ProximityDevice ProximityDevice ProximityDevice Class

Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Networking.Proximity Windows.Networking.Proximity Windows.Networking.Proximity

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Enables you to publish messages to proximate devices or subscribe to messages from proximate devices.

public : sealed class ProximityDevice : IProximityDevicepublic sealed class ProximityDevice : IProximityDevicePublic NotInheritable Class ProximityDevice Implements IProximityDevice

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows 10 requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

    if (proximityDevice != null) {
        proximityDevice.DeviceArrived += ProximityDeviceArrived;
        proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted += ProximityDeviceDeparted;

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized.\n");
    }
    else
    {
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.\n");
    }
}

private void ProximityDeviceArrived(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.DeviceId + "\n");
}

private void ProximityDeviceDeparted(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " + device.DeviceId + "\n");
}

// 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;
        });
}

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

var proximityDevice;

function initializeProximityDevice() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicearrived", proximityDeviceArrived);
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicedeparted", proximityDeviceDeparted);

        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximity device initialized.<br />";
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
    }
}

function proximityDeviceArrived(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

function proximityDeviceDeparted(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device departed. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

Dim proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Private Sub InitializeProximityDevice()

    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceArrived, AddressOf ProximityDeviceArrived
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted, AddressOf ProximityDeviceDeparted

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized." & vbTab)
    Else
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbTab)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceArrived(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceDeparted(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
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

The ProximityDevice class enables applications to communicate with running applications on devices, typically within a range of 3 centimeters to 4 centimeters.

You can create an instance of ProximityDevice by using the GetDefault or FromId static method.

The ProximityDevice class uses publish/subscribe semantics and is useful for advertising and receiving small blocks of data. For larger amounts of data, or for persistent communications, use the PeerFinder and StreamSocket classes. For Windows Store app, publications and subscriptions are active only if the calling app is in the foreground.

Important

The proximity APIs do not provide authentication, encryption, or message integrity. Do not use proximity to exchange user sensitive information such as passwords, financial data, text messages, email, photographs, or government id numbers.

Properties

BitsPerSecond BitsPerSecond BitsPerSecond

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Gets the transfer rate of a proximity device.

public : ulong BitsPerSecond { get; }public ulong BitsPerSecond { get; }Public ReadOnly Property BitsPerSecond As ulong

Value: ulong ulong ulong

The transfer rate of a proximity device.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

DeviceId DeviceId DeviceId

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Gets the DeviceInformation Id for a proximity device.

public : PlatForm::String DeviceId { get; }public string DeviceId { get; }Public ReadOnly Property DeviceId As string

Value: PlatForm::String string string

The DeviceInformation Id for a proximity device.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

private async void QueryDeviceProperties()
{
    // Include the proximity properties key
    var propertiesToRetrieve = new List<String> {"{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"};

    var defaultProximityDevice =
        Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault();

    if (defaultProximityDevice != null)
    {
        var devInfo = await Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.CreateFromIdAsync(
            defaultProximityDevice.DeviceId, propertiesToRetrieve);

        if (devInfo.Properties.ContainsKey("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"))
        {
            var proximityCapabilities =
                devInfo.Properties["{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"] as string[];
            if (proximityCapabilities.Contains("StandardNfc"))
            {
                // This proximity device supports NFC
            }
        }
    }
}

function queryDeviceProperties() {
    // Include the proximity properties key
    var propertiesToRetrieve = new Array();
    propertiesToRetrieve.push("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2");

    var defaultProximityDevice =
        Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (defaultProximityDevice) {
        Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.createFromIdAsync(
            defaultProximityDevice.deviceId, propertiesToRetrieve).done(
            function (devInfo) {
                if (devInfo.properties.hasKey("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2")) {
                    var proximityCapabilities = new Array();
                    proximityCapabilities = devInfo.properties["{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"];
                    for (var i = 0; i < proximityCapabilities.length; i++) {
                        if (proximityCapabilities[i] == "StandardNfc") {
                            // This proximity device supports NFC
                        }
                    };
                }
            });
    }
}

Private Async Sub QueryDeviceProperties()
    ' Include the proximity properties key
    Dim propertiesToRetrieve = New List(Of String) From {"{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"}

    Dim defaultProximityDevice =
        Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If defaultProximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        Dim devInfo = Await Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.CreateFromIdAsync(
            defaultProximityDevice.DeviceId, propertiesToRetrieve)

        If devInfo.Properties.ContainsKey("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2") Then
            Dim proximityCapabilities =
                TryCast(devInfo.Properties("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"), String())

            If proximityCapabilities.Contains("StandardNfc") Then
                ' This proximity device supports NFC
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

If your computer supports Proximity and has an NFC device installed, which is commonly the case, then the GetDefault method will return the device that supports NFC. You can also determine whether your computer has an NFC device installed by querying the device information for the property "{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2". In the DeviceInformation.Properties object returned from the query the value for the "{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2" key contains and array of strings that describe the capabilities of the proximity device. If one of the strings is "StandardNfc", then the device supports NFC protocols such as NDEF. For more information on how to query for the properties of a device, see How to retrieve additional properties for a device or PnP object.

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

MaxMessageBytes MaxMessageBytes MaxMessageBytes

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Gets the maximum size of a published message that this proximity device supports.

public : unsigned short MaxMessageBytes { get; }public uint MaxMessageBytes { get; }Public ReadOnly Property MaxMessageBytes As uint

Value: unsigned short uint uint

The maximum size of a published message that this proximity device supports.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

Methods

FromId(String) FromId(String) FromId(String)

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Creates an instance of a ProximityDevice class and activates the specified proximity device interface.

public : static ProximityDevice FromId(PlatForm::String deviceId)public static ProximityDevice FromId(String deviceId)Public Static Function FromId(deviceId As String) As ProximityDevice

Parameters

deviceId: PlatForm::String String String

The DeviceInformation Id of a proximity device.

