Page navigation is basically moving or surfing from one page to another page when a command or instruction is provided to navigate. Here, we will use the button to create and provide page navigation. We will create a hello world display and navigate to that page through a simple button click.
Requirements
- Visual Studio
- OS (windows 10)
Steps to follow,
Step 1
Open Visual Studio -> file ->new Project,
Steps 2
A pop window will appear now select the C# -> Blank app (universal Windows)
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Step 3
In the solution, Explorer clicks MainPage.xaml to go to the designer page.
Step 4
From the toolbox, Drag and Drop the Button.
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Step 5
Go to properties right click ->Add new item-> Existing Item-> Blank page.
In the Blank page add an Image Box from the Toolbox.
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Step 6
Go to Solution Explorer and right-click on Asset-> Existing item ->Click an image you wish to add.
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Step 7
Click the picture you wish to publish, the picture will be displayed on the designer page in the image box.
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Step 8
Go back to the MainPage.xaml and double click on the Button you have placed. It will lead you to the coding page and you can see the coding button predefined. Add the code for the page navigation. “This.Frame.Navigate(type of(BlankPage1),null);”
Step 9
Run the uwp application in the local machine.
When you click the button in the MainPage that will lead you to the page on which we placed an image.
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Summary
In this article, we learned how to create a page navigation application. We learned how to add a blank page, add an image to it and deploy the page navigation application. More interesting articles are coming up.