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krisk92
krisk92

Reputation: 3

How to get a mini popup in UWP like the one in Groove music?

In later versions of Windows 10, the Groove music media player got a mini player feature. Like this.

I was wondering what API groove music is using to get this mini window to also stay on top over all other apps.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 181

Answers (1)

Roy Li - MSFT
Roy Li - MSFT

Reputation: 8666

You could try the ApplicationViewMode.CompactOverlay mode in UWP apps. This will make the app window show in a compact overlay (picture-in-picture) mode.

You could use the following code to do that:

 if (ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().IsViewModeSupported(ApplicationViewMode.CompactOverlay))
        {
            // Supported
            await ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().TryEnterViewModeAsync(ApplicationViewMode.CompactOverlay);
            //change the UI layout
        }
        else
        {
            // Not supported
        }

Please do notice you will need to adjust the UI layout after you've entered the compact overlay mode.

Upvotes: 2

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