Returns

ProximityDevice ProximityDevice ProximityDevice

A new ProximityDevice that uses the specified proximity device interface. Throws a System.IO.FileNotFoundException exception if the specified proximity device interface isunavailable.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

private async void InitializeProximity()
{
    string selectorString = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDeviceSelector();

    var deviceInfoCollection =
        await Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync(selectorString, null);

        if (deviceInfoCollection.Count == 0)
        {
            StatusTextBlock.Text = "No proximity devices found.";
        } 
        else 
        {
            StatusTextBlock.Text = "Proximity Device id = " + deviceInfoCollection[0].Id;
            proximityDevice =
                Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.FromId(deviceInfoCollection[0].Id);
        }
}

var proximityDevice;

function initializeProximity() {
    var selectorString = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDeviceSelector();
            
    var propertiesToRetrieve = new Array();
    propertiesToRetrieve.push("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2");

    Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.findAllAsync(selectorString, propertiesToRetrieve).done(
        function (deviceInfoCollection) {
            if (deviceInfoCollection.size == 0) {
                statusDiv.innerHTML = "No proximity devices found.";
            } else {
                statusDiv.innerHTML = "Proximity Device id = " + deviceInfoCollection[0].id;
                proximityDevice =
                    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.fromId(deviceInfoCollection[0].id);
            }
    });
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Private Async Sub InitializeProximity()
    Dim selectorString = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDeviceSelector()

    Dim deviceInfoCollection =
        Await Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync(selectorString, {"{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"})

    If deviceInfoCollection.Count = 0 Then
        StatusTextBlock.Text = "No proximity devices found."
    Else
        StatusTextBlock.Text = "Proximity Device id = " & deviceInfoCollection(0).Id
        proximityDevice =
            Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.FromId(deviceInfoCollection(0).Id)
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

You can enumerate proximity devices by passing the class selection string returned by the GetDeviceSelector method to the FindAllAsync or CreateWatcher method. You can then use the resulting DeviceInformation Id value(s) to create an instance of a ProximityDevice using the FromId method.

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

GetDefault() GetDefault() GetDefault()

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Creates an instance of a ProximityDevice class and activates the default proximity provider.

public : static ProximityDevice GetDefault()public static ProximityDevice GetDefault()Public Static Function GetDefault() As ProximityDevice

Returns

ProximityDevice ProximityDevice ProximityDevice

A new proximity device that uses the default proximity provider. Returns NULL if no proximity devices are installed.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

    if (proximityDevice != null) {
        proximityDevice.DeviceArrived += ProximityDeviceArrived;
        proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted += ProximityDeviceDeparted;

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized.
");
    }
    else
    {
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
");
    }
}

private void ProximityDeviceArrived(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.DeviceId + "
");
}

private void ProximityDeviceDeparted(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " + device.DeviceId + "
");
}

// 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;
        });
}

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

var proximityDevice;

function initializeProximityDevice() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicearrived", proximityDeviceArrived);
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicedeparted", proximityDeviceDeparted);

        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximity device initialized.<br />";
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
    }
}

function proximityDeviceArrived(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

function proximityDeviceDeparted(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device departed. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

Dim proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Private Sub InitializeProximityDevice()

    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceArrived, AddressOf ProximityDeviceArrived
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted, AddressOf ProximityDeviceDeparted

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized." & vbTab)
    Else
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbTab)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceArrived(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceDeparted(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
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

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

GetDeviceSelector() GetDeviceSelector() GetDeviceSelector()

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Returns the class selection string that you can use to enumerate proximity devices.

public : static PlatForm::String GetDeviceSelector()public static string GetDeviceSelector()Public Static Function GetDeviceSelector() As string

Returns

PlatForm::String string string

The class selection string for proximity devices.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

private async void InitializeProximity()
{
    string selectorString = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDeviceSelector();

    var deviceInfoCollection =
        await Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync(selectorString, null);

        if (deviceInfoCollection.Count == 0)
        {
            StatusTextBlock.Text = "No proximity devices found.";
        } 
        else 
        {
            StatusTextBlock.Text = "Proximity Device id = " + deviceInfoCollection[0].Id;
            proximityDevice =
                Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.FromId(deviceInfoCollection[0].Id);
        }
}

var proximityDevice;

function initializeProximity() {
    var selectorString = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDeviceSelector();
            
    var propertiesToRetrieve = new Array();
    propertiesToRetrieve.push("{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2");

    Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.findAllAsync(selectorString, propertiesToRetrieve).done(
        function (deviceInfoCollection) {
            if (deviceInfoCollection.size == 0) {
                statusDiv.innerHTML = "No proximity devices found.";
            } else {
                statusDiv.innerHTML = "Proximity Device id = " + deviceInfoCollection[0].id;
                proximityDevice =
                    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.fromId(deviceInfoCollection[0].id);
            }
    });
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Private Async Sub InitializeProximity()
    Dim selectorString = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDeviceSelector()

    Dim deviceInfoCollection =
        Await Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.FindAllAsync(selectorString, {"{FB3842CD-9E2A-4F83-8FCC-4B0761139AE9} 2"})

    If deviceInfoCollection.Count = 0 Then
        StatusTextBlock.Text = "No proximity devices found."
    Else
        StatusTextBlock.Text = "Proximity Device id = " & deviceInfoCollection(0).Id
        proximityDevice =
            Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.FromId(deviceInfoCollection(0).Id)
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

You can enumerate proximity devices by passing the class selection string returned by the GetDeviceSelector method to the FindAllAsync or CreateWatcher method.

See Also: DeviceIdDeviceIdDeviceId

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)

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Publishes a message that contains binary data to subscribers of the specified message type.

public : long PublishBinaryMessage(PlatForm::String messageType, IBuffer message)public long PublishBinaryMessage(String messageType, IBuffer message)Public Function PublishBinaryMessage(messageType As String, message As IBuffer) As long

Parameters

messageType: PlatForm::String String String

The type of message to deliver to subscribers.

message: IBuffer IBuffer IBuffer

The binary message data to deliver to subscribers.

Returns

long long long

A unique publication ID for the published message.

Attributes: OverloadAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

   Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

if (proximityDevice != null)
       {
           // The format of the app launch string is: "<args>    Windows    <AppName>".
           // The string is tab or null delimited.

           // The <args> string must have at least one character.
           string launchArgs = "user=default";

           // The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
           string praid = "MyAppId"; // The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

           string appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName + "!" + praid;

           string launchAppMessage = launchArgs + "    Windows    " + appName;

           var dataWriter = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter();
           dataWriter.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf16LE;
           dataWriter.WriteString(launchAppMessage);
           var launchAppPubId =
           proximityDevice.PublishBinaryMessage(
               "LaunchApp:WriteTag", dataWriter.DetachBuffer());
       }
   }

       var proximityDevice;

   function publishLaunchApp() {
       proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault();

if (proximityDevice) {
           // The format of the app launch string is: "<args>    Windows    <AppName>".
           // The string is tab or null delimited.

