respecting regional locales.
• View-to-Data Mappings - Links visual UI components and events directly to their corresponding data models.
• Virtualized Data Rendering - Implements virtualization to efficiently display large datasets by loading only the visible subset into memory.
• Barcode Decoders - Uses the camera to identify and decode barcodes from physical products.
• Computer Vision Libraries - Integrates third-party computer vision libraries for manipulating and analyzing individual image frames.
• Face Detection - Analyzes image streams to identify human faces and track facial movements.
• Face Tracking - Detects and tracks human faces within a live video stream in real-time.
• Face Detection - Identifies human faces within still images or individual video frames by processing bitmap data.
• Voice Service Integrations - Integrates speech recognition and synthesis to enable voice commands and system-level interaction.
• Language Detection Tools - Identifies the languages present within a text string and provides confidence-sorted results.
• OCR Language Support - Queries the device to determine available languages and character sets supported for optical character recognition.
• Text-to-Coordinate Mapping - Identifies the bounding boxes of recognized words to map text to image coordinates for visual overlays.
• Text Recognition - Analyzes digital ink strokes to identify and convert handwritten text into machine-readable digital text.
• File Handling - Provides a comprehensive set of libraries for local file system abstraction and manipulation.
• Spatial Mapping - Acquires real-time spatial sensor data and renders it as a 3D mesh of the physical environment.
• Spatial Orientation Visualization - Renders a visual representation of a spatial stage's properties and look direction in mixed reality.
• Drag and Drop - Implements the ability to move items between UI elements or drop external data into the application.
• Graphics API Samples - Provides high-performance 2D and 3D rendering demonstrations using Direct2D and DirectX.
• Gyrometer Streaming - Receives real-time orientation updates from the device gyrometer as a continuous data stream.
• Preview Synchronizers - Adjusts the camera preview stream in real-time based on device rotation and screen orientation.
• Sensor Calibration - Provides interfaces to adjust sensor accuracy and ensure precise measurements through calibration routines.
• Spherical Video Playback - Implements spherical video rendering for flat-screen devices and mixed-reality headsets.
• Spatial Media Capture - Records photo and video content by applying specialized audio and video effects to mixed reality streams.
• Concurrent Camera Access - Opens a camera stream in read-only mode so multiple applications can access the hardware.
• Orientation Synchronizers - Adjusts the preview stream and recording orientation in real time based on physical device movement.
• Video Compositing - Trims durations, appends clips, and adds background audio to create video compositions.
• Text Extraction and OCR - Recognizes characters within images to extract text based on a specified language.
• PDF Rendering Engines - Loads PDF files and displays them as full pages, thumbnails, or rectangular crops.
• Live Streaming Platforms - Parses dynamic manifests and downloads segments to enable live media streaming via DASH.
• Local File Operations - Provides core capabilities for creating, reading, writing, and deleting local files and folders.
• File System Access - Implements APIs for reading and managing files and directories on local device storage.
• Incremental List Loaders - Loads older items into the top of a list as the user scrolls upward to provide seamless content discovery.
• Script Transliterations - Converts text from one script to another, such as translating Cyrillic characters to Latin.
• Script Identification - Analyzes input text to find the specific ranges where different writing scripts occur.
• Background Task Schedulers - Executes logic via system triggers or scheduled sessions to maintain activity in the background.
• Barcode Scanners - Provides a system-wide barcode scanning service that processes camera frames.
• Hardware Scanner Integrations - Interfaces with physical barcode scanners to claim exclusive hardware access and process scanned data.
• Manifest Capability Declarations - Defines required vendor and product IDs in the app manifest to grant hardware device access.
• 2D and 3D - Integrates 3D rendering engines with 2D overlays to display game worlds and HUDs.
• Unified Input Handling - Processes user commands from touch screens, mice, keyboards, and game controllers.
• Point Cloud Visualizers - Projects correlated depth and color data into a 3D point cloud for spatial analysis.
