This sample demonstrates how to use the built-in personality animations in your app.
Specifically, this sample covers:
- Using PopInThemeAnimation and PopOutThemeAnimation to animate the addition and removal of page elements.
- Using ContentThemeTransition to animate the appearance of new content.
- Using theme transitions to animate navigation between pages.
This sample is written in XAML. For the HTML version, see the Using the Animation Library animations sample (HTML).
To obtain an evaluation copy of Windows 8.1, go to Windows 8.1.
To obtain an evaluation copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, go to Visual Studio 2013.
Note For Windows 8 app samples, download the Windows 8 app samples pack. The samples in the Windows 8 app samples pack will build and run only on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
Related topics
- Roadmaps
- Roadmap for C# and Visual Basic
- Samples
- Windows 8 app samples
- XAML animation library sample
- Reference
- PopInThemeAnimation
- PopOutThemeAnimation
- ContentThemeTransition
- Transition
- Concepts
- Guidelines and checklist for drag-and-drop animations
- Guidelines and checklist for edge-based UI animations
- Guidelines and checklist for list animations
- Guidelines and checklist for transition animations
- Guidelines and checklist for transient UI animations
- QuickStart: animating your UI
Operating system requirements
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Build the sample
- Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Visual Studio 2013 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.
Run the sample
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.