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Application Descriptor of native C# API application for Windows 8

The application descriptor is a metadata file used to define various aspects of the native API application for Windows 8.

The application descriptor is a metadata file used to define various aspects of the application. It is in the application root directory, and its name is application-descriptor.xml.

The following example shows the format of the application descriptor file of native API applications for Windows 8: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<nativeWindows8App 
  xmlns="http://www.worklight.com/native-windows8-descriptor" 
  id="name of the app" 
  platformVersion="6.2.0" 
  version="1.0">
  <displayName>application display name</displayName>
  <description>application descriptor</description>
</nativeWindows8App>

The <nativeWindows8App> element is the root element of the descriptor. This element has three mandatory attributes:

id

This attribute specifies the ID of the application. The ID must be identical to the application folder name. It must be an alphanumeric string that starts with a letter. It can contain underscore ("_") characters. It must not be a reserved word in JavaScript.

platformVersion

This attribute contains the version of MPF on which the app was developed.

version

This attribute specifies the version of the application. This version is a string of the form x.y, where x and y are numbers. It is visible to users who download the app from the app store or market.

<displayName>

This element contains the application name. This name is visible in the operations console and is copied to the descriptor files of various web and desktop environments.

<description>

This element contains the application description. This description is visible in the operations console and is copied to the descriptor files of various web and desktop environments.

</nativeWindows8App>

This tag closes the content of the application descriptor file.


Parent topic: Develop native C# applications for Windows 8