How to create a background application using UWP without UI?

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I need to run a BLE Discovery in background and need to show toast when a device found.This is done using UWP with UI. But I need only background application. Is there any way?

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I have tried using UWP Application and a Windows Runtime Component. But I am not able to hide the UI.

Posted 22-May-16 21:34pm

Lukmanul Hakim

Updated 22-May-16 21:41pm

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Kassim Shaikh · Answer 1 · 2016-05-22T21:41:00

Solution 1

You can't just create a background application without any UI. Instead you can create a one page app which uses BackgroundTask for send toast notification.

Support your app with background tasks[^]

Posted 22-May-16 21:41pm

Kassim Shaikh