This sample shows how to create customized media transport controls for the Media Element in your XAML Windows App.
Specifically, this sample shows how to:
- Set up the custom template: Add a new template to the Themes/generic.xaml folder and create a custom template. Add a class called CustomMediaTransportControls.cs which show how to use the custom template in your app
- Add a custom button: In generic.xaml, add a custom button to the CommandBar, show how to reference it, and make it useable in CustomMediaTransportControls.cs
- Change the color of the slider: Add references in app.xaml for a custom brush used to change the color of the media slider
Note The Windows universal 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
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 selectDebug > Start Without Debugging.