Universal Windows Platform apps: Difference between revisions

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===Distribution and licensing===

For most users, the only point of entry for Metro-style apps is the [[Windows Store]]. Enterprises operating a [[Windows ___domain]] infrastructure may enter into a contract with Microsoft that allows them to [[sideload]] their line-of-business Metro-style apps, circumventing Windows Store. Also, major web browser vendors are selectively exempted from this rule, they are allowed to circumvent Microsoft guidelines and Windows Store and run a Metro-style version of themselves if the user chooses to make their product the default web browser.<ref>{{Cite web |url=httphttps://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-latest-chrome-release-tries-to-replace-the-windows-8-desktop-7000025190/ |title=Google's latest Chrome release tries to replace the Windows 8 desktop |work=[[ZDNet]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |date=15 January 2014 |first=Ed |last=Bott |quote=Under Microsoft’s rules, Metro-style browsers are able to sidestep requirements that apply to all other apps, including the mandate to be distributed through the Windows Store}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Branscombe|first=Mary|title=Windows 8 browsers: the only Metro apps to get desktop power|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/windows-8-browsers-the-only-metro-apps-to-get-desktop-power-1073930|work=TechRadar|publisher=Future Publishing|access-date=17 January 2014|date=27 March 2012}}</ref>

[[Windows RT]] requires all installed apps to be from the [[Windows Store]], or be verified by Microsoft (most internal applications).

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=== Multitasking ===

In Windows 10, most UWP apps, even those designed for Windows 8.x, are run in floating windows, and users can use the Windows taskbar and [[Task View (Windows)|Task View]] to switch between both UWP apps and desktop apps. Windows 10 also introduced "Tablet Mode". This mode is by default disabled on desktop computers and enabled on tablet computers, but desktop users can switch it on or off manually. When the Tablet Mode is off, apps may have resizable windows and visible title bars. When the Tablet Mode is enabled, resizable apps use the windowing system similar to that of Metro-style apps on Windows 8.x in that they are forced to either occupy the whole screen or be snapped to one side.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Seifert|first1=Dan|title=The nine most important updates in Windows 10|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/29/9060177/microsoft-windows-10-update-changes-browser-start-menu-cortana-xbox#list-item-5|website=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=29 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/28/9045331/microsoft-windows-10-review|title = Windows 10 review|date = 28 July 2015|website = [[The Verge]]|publisher = [[Vox Media]]|last = Warren|first = Tom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = httphttps://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-a-new-beginning/|title = Windows 10: A new beginning|date = 28 July 2015|website = [[ZDNet]]|publisher = [[CBS Interactive]]|last = Bott|first = Ed}}</ref>

UWP apps in Windows 10 can open in multiple windows. Microsoft Edge, Calculator, and Photos are examples of apps that allow this. Windows 10 v1803 (released in May 2018) added true multi-instancing capabilities, so that multiple independent copies of a UWP app can run.<ref name="multi-instancing" />