Auto Launching Apps now possible using file associations for Windows Phone 8

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Applications in Windows Phone viii will, co-ordinate to the SDK, have the power to launch if associated with that file type, information technology also suggests you'll be able to make a custom file type icon so it looks nice and neat. That's adept news, there are plenty of file types on WP7 devices that are but not recognised so having the ability to extend the platform by creating the app to launch it will be a welcome addition.

Of course, that's as long as WP8 hasn't already reserved the file types to open with the build in apps. Although a quick scan over the reserved file types suggests at that place is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to file type compatibility.

Auto Launching Apps now possible using file associations for Windows Phone 8

Choosing your file blazon in Windows 8

File associations allow your app to automatically launch when the user wants to open a detail file. That file could come from a variety of sources including, but not limited to:

an email attachment
a web site via Internet Explorer
a text message
an NFC tag
another app from the Windows Phone Marketplace

When the user launches a file or URI from an app, what happens next depends on which apps are installed on the phone. If no apps on the phone can handle that particular file or protocol association, the user will be given the pick to get one that does. When there is but 1 app on the phone registered for a particular file or protocol clan, that app will be automatically launched when the user wants to open it. If a user has more than than one app on their phone registered for a file or protocol association, each fourth dimension the user opens the file, they will be as asked which app they desire to use.

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