• Audio Graph Routing - Creates a graph of interconnected nodes to route audio between devices and custom code.
• Audio Playback - Triggers sound effect playback to provide auditory feedback during gaming experiences.
• Effects Processing - Adds built-in or custom processing effects like echo, reverb, and equalization to audio nodes.
• Spatial Audio - Simulates 3D sound environments by controlling source locations and distance decay behaviors.
• Camera Enumerators - Provides utilities for identifying and acquiring specific camera sensors based on their physical location on the device.
• Composition Visual Layers - Renders graphics and effects by manipulating a tree of composition objects independently of the UI thread.
• Background Media Playback - Enables audio and video streams to continue playing while the application is not in the foreground.
• Dynamic SVG Manipulation - Allows real-time programmatic alteration of SVG attributes and element hierarchies.
• EXIF Metadata Handling - Provides capabilities for reading and applying image metadata such as orientation and camera settings.
• SVG-Based Vector Rendering - Implements a rendering system that utilizes scalable vector graphics to display visual elements.
• Vector Graphics Rendering - Utilizes direct drawing effects, gradient meshes, and SVG support for high-performance rendering.
• Holographic Image Stabilization - Submits a depth buffer to ensure holographic images remain stable and correctly aligned with the physical environment.
• Holographic Stabilization - Creates virtual objects that track device movement through image stabilization and interpolation for mixed reality.
• Bitmap Transformation Tools - Provides utilities for resizing, cropping, and modifying bitmap assets programmatically before rendering.
• Orientation Correction Utilities - Adjusts the camera preview stream and acquired frames based on device rotation events.
• Image Processing Pipelines - Processes images through a pipeline of built-in effects to adjust color, contrast, and saturation.
• Immersive Input Tracking - Monitors the real-time location and orientation of input devices, including hand gestures, for 3D mapping.
• Spatial Object Manipulation - Allows users to reposition 3D elements using gestures, voice, or game controllers in mixed reality.
• Adaptive Streaming Players - Implements adaptive bitrate streaming to dynamically adjust video quality based on network conditions.
• Low Latency Players - Provides playback modes and capture engines optimized to minimize delay between server and client.
• Image Format Decoders - Processes common image file formats to prepare raw data for rendering pipelines.
• Real-Time Video Analysis - Analyzes live video frames from a camera to identify the presence and location of human faces in real time.
• Visual Effects - Creates visual effects, SVG images, and 3D animations using Direct2D and composition visuals.
• Visual Effect Shaders - Implements custom HLSL shader code to create real-time graphical effects within a 2D renderer.
• Render Latency Optimizations - Uses waitable back buffers to ensure graphics frames are rendered and displayed with minimal delay.
• Sound Effect Libraries - Triggers sound effect playback to provide auditory feedback during interactive experiences.
• Spatial Area Definitions - UWP acquires a 2D bounding shape of a spatial stage to visualize a user's movement area.
• Media Streaming - Provides frameworks for managing and routing continuous media data streams with quality adjustment based on network conditions.
• Audio Playlist Managers - Creates, saves, loads, and modifies lists of audio files in formats such as WPL, ZPL, and M3U.
• Video Frame Capture - Captures and processes individual image frames from a camera source in real-time.
• Video Editing - Extracts a specific segment from a video file by defining start and end points.
• Media Transcoders - Converts digital video or audio files between different formats, resolutions, or encoding profiles.
• Video Streaming Pipelines - Captures, compresses, and transmits audio and video data between clients using custom network sources.
• Visual Layer Composition - Renders graphics and animations by manipulating a tree of low-level objects independently of the main UI framework.
• 3D Printing Management - Provides implementations for processing 3D models and communicating with printing hardware to create physical objects.
• Ambient Light Sensors - Retrieves light intensity as a LUX value using real-time data streams or polling.
• Peripheral Device Managers - Establishes and terminates active connections to hardware peripherals based on device identity.
