This sample shows how to show contact cards using methods of the ContactManager class.
This sample has three scenarios.
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Show mini contact card
Mini contact cards appear as a pop-up window inside the app. Apps provide an anchor rectangle around which the mini card will be displayed and can provide a suggested position of the mini contact card relative to the anchor rectangle. The ShowContactCard method displays a mini contact card.
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Show mini contact card with delay loaded-data
Display the mini contact card immediately while the app obtains additional information about the contact in the background. The card is updated when the additional information is available. The ShowDelayLoadedContactCard method displays a delay loaded mini contact card.
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Show full contact card
Full contact cards appear as a separate window. The ShowFullContactCard method displays a full contact card.
Not all devices support mini contact cards. The samples also demonstrate how to detect support for mini contact cards.
Note The Universal Windows app samples require Visual Studio 2015 to build and Windows 10 to execute.
To obtain information about Windows 10 development, go to the Windows Dev Center
To obtain information about Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and the tools for developing Windows apps, go to Visual Studio 2015
Windows.ApplicationModel.Contacts
Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10 (full contact cards only)
- 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.