How To Launch The Windows Settings From Your Application In Windows 10 UWP APP

LaunchUriAsync starts the default app, associated with the URL scheme.

To launch the Settings app, use the MS-settings

We can do this in two ways:

Using XAML
Using C#

Let’s see the steps.

Create new Windows 10 universal app and write the following XAML code to launch the settings option in your app.

Using XAML

<HyperlinkButton Content="Settings" FontSize="25" NavigateUri="ms-settings:"></HyperlinkButton>

Using C#

Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("ms-settings:"));

In some privacy settings, the operating system will prompt the user to actually want to switch the apps.

List of uri scheme.

Category	Settings	URI
Home Page	Settings landing page	ms-settings:
System	Display	ms-settings:screenrotation
	Notifications & actions	ms-settings:notifications
	Battery Saver	ms-settings:batterysaver
	Battery Saver / Battery use	ms-settings:batterysaver-usagedetails
	Power & sleep	ms-settings:powersleep
	Desktop: About	ms-settings:deviceencryption
	Offline Maps	ms-settings:maps
	About	ms-settings:about
Devices	Default camera	ms-settings:camera
	Bluetooth	ms-settings:bluetooth
	Mouse & touchpad	ms-settings:mousetouchpad
Network & Wireless	Wi-Fi	ms-settings:network-wifi
Network & Internet	Data usage	ms-settings:datausage
Personalization	Personalization (category)	ms-settings:personalization
	Background	ms-settings:personalization-background
Accounts	Your email and accounts	ms-settings:emailandaccounts
	Work access	ms-settings:workplace
	Sync your settings	ms-settings:sync
Time and language	Date & time	ms-settings:dateandtime
	Region & language	ms-settings:regionlanguage
Ease of Access	Narrator	ms-settings:easeofaccess-narrator
	Magnifier	ms-settings:easeofaccess-magnifier
	High contrast	ms-settings:easeofaccess-highcontrast
Privacy	Location	ms-settings:privacy-location
	Camera	ms-settings:privacy-webcam
	Microphone	ms-settings:privacy-microphone
	Account info	ms-settings:privacy-accountinfo
Update & security	Developers	ms-settings:developers

Now, we are going to see, how to list the settings with the icon in your app. Here, I am going to create one list view to list the settings with icon and the XAML code looks like the following code:

<ListView x:Name="settingsListBox" SelectionChanged="settingsListBox_SelectionChanged">
<ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<ItemsWrapGrid Orientation="Horizontal"> </ItemsWrapGrid>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListView.ItemsPanel>
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Icon}" FontFamily="Segoe MDL2 Assets" Foreground="{ThemeResource SystemControlHighlightAccentBrush}"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Width="110" FontSize="22" TextWrapping="Wrap" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Name}"></TextBlock>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>

For showing icon change, go to the Font Family and “ Segoe MDL2 Assets “.

Now, go to code at the backend and create the list of the settings with the icon, using the code, given below:

public class Settings
{
public string Name
{
get;
set;
}
public string Icon {
get;
set;
}
}
public List < Settings > SettingList = new List < Settings > ();
public void ShowSettings() {
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Battery", Icon = "\uE8BE"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Display", Icon = "\uE7F8"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Data", Icon = "\uE774"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Notifications", Icon = "\uE91C"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Storage", Icon = "\uE8B7"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Personalisation", Icon = "\uE771"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Privacy", Icon = "\uE1F6"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Developers", Icon = "\uEC7A"
});
SettingList.Add(new Settings {
Name = "Network-wifi", Icon = "\uE905"
});
settingsListBox.ItemsSource = SettingList;
}
private async void settingsListBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
var settingSelected = e.AddedItems[0] as Settings;
await Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("ms-settings:" + settingSelected.Name.ToLower()));
}

On selection changed event, I am getting the settings menu name. Convert it to the lowercase to set the correct URL. Using the LaunchUriAsync method, we can launch the corresponding setting.

Now, run the app and check the output