           // The <args> string must have at least one character.
           var launchArgs = "user=default";

           // The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
           var praid = "MyAppId"; // The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

           var appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.current.id.familyName + "!" + praid;

           var launchAppMessage = launchArgs + "    Windows    " + appName;

           var dataWriter = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter();
           dataWriter.unicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.utf16LE;
           dataWriter.writeString(launchAppMessage);
           var launchAppPubId =
                proximityDevice.publishBinaryMessage(
                    "LaunchApp:WriteTag", 
                    dataWriter.detachBuffer());
       }
   }

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

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

If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        ' The format of the app launch string is: "<args>" & vbTab & "Windows" vbTab & "<AppName>".
        ' The string is tab or null delimited.

        ' The <args> string must have at least one character.
        Dim launchArgs = "user=default"

        ' The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
        Dim praid = "MyAppId" ' The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

        Dim appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName & "!" & praid

        Dim launchAppMessage = launchArgs & vbTab & "Windows" & vbTab & appName

        Dim dataWriter = New Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter()
        dataWriter.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf16LE
        dataWriter.WriteString(launchAppMessage)
        Dim launchAppPubId =
           proximityDevice.PublishBinaryMessage(
              "LaunchApp:WriteTag", dataWriter.DetachBuffer())
    End If
End Sub

   Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

if (proximityDevice != null)
       {
           // The format of the app launch string is: "<args>    Windows    <AppName>".
           // The string is tab or null delimited.

           // The <args> string must have at least one character.
           string launchArgs = "user=default";

           // The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
           string praid = "MyAppId"; // The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

           string appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName + "!" + praid;

           string launchAppMessage = launchArgs + "    Windows    " + appName;

           var dataWriter = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter();
           dataWriter.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf16LE;
           dataWriter.WriteString(launchAppMessage);
           var launchAppPubId =
           proximityDevice.PublishBinaryMessage(
               "LaunchApp:WriteTag", dataWriter.DetachBuffer());
       }
   }

       var proximityDevice;

   function publishLaunchApp() {
       proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault();

if (proximityDevice) {
           // The format of the app launch string is: "<args>    Windows    <AppName>".
           // The string is tab or null delimited.

           // The <args> string must have at least one character.
           var launchArgs = "user=default";

           // The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
           var praid = "MyAppId"; // The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

           var appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.current.id.familyName + "!" + praid;

           var launchAppMessage = launchArgs + "    Windows    " + appName;

           var dataWriter = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter();
           dataWriter.unicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.utf16LE;
           dataWriter.writeString(launchAppMessage);
           var launchAppPubId =
                proximityDevice.publishBinaryMessage(
                    "LaunchApp:WriteTag", 
                    dataWriter.detachBuffer());
       }
   }

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

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

If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        ' The format of the app launch string is: "<args>" & vbTab & "Windows" vbTab & "<AppName>".
        ' The string is tab or null delimited.

        ' The <args> string must have at least one character.
        Dim launchArgs = "user=default"

        ' The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
        Dim praid = "MyAppId" ' The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

        Dim appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName & "!" & praid

        Dim launchAppMessage = launchArgs & vbTab & "Windows" & vbTab & appName

        Dim dataWriter = New Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter()
        dataWriter.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf16LE
        dataWriter.WriteString(launchAppMessage)
        Dim launchAppPubId =
           proximityDevice.PublishBinaryMessage(
              "LaunchApp:WriteTag", dataWriter.DetachBuffer())
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

You can publish multiple messages of the same message type and each publication will have a unique ID associated with it.

You can stop publishing a message by passing the publication ID returned by the PublishBinaryMessage method to the StopPublishingMessage method.

Messages continue to be published until the StopPublishingMessage method is called or the ProximityDevice is released.

You can subscribe to published messages using the SubscribeForMessage method.

You can use the PublishMessage method to publish a text message to a proximate computer. You can use the PublishUriMessage method to publish a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a proximate computer.

Important

Message Types

You use the messageType parameter to supply an identifier that uniquely identifies the published message, and also defines the meaning of the message and the intended subscriber audience.

Message type values are case-sensitive strings that consist of two parts: the protocol and the subtype. The protocol is first, followed by a dot (.) and then the subtype. The subtype is a string of alphanumeric characters and any of the valid URI characters as defined by RFC 3986: - . _~ : / ? # [ ] @ ! $ & ‘ ( ) * + , ; = %. The subtype cannot exceed a length of 250 characters. The following table shows the supported values for the protocol part of the message type.

ProtocolWindowsThe message contains binary data.WindowsUriThe message data contains a UTF-16LE encoded string that is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). Windows will always handle "WindowsUri" messages by prompting the user to view a received URI that in the Windows default app that handles a specific URI protocol, for example, http:// URIs open in the default web browser. Windows will open a URI in the default app even if another app is also subscribed to "WindowsUri". Instead of calling the PublishBinaryMessage method with this protocol, use the PublishUriMessage method. If you publish a Uri to a computer that is not running Windows, the Uri is automatically formatted based on the proximity technology that your computer supports. For example, if your computer uses NFC hardware for proximity, then the Uri is formatted as an NDEF URI record. If you are subscribing for a "WindowsUri" message and your Windows computer receives a message formatted for the proximity technology that your computer supports, Windows reads the formatted message and returns only the Uri as the message content.WindowsMimeThe message data is of a specific mime type. For example, if the message data is a jpeg image, the message type is "WindowsMime.image/jpeg". Windows will always handle "WindowsMime" messages by prompting the user to view the mime content that was received, even if an app is also subscribed for the mime content. If you publish a "WindowsMime" message to a computer that is not running Windows, the message content is automatically formatted based on the proximity technology that your computer supports. For example, if your computer uses NFC hardware for proximity, then the message content is formatted as an NDEF Mime record. If you are publishing a "WindowsMime" message, you must always include the mime type. If you are subscribing to a "WindowsMime" message, you can use "WindowsMime" without specifying the mime type to subscribe for all mime types. If you subscribe to a specific mime type and your Windows computer receives a message formatted for the proximity technology that your computer supports, Windows reads the formatted message and returns only the mime content as the message content. If you subscribe for all mime types, the first 256 bytes received is the ASCII mime type string, and the remaining bytes are the mime content.Windows:WriteTagThis is the same as the Windows protocol, except that the content is intended to be written to a static tag. The message is not transmitted to any device except a writable static tag. This protocol is only valid for publications. An example of this protocol is "Windows:WriteTag.SampleSubtype".WindowsUri:WriteTagThis is the same as the WindowsUri protocol, except that the content is intended to be written to a static tag. The message is not transmitted to any device except a writable static tag. This protocol is only valid for publications.WindowsMime:WriteTagThis is the same as the WindowsMime protocol, except that the content is intended to be written to a static tag. The message is not transmitted to any device except a writable static tag. This protocol is only valid for publications. An example of this protocol is "WindowsMime:WriteTag.image/jpeg".LaunchApp:WriteTagWrite a tag that can be used to launch a specific app with optional launch parameters. If you publish a LaunchApp:WriteTag message to a tag the result when that tag is tapped to a computer is the same as calling the PeerFinder.Start method and passing your launch parameters. The message must be a UTF-16LE encoded string where the values are delimited by tab characters or null values in the following form:

text
<launch arguments>[tab]<app platform 1>[tab]<app name 1>...[tab]<app platform N>[tab]<app name N>

The launch arguments are optional. The message can omit them:

text
<app platform 1>[tab]<app name 1>...[tab]<app platform N>[tab]<app name N>

You must specify at least one app platform and app name. The app platform for a Windows 8 computer is Windows. The format of the proximity app Id is <package family name>!<app Id>. You can get the package family name from the Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName property. You must copy the app Id value from the Id attribute of the Application element in the package manifest for your app. An example of this message is "user=default\tWindows\tExample.Proximity.JS_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Proximity.App". You can also support other app platforms. For more information, see AlternateIdentities. subscribing for this message protocol, if a writeable tag is brought in to proximity, a proximity message is received that contains an int32 (little endian) indicating the maximum writeable size of the tag. This protocol is only valid for subscriptions.Pairing:BluetoothWindows subscribes to this message type to complete a Bluetooth pairing using proximity. This protocol is not intended to be uses in apps.NDEFThe message contents are properly formatted NDEF records. The underlying type of the content for a publication using NDEF as the message type is contained in the NDEF records. A subscription for the NDEF type subscribes to all NDEF formatted messages.NDEF:extThe message data is application defined NDEF records (TNF field value of 0x04). This protocol will launch a properly configured application to handle these events if there is no running application already subscribing to these events. To designate an app to handle a particular protocol using NDEF:ext, you must add a Protocol tag to the app manifest to specify the URI that will launch the app. The appropriate manifest syntax is demonstrated in the following example.

xml


<Extensions>

  <Extension Category="windows.protocol">

    <Protocol Name="contoso.com+testapp" />

  </Extension>

</Extensions>

> [!NOTE] > The URI format used in the app manifest is slightly different from the URI format used on the NFC tag, in that the manifest URI uses a '+ ' character rather than a ': ' character. The URI on the NFC tag that activates the app with the manifest sample above is contoso.com:testapp.NDEF:MIMEThe message data is a properly formatted NDEF mime message (TNF field value of 0x02). For example, "NDEF:MIME.image/jpeg". This protocol only applies to subscriptions, when publishing NDEF content, use NDEF.NDEF:URIThe message data is a properly formatted NDEF message of a type defined by a URI namespace (TNF field value of 0x03).This protocol only applies to subscriptions, when publishing NDEF content, use NDEF. This means that the data format is identified by the specified URI. An example of this protocol is "NDEF:URI.http://contoso.com/sometype".NDEF:wktThe message data is a properly formatted NDEF message of a type defined by the NFC forum (TNF field value of 0x01).An example of this type is "NDEF:wkt.U" for the well known type of URI. This protocol only applies to subscriptions, when publishing NDEF content, use NDEF.NDEF:WriteTagThe message data should be written to an NFC forum standard static tag. The message data must be in a proper NDEF format. This protocol is only valid for publications.NDEF:UnknownThe message data is an untyped NDEF message (TNF field value of 0x05).This protocol only applies to subscriptions, when publishing NDEF content, use NDEF.

See Also: PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler)

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler)

Edit

Publishes a message that contains binary data to subscribers of the specified message type. The specified handler is called when the message has been transmitted.

public : long PublishBinaryMessage(PlatForm::String messageType, IBuffer message, MessageTransmittedHandler messageTransmittedHandler)public long PublishBinaryMessage(String messageType, IBuffer message, MessageTransmittedHandler messageTransmittedHandler)Public Function PublishBinaryMessage(messageType As String, message As IBuffer, messageTransmittedHandler As MessageTransmittedHandler) As long

Parameters

messageType: PlatForm::String String String

The type of message to deliver to subscribers.

message: IBuffer IBuffer IBuffer

The binary message data to deliver to subscribers.

messageTransmittedHandler: MessageTransmittedHandler MessageTransmittedHandler MessageTransmittedHandler

The handler to call when the message has been transmitted.

Returns

long long long

A unique publication ID for the published message.

Attributes: OverloadAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

   Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

if (proximityDevice != null)
       {
           // The format of the app launch string is: "<args>    Windows    <AppName>".
           // The string is tab or null delimited.

           // The <args> string must have at least one character.
           string launchArgs = "user=default";

           // The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
           string praid = "MyAppId"; // The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

           string appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName + "!" + praid;

           string launchAppMessage = launchArgs + "    Windows    " + appName;

           var dataWriter = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter();
           dataWriter.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf16LE;
           dataWriter.WriteString(launchAppMessage);
           var launchAppPubId =
           proximityDevice.PublishBinaryMessage(
               "LaunchApp:WriteTag", dataWriter.DetachBuffer(), 
               proximityWriteTagLaunchAppMessageTransmitCallback);
       }
   }

   private void proximityWriteTagLaunchAppMessageTransmitCallback(
       Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice sender,
       long messageId)
   {
       // The LaunchApp message has been successfully written to a tag.
   }

   var proximityDevice;

   function publishLaunchApp() {
       proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault();

if (proximityDevice) {
           // The format of the app launch string is: "<args>    Windows    <AppName>".
           // The string is tab or null delimited.

