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user1673005
user1673005

Reputation: 107

Open Camera Application From My App in Windows 8.1

Is there any way to open Windows 8.1 native camera application programatically in c#.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1263

Answers (1)

AymenDaoudi
AymenDaoudi

Reputation: 8301

Basically WinRT doesn't allow that, Metro Apps run in the highly sandboxed environment, you can't open a a Metro nor a desktop one directly, you may find using the Launcher class from Windows.System.Launcher somehow helpful , take a look at this thread :

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/b38bb2de-2a05-4f7d-8547-48b9759d72d4/can-i-use-windowssystemlauncherlauncherdefaultprogramuri-to-invoke-another-metro-style-app?forum=winappswithhtml5

Upvotes: 1

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