How to make the most of the new features in Windows 8.1

It’s been almost a month since Microsoft launched the Windows 8.1 public preview, but that doesn’t mean Windows 8 application developers can wait until the final RTM release. Application adjustment work. Today, Microsoft brings some useful tips to the makers of Windows 8 applications, hoping to help them make the most of the new features in Windows 8.1.

Microsoft released this highly technical article on its Windows App Builder blog, which mentions that Windows 8.1 removed the LayoutAwarePage class of "Process Lifetime Management" Turn to splitting its default view model, handled navigation, and maintained state features. Microsoft says it gives developers more customizable models. The SuspensionManager class still revolves around process lifecycle management, but Windows 8.1 also includes a new NavigationHelper class.

The blog also mentions some of the styles and data templates in the Windows 8.1 app. The preview version has two new item templates —— Hub Page and Setting Flyout. In addition, the blog also provides changes to Windows 8.1 for specific application builds, as well as some of the old components of Windows 8 applications that they can remove.