Hello World in UWP

Creating a Hello World application in Windows 10 which will target Universal Windows Plateform (UWP).

Basic Requirements:

•  Visual Studio 2015
• Windows 10

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1.      Launch Visual Studio and select New Project.

2.      Select Windows > Universal > Blank App. Click ok and there you have your first UWP application!

 

3. Open the MainPage.xaml File
 

4.  Add a Button and a TextBlock to your view through toolbar or by adding this XAML code in the Grid tag. Don’t forget to add Name attribute to them.

<Button Name="ClickMeButton" Content="Click Me" Margin="10,10,0,598" />

       

<TextBlock x:Name="MessageTextBlock"

                   HorizontalAlignment="Left"

                   Margin="10,150,0,0"

                   TextWrapping="Wrap"

                   Text=""

                   VerticalAlignment="Top"

                FontSize="48"/>
  

5.       Select the Button you made and click on Properties and then Click on Event Handler icon

6.       Double click in the text box labeled as Click

7.       Code behind file of MainPage will open up.

8.  Enter following code in ClickMeButton_Click function.

            MessageTextBlock.Text = "Hello World";

9.  Click on Local Machine to run your project.

     

10.   Done!