• HID Device Enumeration - Enumerates available hardware devices using selectors and watchers to identify device IDs.
• Serial Event Monitoring - Registers for notifications to detect hardware state changes like pin updates on serial devices.
• Serial Property Configuration - Modifies hardware settings like baud rate and stop bits to match device specifications.
• USB Device Enumerators - Queries connected USB devices for configuration and identification metadata descriptors.
• USB Interface Configuration - Selects specific interface settings on a USB device to configure its hardware operation.
• Proximity Sensors - Provides capabilities to monitor proximity sensors via events or polling to detect nearby objects.
• Hardware Device Interfaces - Interfaces with custom HID, Serial, and USB devices using specific hardware access capabilities.
• HID Device Communication - Sends and receives reports to control and interact with HID hardware peripherals.
• GATT Server Hosting - Publishes a BLE service and characteristic hierarchy to allow remote clients to read and write data.
• Inclinometers - Tracks device pitch, roll, and yaw angles using integrated 3-axis inclinometer hardware.
• Magnetometer Interfaces - Retrieves magnetic field readings through real-time event streams or polling to determine heading.
• NFC Provisioning - Provides the ability to interact with smart cards and NFC tags to exchange stored information.
• Peripheral Lighting Controllers - Manages colors and visual effects of hardware conforming to the HID Lighting Standard.
• Camera Integration - Manages the video preview window and software triggers specifically for camera-based barcode scanning.
• Camera Capture Controllers - Manages the camera lifecycle, selects hardware lenses, and controls the preview stream.
• Resolution Controllers - Modifies capture resolution for device previews and photos to ensure compatibility with stream properties.
• Camera Feed Capture - Extracts individual frames from a live camera stream as bitmaps for real-time image processing.
• Lifecycle Controllers - Implements logic to handle the initialization and cleanup of camera capture objects across application navigation events.
• Video Profile Configuration - Queries a media capture device for supported video profiles to set resolutions and frame rates.
• Concurrent Stream Readers - Creates multiple frame readers to capture data from several hardware sources simultaneously.
• Multispectral Stream Readers - Captures and processes frames from color, depth, and pose tracking sources concurrently.
• Sensor Grouping - Locates related capture sources, such as color, depth, and infrared, for capture sessions.
• Device Hardware Accessors - Provides utilities to retrieve detailed hardware and software specifications, including manufacturer and OS version.
• Gesture Detection - Identifies when a device is shaken via hardware events to trigger application actions.
• Bluetooth Device Scanners - Provides capabilities to scan for and interact with Bluetooth Low Energy sensors and beacons.
• Messaging Services - Provides infrastructure for asynchronous data exchange and messaging between applications across different systems.
• Content Sharing Integrations - Packages data in formats like text, images, and files to send to other target applications.
• Inter-Process Communication - Implements mechanisms for synchronizing data and actions between isolated application windows.
• BLE Advertisements - Implements the broadcasting of Bluetooth Low Energy advertising packets for device discovery.
• Network Device Discovery - Implements searching for internally, externally, or nearby wireless and networking devices.
• Network Interface Management - Handles HTTP requests, WebSockets, and Wi-Fi hotspot configuration for system networking.
• Share Target Providers - Implements a provider that allows the application to receive content shared from other sources.
• Socket Networking - Establishes datagram and stream connections for low-level network communication.
• Background Service Hosting - Provides samples for hosting background services that other local or remote applications can connect to for message exchange.
• UIs - Provides a standard user interface control for selecting a specific device from available hardware.
• Input Lag Reduction Systems - Implements hardware-aware processing on dedicated threads to minimize input-to-response delay.
• User Input Capture - Implements logic for listening to and capturing real-time pointer interactions like presses and taps.
• Digital Rights Management - Manages digital rights management licenses to enable the playback of protected media.
• Credential Security and Utilities - Secures applications using credential lockers, biometric authentication, and encryption services for identity management.
