Can the Metro app keep abreast of other apps?

Question

Can I specify a list of running metro applications from a metro application? I’m thinking about the metro task manager.

Answer 1

Metro's knowledge of each other is limited to sharing contracts available through the Share charm. Doing something like a task manager would require using something like a control panel approach with data retrieved from a service running on the desktop side, which would probably be impractical.

Answer 2

I do not think so. Metro applications work in the sandbox, for example, in Windows Phone.

Answer 3

The answer is no. Metro applications cannot list other Metro applications on the same system. At the same time, Metro applications cannot "recognize" (as you put it) desktop applications, and neither desktop applications can (technically) know about Metro applications.

But there is a case where this is not true. The Metro apps LoopBack feature is disabled when they ship through the Microsoft Store. However, when they are downloaded or downloaded through the corporate portal, LoopBack can be turned on - this allows Metro applications to communicate in the same field, effectively with a desktop application that can be listened to.

Answer 4

You cannot go through other Metro applications. However, you can use contracts to exchange information between Metro-style applications. As Jerry Nixon said in another answer, you can do this for downloaded applications. Desktop applications are different and behave differently. You can access working applications (not metro)