           // The <args> string must have at least one character.
           var launchArgs = "user=default";

           // The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
           var praid = "MyAppId"; // The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

           var appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.current.id.familyName + "!" + praid;

           var launchAppMessage = launchArgs + "    Windows    " + appName;

           var dataWriter = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter();
           dataWriter.unicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.utf16LE;
           dataWriter.writeString(launchAppMessage);
           var launchAppPubId =
                proximityDevice.publishBinaryMessage(
                    "LaunchApp:WriteTag", 
                    dataWriter.detachBuffer(), 
                    proximityWriteTagLaunchAppMessageTransmitCallback);
        }
   }

   function proximityWriteTagLaunchAppMessageTransmitCallback() {
       // The LaunchApp message has been successfully written to a tag.
   }

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

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

If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        ' The format of the app launch string is: "<args>" & vbTab & "Windows" vbTab & "<AppName>".
        ' The string is tab or null delimited.

        ' The <args> string must have at least one character.
        Dim launchArgs = "user=default"

        ' The format of the AppName is: PackageFamilyName!PRAID.
        Dim praid = "MyAppId" ' The Application Id value from your package.appxmanifest.

        Dim appName = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Id.FamilyName & "!" & praid

        Dim launchAppMessage = launchArgs & vbTab & "Windows" & vbTab & appName

        Dim dataWriter = New Windows.Storage.Streams.DataWriter()
        dataWriter.UnicodeEncoding = Windows.Storage.Streams.UnicodeEncoding.Utf16LE
        dataWriter.WriteString(launchAppMessage)
        Dim launchAppPubId =
           proximityDevice.PublishBinaryMessage(
              "LaunchApp:WriteTag", dataWriter.DetachBuffer(),
              AddressOf proximityWriteTagLaunchAppMessageTransmitCallback)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub proximityWriteTagLaunchAppMessageTransmitCallback(
    sender As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice,
    messageId As Long)
    ' The LaunchApp message has been successfully written to a tag.
End Sub

Remarks

You can publish multiple messages of the same message type and each publication will have a unique ID associated with it.

You can stop publishing a message by passing the publication ID returned by the PublishBinaryMessage method to the StopPublishingMessage method.

Messages continue to be published until the StopPublishingMessage method is called or the ProximityDevice is released.

You can subscribe to published messages using the SubscribeForMessage method.

Important

Message Types

For details on the types of messages that you can publish with the PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler) method, see the remarks in the PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer) reference topic.

See Also: PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)

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Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

PublishMessage(String, String) PublishMessage(String, String) PublishMessage(String, String)

Edit

Publishes a message to subscribers of the specified message type.

public : long PublishMessage(PlatForm::String messageType, PlatForm::String message)public long PublishMessage(String messageType, String message)Public Function PublishMessage(messageType As String, message As String) As long

Parameters

messageType: PlatForm::String String String

The type of message to deliver to subscribers.

message: PlatForm::String String String

The message to deliver to subscribers.

Returns

long long long

A unique publication ID for the published message. Pass this value to the StopPublishingMessage method to stop publishing the message.

Attributes: OverloadAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

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.
");
       }
   }

   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 + "
";
   }

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;
           });
   }

       function id(elementId) {
           return document.getElementById(elementId);
       }

       var proximityDevice;
       var publishedMessageId = -1;
       var subscribedMessageId = -1;

       function initializeProximityDevice() {
           proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

           if (proximityDevice) {
               id("publishMessageButton").addEventListener("click", publishMessage);
               id("subscribeForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", subscribeForMessage);
	id("stopSubscribingForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopSubScribingForMessage);
	id("stopPublishingMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopPublishingMessage);
           }
           else {
               id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
           }
       }

       function publishMessage() {
           // Stop publishing the current message.
           if (publishedMessageId != -1) {
               proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           }

           publishedMessageId = 
	proximityDevice.publishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", id("messageText").value);
       }

       function subscribeForMessage() {
           // Only subscribe for the message one time.
           if (subscribedMessageId === -1) {
               subscribedMessageId = 
	    proximityDevice.subscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
           }
       }

       function messageReceived(device, message) {
           id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Message received: " + message.dataAsString + "<br />";
       }

function stopSubscribingForMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
           subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

function stopPublishingMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           publishedMessageId = -1;
}

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

   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.
");
       }
   }

   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 + "
";
   }

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;
           });
   }

       function id(elementId) {
           return document.getElementById(elementId);
       }

       var proximityDevice;
       var publishedMessageId = -1;
       var subscribedMessageId = -1;

       function initializeProximityDevice() {
           proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

           if (proximityDevice) {
               id("publishMessageButton").addEventListener("click", publishMessage);
               id("subscribeForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", subscribeForMessage);
	id("stopSubscribingForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopSubScribingForMessage);
	id("stopPublishingMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopPublishingMessage);
           }
           else {
               id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
           }
       }

       function publishMessage() {
           // Stop publishing the current message.
           if (publishedMessageId != -1) {
               proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           }

           publishedMessageId = 
	proximityDevice.publishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", id("messageText").value);
       }

       function subscribeForMessage() {
           // Only subscribe for the message one time.
           if (subscribedMessageId === -1) {
               subscribedMessageId = 
	    proximityDevice.subscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
           }
       }

       function messageReceived(device, message) {
           id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Message received: " + message.dataAsString + "<br />";
       }

function stopSubscribingForMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
           subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

function stopPublishingMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           publishedMessageId = -1;
}

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

You can subscribe to published messages by using the SubscribeForMessage method.

Messages continue to be published until the StopPublishingMessage method is called or the ProximityDevice object is released.

Messages are delivered to all applications that have subscribed to the message type (as indicated by the messageType parameter). Message type values are case-sensitive strings that consist of two parts: the protocol and the subtype. The protocol is first, followed by a dot (.) and then the subtype. For the PublishMessage method, the protocol must always be "Windows.". The subtype is a string of alphanumeric characters and the following additional characters: . ( ) + , - : = @ ; $ _ ! * ’. The subtype cannot exceed a length of 250 characters.

To publish messages by using another message type, like “WindowsMime.” or “NDEF:WriteTag”, you must use the PublishBinaryMessage method.

You can use the PublishUriMessage method to publish a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a proximate computer.

Messages are converted to UTF-8 characters before they're transmitted.

For Windows Store app, publications and subscriptions are active only if the calling app is in the foreground.

