Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform – Media Player

Step 1

Download Visual Studio Community 2015 and install it onto your computer, if it’s already downloaded and installed select Launch to start Visual Studio Community 2015 or if it has already been downloaded and installed then start the application you may also need to Enable your device for development.

Step 2

Once Visual Studio Community 2015 has started select File, then New, then Project… from the Menu.

Step 3

From the New Project window select Visual C# from Installed, Templates then select Blank App (Windows Universal) from the list, then type in a Name and select a Location to save to before selecting Ok to create the Project.

Step 4

Once done select from the Menu, Project, then Add New Item…

Step 5

From the Add New Item window select Visual C# from Installed then select Code File from the list, then type in the Name as Library.cs before selecting Add to add the file to the Project

Step 6

Once in the Code View for Library.cs the following should be entered:

using System;
using Windows.UI.Xaml;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Input;

public class Library
{
    public delegate void PlayingEvent();
    public event PlayingEvent Playing;

    private DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();

    public void Init()
    {
        timer.Tick += (object sender, object e) =>
        {
            if (Playing != null) Playing();
        };
    }

    public void Timer(bool enabled)
    {
        if (enabled) timer.Start(); else timer.Stop();
    }

    public void Go(ref MediaElement display, string value, KeyRoutedEventArgs args)
    {
        if (args.Key == Windows.System.VirtualKey.Enter)
        {
            try
            {
                display.Source = new Uri(value, UriKind.Absolute);
                display.Play();
            }
            catch
            {

            }
        }
    }
}

It should then appear as such:

Step 7

From the Solution Explorer select MainPage.xaml

Step 8

Select from the Menu, View then Designer

Step 9

The Design View will be displayed along with the XAML View and in this above <Grid Background=”{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}”> enter the following XAML:

<Page.BottomAppBar>
	<AppBar IsOpen="True" IsSticky="True">
		<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
			<AppBarButton Name="Play" Icon="Play" Label="Play" Click="Play_Click"/>
			<AppBarButton Icon="Stop" Label="Stop" Click="Stop_Click"/>
		</StackPanel>
	</AppBar>
</Page.BottomAppBar>

While still in the XAML View below <Grid Background=”{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}”>enter the following XAML:

<Grid>
	<Grid.RowDefinitions>
		<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
		<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
		<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
	</Grid.RowDefinitions>
	<TextBox Grid.Row="0" Margin="20" Name="Value" InputScope="Url" KeyDown="Go_KeyDown"/>
	<Grid Grid.Row="1" Margin="5">
		<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
			<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
			<ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
		</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
		<Slider Grid.Column="0" Padding="5" Minimum="0" Name="Position"/>
		<Slider Grid.Column="2" Padding="5" Minimum="0" Maximum="1" Value="0.5" Name="Volume" ValueChanged="Volume_ValueChanged"/>
	</Grid>
	<MediaElement Grid.Row="2" Name="Display" AutoPlay="True" MediaOpened="Display_MediaOpened" MediaEnded="Display_MediaEnded" CurrentStateChanged="Display_CurrentStateChanged"/>
</Grid>

It should appear as such:

Step 10

Select from the Menu, View then Code

Step 11

Once in the Code View below the public MainPage() { … } the following should be entered:

public Library Library = new Library();

protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
	Library.Init();
	Library.Playing += () =>
	{
		Position.Value = (int)Display.Position.TotalMilliseconds;
	};
}

private void Play_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
	if (Display.CurrentState == MediaElementState.Playing)
	{
		Display.Pause();
		Play.Icon = new SymbolIcon(Symbol.Play);
		Play.Label = "Play";
	}
	else
	{
		Display.Play();
		Play.Icon = new SymbolIcon(Symbol.Pause);
		Play.Label = "Pause";
	}
}

private void Stop_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
	Display.Stop();
}

private void Go_KeyDown(object sender, KeyRoutedEventArgs e)
{
	Library.Go(ref Display, Value.Text, e);
}

private void Volume_ValueChanged(object sender, RangeBaseValueChangedEventArgs e)
{
	if (Display != null && Volume != null)
	{
		Display.Volume = (double)Volume.Value;
	}
}

private void Display_MediaOpened(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
	Position.Maximum = (int)Display.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalMilliseconds;
	Display.Play();
	Play.Icon = new SymbolIcon(Symbol.Pause);
	Play.Label = "Pause";
}

private void Display_MediaEnded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
	Play.Icon = new SymbolIcon(Symbol.Play);
	Play.Label = "Play";
	Display.Stop();
	Position.Value = 0;
}

private void Display_CurrentStateChanged(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
	Library.Timer(Display.CurrentState == MediaElementState.Playing);
}

It should then appear as such:

Step 12

That completes the Windows Universal Application so Save the Project then select the Debug and Simulator option to run the Application

Step 13

Once the Simulator has started the Application should then appear

Step 14

After the Application has started running you can then type in the URL of any media item e.g. http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4 then press or tap enter to load and Play this, you can Pause or Stop the playback

Step 15

To Exit the application select Stop Debugging in Visual Studio Community 2015

Step 16

Another option is to run as a Windows Phone application, select Debug and select Emulator 10.0.1.0 WVGA 4 inch 512MB option to run the Application

Step 17

Once the Emulator has started the Application should then appear

Step 18

After the Application has started running you can then type in the URL of any media item e.g. http://download.blender.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4 then press or tap enter to load and Play this, you can Pause or Stop the playback

Step 19

To Exit the application select Stop Debugging in Visual Studio Community 2015