• Biometric Authentication - Integrates multi-factor sign-in flows using device-based biometric hardware and public-key cryptography.
• Passkey Authentication - Handles the full lifecycle of passwordless authentication, including provisioning, verifying, and deleting passkeys.
• Device Pairing Protocols - Establishes a secure connection between the system and a wireless device using pairing protocols.
• Capability-Based Security - Grants permission for device interaction by declaring vendor and product identifiers within the app manifest.
• User Identity Management - Manages user identity and credentials using Windows Hello, smart cards, and web authentication brokers.
• Inter-Process Communication - Exchanges data and triggers actions between separate applications using a background service provider and message bus.
• Ink Stroke Manipulation - Allows for erasing, selecting, reshaping, and re-playing digital ink strokes based on timestamps or input conditions.
• Process Coordinators - Implements architectural components for managing communication and data exchange between multiple applications.
• Visual State Triggers - Defines custom logic to trigger visual state changes based on device family or input type.
• Hardware Metric Polling - Retrieves device orientation data from sensors at fixed, predefined time intervals.
• Service Discovery - Identifies active network services and communication endpoints across Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cloud services.
• Application Localization Systems - Separates strings and assets from code to support multi-language and multi-region application deployment.
• Context Menu Construction - Enables the construction of hierarchical context menus with custom icons and commands.
• Cross-Device Activity Continuity - Creates activity records that enable users to resume their work seamlessly across multiple devices.
• Deferred UI Initialization - Reduces application startup time by delaying the creation of UI elements until they are explicitly requested.
• Density-Independent Scaling - Adjusts images and UI elements based on screen dots per inch to maintain visual quality across different display densities.
• Design System Implementations - Creates visually rich user interfaces using composition tools and Fluent design system principles.
• Stroke Analysis - Provides capabilities to identify handwritten text and geometric shapes from digital ink strokes.
• Directional Navigation - Enables movement between interface elements using four cardinal directions for gamepads and remotes.
• Drawing Aids - Provides digital rulers and protractors to assist with precise digital drawing.
• Interaction Modalities - Processes user interactions from a diverse set of input channels including touchscreens, mice, keyboards, and game controllers.
• Game Overlays and HUDs - Renders HUDs and menu overlays using either a graphics API or markup-based layout.
• Geolocation Access - Determines the physical location of the device using integrated GPS and network signals.
• Globalization Preference Retrieval - Accesses the user's preferred languages, geographic region, and calendar systems for localization.
• Input Device Detection - Implements logic to query the system and identify available input hardware such as keyboards, mice, and touchscreens.
• Motion Sensor Readers - Provides utilities for polling hardware sensors such as accelerometers and barometers for movement data.
• Orientation Trackers - Determines the physical orientation of a device in 3D space using real-time sensor data.
• Spatial - Processes physical actions such as air taps and manipulation gestures to trigger commands in a spatial environment.
• Input Method Detection - Identifies the current input method to allow the application interface to adapt dynamically.
• Master-Detail Layouts - Creates a responsive two-pane interface that synchronizes list selection with a detailed view.
• Media Transport Controls - Integrates with system-level media playback controls and allows customization of their visual appearance via XAML.
• Multi-Monitor Experience Management - Customizes how content is rendered on an external monitor to create a multi-view user experience.
• System Hardware Integration - Connects playback state and track metadata to system-level hardware buttons and OS display properties.
• Responsive Menu Reflow - Implements a responsive menu system that adjusts command distribution between the primary bar and overflow menu.
• Screen Orientation Detection - Detects physical device movement and screen rotation to automatically adjust the camera preview stream.
• Screen Orientation Management - Manages display rotation and auto-rotation preferences to ensure the application adapts to hardware orientation.
• Voice User Interfaces - Integrates voice command recognition and text-to-speech synthesis for inclusive user interaction.
• Casting Controllers - Discovers and streams audio or video content to remote receivers via casting protocols.

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