Important

See Also: PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler)PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler)PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler)

PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)

PublishUriMessage(Uri)PublishUriMessage(Uri)PublishUriMessage(Uri)

StopPublishingMessage(Int64)StopPublishingMessage(Int64)StopPublishingMessage(Int64)

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler)

Edit

Publishes a message to subscribers of the specified message type. The specified handler is called when the message has been transmitted.

public : long PublishMessage(PlatForm::String messageType, PlatForm::String message, MessageTransmittedHandler messageTransmittedHandler)public long PublishMessage(String messageType, String message, MessageTransmittedHandler messageTransmittedHandler)Public Function PublishMessage(messageType As String, message As String, messageTransmittedHandler As MessageTransmittedHandler) As long

Parameters

messageType: PlatForm::String String String

The type of message to deliver to subscribers.

message: PlatForm::String String String

The message to deliver to subscribers.

messageTransmittedHandler: MessageTransmittedHandler MessageTransmittedHandler MessageTransmittedHandler

The handler to call when the message has been transmitted.

Returns

long long long

A unique publication ID for the published message.

Attributes: OverloadAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

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.
");
           }
       }

       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,
                                                      MessagePublished);
       }

private void MessagePublished(
    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice sender,
           long messageId)
       {
    // The message has been successfully published.
       }

       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 + "
";
       }

    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;
               });
       }

       function id(elementId) {
           return document.getElementById(elementId);
       }

       var proximityDevice;
       var publishedMessageId = -1;
       var subscribedMessageId = -1;

       function initializeProximityDevice() {
           proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

           if (proximityDevice) {
               id("publishMessageButton").addEventListener("click", publishMessage);
               id("subscribeForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", subscribeForMessage);
	id("stopSubscribingForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopSubScribingForMessage);
	id("stopPublishingMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopPublishingMessage);
           }
           else {
               id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
           }
       }

       function publishMessage() {
           // Stop publishing the current message.
           if (publishedMessageId != -1) {
               proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           }

           publishedMessageId = 
	proximityDevice.publishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", id("messageText").value,
                                              messagePublished);
       }

function messagePublished(sender, messageId) {
    // The message has been successfully published.
       }

       function subscribeForMessage() {
           // Only subscribe for the message one time.
           if (subscribedMessageId === -1) {
               subscribedMessageId = 
	    proximityDevice.subscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
           }
       }

       function messageReceived(device, message) {
           id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Message received: " + message.dataAsString + "<br />";
       }

function stopSubscribingForMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
           subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

function stopPublishingMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           publishedMessageId = -1;
}

   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,
                                          AddressOf MessagePublished)
   End Sub

   Private Sub MessagePublished(
sender As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice,
       messageId As Long)

' The message has been successfully published.
   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

You can subscribe to published messages by using the SubscribeForMessage method.

Messages continue to be published until the StopPublishingMessage method is called or the ProximityDevice object is released.

To publish messages by using another message type, like “WindowsMime.” or “NDEF:WriteTag”, you must use the PublishBinaryMessage method.

You can use the PublishUriMessage method to publish a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a proximate computer.

Messages are converted to UTF-8 characters before they're transmitted.

For Windows Store app, publications and subscriptions are active only if the calling app is in the foreground.

Important

See Also: PublishMessage(String, String)PublishMessage(String, String)PublishMessage(String, String)

PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)

PublishUriMessage(Uri)PublishUriMessage(Uri)PublishUriMessage(Uri)

StopPublishingMessage(Int64)StopPublishingMessage(Int64)StopPublishingMessage(Int64)

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

PublishUriMessage(Uri) PublishUriMessage(Uri) PublishUriMessage(Uri)

Edit

Publishes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a proximate device.

public : long PublishUriMessage(Uri message)public long PublishUriMessage(Uri message)Public Function PublishUriMessage(message As Uri) As long

Parameters

message: Uri Uri Uri

The URI to publish.

Returns

long long long

The publication ID of the message.

Attributes: OverloadAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

private Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;
    
public MainPage()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();

    initializeProximitySample();
}

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

    if (proximityDevice == null)
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
" +
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.");
}

// 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;
        });
}

var proximityDevice;

app.onactivated = function (args) {
    if (args.detail.kind === activation.ActivationKind.launch) {
        initializeProximitySample();

        args.setPromise(WinJS.UI.processAll());
    }
};

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

function initializeProximitySample() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        id("publishUriButton").addEventListener("click", publishUri);
        id("stopPublishingUriButton").addEventListener("click",
  stopPublishingUri);
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialize proximity device." +
             "Your device may not have proximity hardware.<br />";
    }
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Public Sub New()
    Me.InitializeComponent()

    initializeProximitySample()
End Sub

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

    If proximityDevice Is Nothing Then
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbCrLf &
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.")
    End If
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

private Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;
    
public MainPage()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();

    initializeProximitySample();
}

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

    if (proximityDevice == null)
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
" +
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.");
}

// 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;
        });
}

var proximityDevice;

app.onactivated = function (args) {
    if (args.detail.kind === activation.ActivationKind.launch) {
        initializeProximitySample();

        args.setPromise(WinJS.UI.processAll());
    }
};

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

function initializeProximitySample() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        id("publishUriButton").addEventListener("click", publishUri);
        id("stopPublishingUriButton").addEventListener("click",
  stopPublishingUri);
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialize proximity device." +
             "Your device may not have proximity hardware.<br />";
    }
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Public Sub New()
    Me.InitializeComponent()

    initializeProximitySample()
End Sub

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

    If proximityDevice Is Nothing Then
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbCrLf &
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.")
    End If
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

long publishedUriId = -1;

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

    publishedUriId =
        proximityDevice.PublishUriMessage(new Uri("http://www.microsoft.com"));
}

private void StopPublishingUriButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId);
}

var publishedUriId = -1;

function publishUri() {
    // Stop publishing the current Uri.
    if (publishedUriId != -1) {
        proximityDevice.stopPublishingUri(publishedUriId);
    }

    publishedUriId =
 proximityDevice.publishUri(new Windows.Foundation.Uri("http://www.microsoft.com"));
}

function stopPublishingUri() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId);
}

Private publishedUriId As Long = -1

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

    publishedUriId =
        proximityDevice.PublishUriMessage(New Uri("http:'www.microsoft.com"))
End Sub

Private Sub StopPublishingUriButton_Click()
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId)
End Sub

long publishedUriId = -1;

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

    publishedUriId =
        proximityDevice.PublishUriMessage(new Uri("http://www.microsoft.com"));
}

private void StopPublishingUriButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId);
}

var publishedUriId = -1;

function publishUri() {
    // Stop publishing the current Uri.
    if (publishedUriId != -1) {
        proximityDevice.stopPublishingUri(publishedUriId);
    }

    publishedUriId =
 proximityDevice.publishUri(new Windows.Foundation.Uri("http://www.microsoft.com"));
}

function stopPublishingUri() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId);
}

Private publishedUriId As Long = -1

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

    publishedUriId =
        proximityDevice.PublishUriMessage(New Uri("http:'www.microsoft.com"))
End Sub

Private Sub StopPublishingUriButton_Click()
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId)
End Sub

Remarks

Only one URI can be published at a time for each proximity device.

