This sample demonstrates how to use a HomeGroup to open, search, and share files. This sample uses some of the HomeGroup options found in the Windows.Storage.Pickers and Windows.Storage.KnownFolders. In particular, it uses Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId enumeration and the Windows.Storage.KnownFolders.homeGroup property to select files contained in a HomeGroup.
This sample covers the following processes:
- How to open an item picker at a HomeGroup
- How to search a HomeGroup
- How to stream a video from a HomeGroup
- How to conduct advanced searches in a HomeGroup
Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio 2015 to build and Windows 10 to execute.
To obtain information about Windows 10, go to Windows 10
To obtain information about Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and the tools for developing Windows apps, go to Visual Studio 2015
Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId
Windows.Storage.KnownFolders.HomeGroup
BasicMediaCasting AdvancedCasting
Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10
- If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
- Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.
The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.
- Select Build > Deploy Solution.
- To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or select Debug > Start Without Debugging.