Integrating Direct3D with XAML and Windows 8.1 - Direct3D Rendering - page 380

This completes the changes to our Common.WinRT project. Next, we will create
a Hello World Direct3D Windows Store app rendering directly to the application's
CoreWindow instance.

3. Visual Studio 2013 does not provide us with a suitable C# project template to create
a non-XAML Windows Store app, so we will begin by creating a new C# Windows Store
Blank App (XAML) project.
4. Add references to the SharpDX assemblies: SharpDX.dll , SharpDX.Direct3D11.
dll , SharpDX.D3DCompiler.dll , and SharpDX.DXGI.dll . Also, add a reference
to the Common.WinRT project.
5. Next, we remove the two XAML files from the project: App.xaml and
MainPage.xaml .

6. We will replace the previous application entry point, App.xaml , with a new static

class called App . This will house the main entry point for our application where
we start our Windows Store app using a custom view provider, as shown in the
following snippet:
using Windows.ApplicationModel.Core;
using Windows.Graphics.Display;
using Windows.UI.Core;
...
internal static class App
{
[MTAThread]
private static void Main()
{
var viewFactory = new D3DAppViewProviderFactory();
CoreApplication.Run(viewFactory);
}
// The custom view provider factory
class D3DAppViewProviderFactory : IFrameworkViewSource
{
public IFrameworkView CreateView()
{
return new D3DAppViewProvider();
}
}

class D3DAppViewProvider
: SharpDX.Component, IFrameworkView
{
...
}
}