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Michael Bedford
Michael Bedford

Reputation: 1814

Windows 10 Universal app screen size on launch not working

I had read a ton about setting the app window size on launch. Basically, my app is launching full screen everytime. I want to restrict it to a pre-defined size when it launches. However, nothing seems to be working. Here is what I have done so far:

  1. I have put the following:

    var desiredSize = new Size(400, 600);
ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().ExitFullScreenMode();
ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().SetPreferredMinSize(desiredSize);
ApplicationView.PreferredLaunchViewSize = desiredSize;
ApplicationView.PreferredLaunchWindowingMode = ApplicationViewWindowingMode.PreferredLaunchViewSize;

And have tried that snippet in first the constructor for MainPage.xaml.cs (which didn't work), then just above

Window.Current.Activate();

In App.xaml.cs which also didn't work. Based on some reading, I also tried adding:

ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().TryResizeView(desiredSize);

Both after Window.Current.Activate in App.xaml.cs and at the end of the constructor in MainPage.xaml.cs.

I did notice that in MainPage.xaml.cs, I could do:

 this.Width = 400;
 this.Height = 600;

And that does work to size the MainPage frame within the window properly but the overall Window stays the same size.

I can manually drag the window to the size I want after it launches but I want it so simply just launch this size everytime. What am I missing?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1893

Answers (1)

Jet Chopper
Jet Chopper

Reputation: 1488

You should set minimum window size if it's less than default

            ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().SetPreferredMinSize(new Size { Width = 400, Height = 600});
            ApplicationView.PreferredLaunchViewSize = new Size(400, 600);
            ApplicationView.PreferredLaunchWindowingMode = ApplicationViewWindowingMode.PreferredLaunchViewSize;

Call this in App.xaml.cs before Window.Current.Activate();

Upvotes: 1

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