Windows UWP as a Screensaver?

Question

In Windows 10, can I run UWP as a screensaver? If so, how do you register the application with the OS so that it appears in the splash screen dialog box?

(Windows 8 applications cannot be screensavers. I cannot find any information about UWP)

Answer 1

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but no, you cannot configure your UWP application as a screensaver provider.

Instead, you can offer the user to customize the control of your window on the lock screen or wallpaper image. UWP applications can set these images even when running in the background job with the UserProfilePersonalizationSettings class:

// Lock Screen await UserProfilePersonalizationSettings.Current.TrySetLockScreenImageAsync(StorageFile); // Wallpaper await UserProfilePersonalizationSettings.Current.TrySetWallpaperImageAsync(StorageFile);