/Windows-appsample-rssreader

An RSS aggregator sample for the Universal Windows Platform.

Primary LanguageC#MIT LicenseMIT

RssReader sample

RssReader is a sample Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app for retrieving RSS feeds and viewing articles. Users can specify the URL of a feed, launch articles for viewing in the browser, and save favorite articles to local storage. It is designed to run on multiple form factors and uses an MVVM architecture.

RssReader app displaying some sample feeds

Features

Note: Features in this app are subject to change.

RssReader demonstrates:

March 2016 update

This update includes:

  • A complete redesign of the UI to show effective use of color, type, images, and animated effects.
  • Major improvements to layout, navigation, and window-size adaptivity to support small and large screens.
  • Use of the WebView control to show articles within the app.
  • The ability to rename feeds and to rearrange feeds and favorites.

We implemented the navigation and layout patterns in this sample using code from the XAML navigation menu and XAML master/detail samples in the Windows-universal-samples repo. These samples represent the current minimum recommendations for these patterns, and the RssReader sample will continue to reflect this guidance in future updates.

Please report any bugs or suggestions on the Issues list. All feedback is welcome!

Code at a glance

If you're just interested in code snippets for certain API and don't want to browse or run the full sample, check out the following files for examples of some highlighted features:

Universal Windows Platform development

This sample requires Visual Studio 2015 and the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 10.

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Running the sample

The default project is RssReader and you can Start Debugging (F5) or Start Without Debugging (Ctrl+F5) to try it out. The app will run in the emulator or on physical devices.

Note: This sample assumes you have an internet connection. Also, the platform target currently defaults to ARM, so be sure to change that to x64 or x86 if you want to test on a non-ARM device.