You can stop publishing a URI by passing the publication ID returned by the PublishUriMessage method to the StopPublishingMessage method.

Unlike the other publish methods for a proximity device, URI publishing is handled by the default protocol handler for the URI. A subscription to a URI message publication is not required. You can receive URI messages by registering a default handler for a URI protocol such as the HTTP protocol.

The PackageFamilyName value of the sending application is automatically sent along with the URI. If no handler is registered for the protocol of a URI, the PackageFamilyName value of the sending application is used to direct the receiving application to the application store.

You can use the PublishMessage method to publish a text message to a proximate computer. You can use the PublishBinaryMessage method to publish non-text messages or messages that conform to the NDEF messaging standard.

Important

See Also: PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler)PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler)PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler)

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler)

Edit

Publishes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a proximate device. The specified handler is called when the message has been transmitted.

public : long PublishUriMessage(Uri message, MessageTransmittedHandler messageTransmittedHandler)public long PublishUriMessage(Uri message, MessageTransmittedHandler messageTransmittedHandler)Public Function PublishUriMessage(message As Uri, messageTransmittedHandler As MessageTransmittedHandler) As long

Parameters

message: Uri Uri Uri

The URI to publish.

messageTransmittedHandler: MessageTransmittedHandler MessageTransmittedHandler MessageTransmittedHandler

The handler to call when the message has been transmitted.

Returns

long long long

The publication ID of the message.

Attributes: OverloadAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

private Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;
    
public MainPage()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();

    initializeProximitySample();
}

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

    if (proximityDevice == null)
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
" +
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.");
}

// 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;
        });
}

var proximityDevice;

app.onactivated = function (args) {
    if (args.detail.kind === activation.ActivationKind.launch) {
        initializeProximitySample();

        args.setPromise(WinJS.UI.processAll());
    }
};

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

function initializeProximitySample() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        id("publishUriButton").addEventListener("click", publishUri);
        id("stopPublishingUriButton").addEventListener("click",
  stopPublishingUri);
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialize proximity device." +
             "Your device may not have proximity hardware.<br />";
    }
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Public Sub New()
    Me.InitializeComponent()

    initializeProximitySample()
End Sub

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

    If proximityDevice Is Nothing Then
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbCrLf &
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.")
    End If
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

private Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;
    
public MainPage()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();

    initializeProximitySample();
}

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

    if (proximityDevice == null)
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
" +
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.");
}

// 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;
        });
}

var proximityDevice;

app.onactivated = function (args) {
    if (args.detail.kind === activation.ActivationKind.launch) {
        initializeProximitySample();

        args.setPromise(WinJS.UI.processAll());
    }
};

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

function initializeProximitySample() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        id("publishUriButton").addEventListener("click", publishUri);
        id("stopPublishingUriButton").addEventListener("click",
  stopPublishingUri);
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialize proximity device." +
             "Your device may not have proximity hardware.<br />";
    }
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Public Sub New()
    Me.InitializeComponent()

    initializeProximitySample()
End Sub

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

    If proximityDevice Is Nothing Then
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbCrLf &
                         "Your device may not have proximity hardware.")
    End If
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

       long publishedUriId = -1;

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

           publishedUriId =
               proximityDevice.PublishUriMessage(new Uri("http://www.microsoft.com"),
                                                 UriTransmitted);
       }

private void UriTransmitted(
    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice sender,
           long messageId)
       {
    // The Uri has been successfully transmitted.
       }

       private void StopPublishingUriButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
       {
           proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId);
       }

   var publishedUriId = -1;
   var subscribedUriId = -1;

   function publishUri() {
       // Stop publishing the current Uri.
       if (publishedUriId != -1) {
           proximityDevice.stopPublishingUri(publishedUriId);
       }

       publishedUriId =
    proximityDevice.publishUri(new Windows.Foundation.Uri("http://www.microsoft.com"),
                                      uriTransmitted);
   }

   function uriTransmitted(sender, messageId) {
// The Uri has been successfully transmitted.
   }

   function stopPublishingUri() {
       proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId);
   }

   Private publishedUriId As Long = -1

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

       publishedUriId =
           proximityDevice.PublishUriMessage(New Uri("http:'www.microsoft.com"),
                                             AddressOf UriTransmitted)
   End Sub

   Private Sub UriTransmitted(
sender As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice,
       messageId As Long)

' The Uri has been successfully transmitted
   End Sub

   Private Sub StopPublishingUriButton_Click()
       proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedUriId)
   End Sub

Remarks

Only one URI can be published at a time for each proximity device.

You can stop publishing a URI by passing the publication ID returned by the PublishUriMessage method to the StopPublishingMessage method.

Important

See Also: PublishUriMessage(Uri)PublishUriMessage(Uri)PublishUriMessage(Uri)

Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

StopPublishingMessage(Int64) StopPublishingMessage(Int64) StopPublishingMessage(Int64)

Edit

Stops publishing a message.

public : void StopPublishingMessage(long messageId)public void StopPublishingMessage(Int64 messageId)Public Function StopPublishingMessage(messageId As Int64) As void

Parameters

messageId: long Int64 Int64

The publication ID for the message.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

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.
");
       }
   }

   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 + "
";
   }

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;
           });
   }

       function id(elementId) {
           return document.getElementById(elementId);
       }

       var proximityDevice;
       var publishedMessageId = -1;
       var subscribedMessageId = -1;

       function initializeProximityDevice() {
           proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

           if (proximityDevice) {
               id("publishMessageButton").addEventListener("click", publishMessage);
               id("subscribeForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", subscribeForMessage);
	id("stopSubscribingForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopSubScribingForMessage);
	id("stopPublishingMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopPublishingMessage);
           }
           else {
               id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
           }
       }

       function publishMessage() {
           // Stop publishing the current message.
           if (publishedMessageId != -1) {
               proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           }

           publishedMessageId = 
	proximityDevice.publishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", id("messageText").value);
       }

       function subscribeForMessage() {
           // Only subscribe for the message one time.
           if (subscribedMessageId === -1) {
               subscribedMessageId = 
	    proximityDevice.subscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
           }
       }

       function messageReceived(device, message) {
           id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Message received: " + message.dataAsString + "<br />";
       }

function stopSubscribingForMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
           subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

function stopPublishingMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           publishedMessageId = -1;
}

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

The publication ID for a message is returned from the PublishMessage, PublishBinaryMessage, and PublishUriMessage methods.

