XamlCustomMediaTransportControls

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sample	csharp	windows windows-uwp	XamlCustomMediaTransportControls	path target SharedContent SharedContent path target LICENSE LICENSE	Shows how to create customized media transport controls for the MediaPlayerElement control in your XAML Windows App.

Media transport controls sample

Shows how to create customized media transport controls for the MediaPlayerElement control in your XAML Windows App.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. You can download this sample as a standalone ZIP file from docs.microsoft.com, or you can download the entire collection as a single ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

Specifically, this sample shows how to:

• Set up the custom template: Add a new template to the Themes/generic.xaml folder and create a custom template. Add a class called CustomMediaTransportControls.cs which show how to use the custom template in your app
• Add a custom button: In generic.xaml, add a custom button to the CommandBar, show how to reference it, and make it useable in CustomMediaTransportControls.cs
• Change the color of the slider: Add references in app.xaml for a custom brush used to change the color of the media slider

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Related topics

Samples

VideoPlayback sample

Reference

Media Transport Controls
MediaPlayerElement class

System requirements

Client: Windows 10

Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview

Phone: Windows 10

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