Universal Apps

Abstract

In this chapter, I show you how to use the different universal apps in Windows 10. But before I get into that, let me explain what a universal app means. A universal app is an app that works similarly across all Windows 10 devices, namely the phone, PC, and tablet. For developers, this means an app can be written once to run on a variety of devices. In this book, I do not go into the details of the development of universal apps. I stick to the user-facing features. As I have emphasized in previous chapters, Windows 10 is all about providing the user a unifying experience across devices; a universal app stands true to that. The convergence of all platforms running on one unified Windows core enables a single app to run on different devices. So the same app can run on your PC, your tablet, and on your Windows Phone. In all the previous versions of Windows, a single app would have different experiences on different Windows devices. Windows 10 gets rid of that, and gives the user a unifying experience.