For up-to-date product documentation, see the IBM MobileFirst Foundation Developer Center.

Develop native C# applications for Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform and Windows 8 Universal

To develop a native C# application for Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and Windows 8 Universal, we must create a Visual Studio project and then add the IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation SDK files to it.

When we create native API applications, we can choose to create a Windows 8 Universal environment that supports either desktops and tablets or phones or a Windows 10 UWP environment. The contents of the associated application descriptor file reflect your choice.

• Methods of setting up your environment
  We can prepare your environment for developing MobileFirst applications by installing the IBM.MobileFirstPlatformFoundation NuGet package into the Visual Studio project.
• Register Windows applications to MobileFirst Server
  Register your Windows application to an instance of MobileFirst Server to establish communication with the server and to provide the server with information about your app.
• Client property file for Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform and Windows 8 Universal
  This file defines the properties that your native app for Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and Windows 8 Universal requires to use the MobileFirst native API.

Parent topic: Develop the client side of a MobileFirst application