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Muhammad Waqas Khan Abbasi
Muhammad Waqas Khan Abbasi

Reputation: 93

Adding Setting To Charm Windows 8 app

My Windows Store App certification failed and the note given to me by the tester is that:

The app has declared access to network capabilities and no privacy statement was provided in the Windows Settings Charm.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?

I would appreciate if any solutions were Javascript based.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1844

Answers (3)

EionRobb
EionRobb

Reputation: 583

The samples that MS provide suck but I have made a simple solution at http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2013/04/02/win8-js-privacy-policy-settings/

Edit: Attaching code here :)

var settingsPane = Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings.SettingsPane.getForCurrentView();
function commandsRequested(eventArgs) {
    var applicationCommands = eventArgs.request.applicationCommands;
    var privacyCommand = new Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings.SettingsCommand('privacy', 'Privacy Policy', function() {
        window.open('www.link.to.your/privacy_policy.html');
    });
    applicationCommands.append(privacyCommand);
}
settingsPane.addEventListener("commandsrequested", commandsRequested);

Upvotes: 2

Jennifer Marsman - MSFT
Jennifer Marsman - MSFT

Reputation: 5225

Here is an article documenting the privacy certification failure. In short, uncheck the Internet (Client) capability in your app manifest if you aren't using the network, and if you are, the article tells what you need in a privacy policy, where to surface the privacy policy, and links to sample code.

Upvotes: 1

Jeff Brand
Jeff Brand

Reputation: 5633

You need to add a Privacy Statement via a link in the Settings Charm for you application. See Guidelines for App Settings - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh770544.aspx and the App Settings Sample - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/App-settings-sample-1f762f49.

Look at existing Windows Store apps that you have installed for examples of Privacy Statements.

Upvotes: 1

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