ProximityMessage Class

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Networking.Proximity

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Represents a message that's received from a subscription.

public ref class ProximityMessage sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
class ProximityMessage final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
public sealed class ProximityMessage

Public NotInheritable Class ProximityMessage

Inheritance: Object Platform::Object IInspectable ProximityMessage

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)
App capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone]

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;
long publishedMessageId = -1;
long subscribedMessageId = -1;

private void initializeProximityDevice()
{
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault();

    if (proximityDevice != null)
    {
        PublishMessageButton.Click += PublishMessage;
        SubscribeForMessageButton.Click += SubscribeForMessage;
        StopSubscribingForMessageButton.Click += StopSubscribingForMessage;
        StopPublishingMessageButton.Click += StopPublishingMessage;
    }
    else
    {
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.\n");
    }
}

private void PublishMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Stop publishing the current message.
    if (publishedMessageId != -1)
    {
        proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
    }

    publishedMessageId = 
        proximityDevice.PublishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", MessageTextBlock.Text);
}

private void SubscribeForMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Only subscribe for the message one time.
    if (subscribedMessageId == -1)
    {
        subscribedMessageId = 
        proximityDevice.SubscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
    }
}

private void messageReceived(
    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device, 
    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityMessage message)
{
    MessageBlock.Text += "Message received: " + message.DataAsString + "\n";
}

private void StopSubscribingForMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    proximityDevice.StopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
    subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

private void StopPublishingMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
    publishedMessageId = -1;
}

// Write a message to MessageBlock on the UI thread.
private Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcher messageDispatcher = Window.Current.CoreWindow.Dispatcher;

async private void WriteMessageText(string message, bool overwrite = false)
{
    await messageDispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal,
        () =>
        {
            if (overwrite)
                MessageBlock.Text = message;
            else
                MessageBlock.Text += message;
        });
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice
Private publishedMessageId As Long = -1
Private subscribedMessageId As Long = -1

Private Sub initializeProximityDevice()
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        AddHandler PublishMessageButton.Click, AddressOf PublishMessage
        AddHandler SubscribeForMessageButton.Click, AddressOf SubscribeForMessage
        AddHandler StopSubscribingForMessageButton.Click, AddressOf StopSubscribingForMessage
        AddHandler StopPublishingMessageButton.Click, AddressOf StopPublishingMessage
    Else
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbTab)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub PublishMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    ' Stop publishing the current message.
    If publishedMessageId <> -1 Then
        proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId)
    End If

    publishedMessageId =
        proximityDevice.PublishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", MessageTextBlock.Text)
End Sub

Private Sub SubscribeForMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    ' Only subscribe for the message one time.
    If subscribedMessageId = -1 Then
        subscribedMessageId =
        proximityDevice.SubscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", AddressOf messageReceived)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub messageReceived(
    device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice,
    message As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityMessage)

    MessageBlock.Text &= "Message received: " & message.DataAsString & vbTab
End Sub

Private Sub StopSubscribingForMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    proximityDevice.StopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId)
    subscribedMessageId = -1
End Sub

Private Sub StopPublishingMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId)
    publishedMessageId = -1
End Sub

' Write a message to MessageBlock on the UI thread.
Private Async Sub WriteMessageText(message As String, Optional overwrite As Boolean = False)
    Await Dispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal,
        Sub()
            If overwrite Then
                MessageBlock.Text = message
            Else
                MessageBlock.Text &= message
            End If
        End Sub)
End Sub

Remarks

Messages published using the PublishMessage, PublishBinaryMessage, or PublishUriMessage methods and received by the MessageReceivedEventHandler passed to the SubscribeForMessage method are of type ProximityMessage.

Properties

Data	Gets the binary data of the message.
DataAsString	Gets the message data as text.
MessageType	Gets the type of the message.
SubscriptionId	Gets the subscription ID of the message.

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