State recording option - VS2013

Question

Hello,

In VS2012 there was an option in the xaml designer to enable state recording,  this made moving/displaying elements in both landscape and portrait a WHOLE lot easier.

But I've just noticed in VS2013 that this option is no longer available and wondered if anyone knew why and if possible how to re-enable it?.  

Unless the rules have changed meaning I don't have to waste my time creating a portrait view of my app any more just to please the certification team? :\

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,

Recording option is not available in VS2013. You can follow up these steps:Add a SizeChanged event handler to the page, handle the event, check if the height is greater than the width or vice versa, and switch between Portrait and Landscape states. You can see Quickstart: Designing apps for different window sizes to get more information.

Best Wishes!

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Answer 2

Hi Inac,

Windows 8.1 apps do not have the same concept of ApplicationView States as Windows 8 had and so the states are not coded directly into Blend and hardcoded in to the Device tab. You can record general purpose VisualStates in the States tab.

You can set up your own VisualStates for layouts that make sense for your app. Typically these will be Landscape, Portrait, and Skinny, but you can add others as needed and can trigger them based on the window's SizeChanged event (see Quickstart: Designing apps for different window sizes ).

Once you've defined these states you can visually edit them in Blend by recording on the States tab.

--Rob