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64) StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64) StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64)

Edit

Cancels a message subscription.

public : void StopSubscribingForMessage(long subscriptionId)public void StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64 subscriptionId)Public Function StopSubscribingForMessage(subscriptionId As Int64) As void

Parameters

subscriptionId: long Int64 Int64

The subscription ID for the message.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

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.
");
       }
   }

   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 + "
";
   }

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;
           });
   }

       function id(elementId) {
           return document.getElementById(elementId);
       }

       var proximityDevice;
       var publishedMessageId = -1;
       var subscribedMessageId = -1;

       function initializeProximityDevice() {
           proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

           if (proximityDevice) {
               id("publishMessageButton").addEventListener("click", publishMessage);
               id("subscribeForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", subscribeForMessage);
	id("stopSubscribingForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopSubScribingForMessage);
	id("stopPublishingMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopPublishingMessage);
           }
           else {
               id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
           }
       }

       function publishMessage() {
           // Stop publishing the current message.
           if (publishedMessageId != -1) {
               proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           }

           publishedMessageId = 
	proximityDevice.publishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", id("messageText").value);
       }

       function subscribeForMessage() {
           // Only subscribe for the message one time.
           if (subscribedMessageId === -1) {
               subscribedMessageId = 
	    proximityDevice.subscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
           }
       }

       function messageReceived(device, message) {
           id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Message received: " + message.dataAsString + "<br />";
       }

function stopSubscribingForMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
           subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

function stopPublishingMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           publishedMessageId = -1;
}

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

The subscription ID for a message subscription is returned from the SubscribeForMessage method.

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

SubscribeForMessage(String, MessageReceivedHandler) SubscribeForMessage(String, MessageReceivedHandler) SubscribeForMessage(String, MessageReceivedHandler)

Edit

Creates a subscription for a specified message type.

public : long SubscribeForMessage(PlatForm::String messageType, MessageReceivedHandler messageReceivedHandler)public long SubscribeForMessage(String messageType, MessageReceivedHandler messageReceivedHandler)Public Function SubscribeForMessage(messageType As String, messageReceivedHandler As MessageReceivedHandler) As long

Parameters

messageType: PlatForm::String String String

The type of message to deliver to this subscription.

messageReceivedHandler: MessageReceivedHandler MessageReceivedHandler MessageReceivedHandler

The handler that the proximity provider will call when it delivers a message.

Returns

long long long

A unique ID for the subscription.

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

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.
");
       }
   }

   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 + "
";
   }

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;
           });
   }

       function id(elementId) {
           return document.getElementById(elementId);
       }

       var proximityDevice;
       var publishedMessageId = -1;
       var subscribedMessageId = -1;

       function initializeProximityDevice() {
           proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

           if (proximityDevice) {
               id("publishMessageButton").addEventListener("click", publishMessage);
               id("subscribeForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", subscribeForMessage);
	id("stopSubscribingForMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopSubScribingForMessage);
	id("stopPublishingMessageButton").addEventListener("click", 
	    stopPublishingMessage);
           }
           else {
               id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
           }
       }

       function publishMessage() {
           // Stop publishing the current message.
           if (publishedMessageId != -1) {
               proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           }

           publishedMessageId = 
	proximityDevice.publishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", id("messageText").value);
       }

       function subscribeForMessage() {
           // Only subscribe for the message one time.
           if (subscribedMessageId === -1) {
               subscribedMessageId = 
	    proximityDevice.subscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
           }
       }

       function messageReceived(device, message) {
           id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Message received: " + message.dataAsString + "<br />";
       }

function stopSubscribingForMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
           subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

function stopPublishingMessage() {
    proximityDevice.stopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
           publishedMessageId = -1;
}

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

After your app calls the SubscribeForMessage method, it will receive messages that are published with the same message type (as indicated by the messageType parameter) from any proximate devices. For details on the different message types, see the remarks in the PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer) reference topic.

You can cancel a subscription by passing the subscription ID that's returned by the SubscribeForMessage method to the StopSubscribingForMessage method.

You can publish a message to a subscriber by using the PublishMessage, PublishBinaryMessage, or PublishUriMessage method.

Important

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

Events

DeviceArrived DeviceArrived DeviceArrived

Edit

Occurs when a device enters the proximate range.

public : event DeviceArrivedEventHandler DeviceArrivedpublic event DeviceArrivedEventHandler DeviceArrivedPublic Event DeviceArrived

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

    if (proximityDevice != null) {
        proximityDevice.DeviceArrived += ProximityDeviceArrived;
        proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted += ProximityDeviceDeparted;

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized.
");
    }
    else
    {
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
");
    }
}

private void ProximityDeviceArrived(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.DeviceId + "
");
}

private void ProximityDeviceDeparted(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " + device.DeviceId + "
");
}

// 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;
        });
}

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

var proximityDevice;

function initializeProximityDevice() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicearrived", proximityDeviceArrived);
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicedeparted", proximityDeviceDeparted);

        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximity device initialized.<br />";
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
    }
}

function proximityDeviceArrived(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

function proximityDeviceDeparted(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device departed. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

Dim proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Private Sub InitializeProximityDevice()

    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceArrived, AddressOf ProximityDeviceArrived
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted, AddressOf ProximityDeviceDeparted

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized." & vbTab)
    Else
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbTab)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceArrived(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceDeparted(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
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

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

DeviceDeparted DeviceDeparted DeviceDeparted

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Occurs when a device leaves the proximate range.

public : event DeviceDepartedEventHandler DeviceDepartedpublic event DeviceDepartedEventHandler DeviceDepartedPublic Event DeviceDeparted

Attributes: ContractVersionAttribute DualApiPartitionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute StaticAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Additional features and requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)
Capabilities	ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;

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

    if (proximityDevice != null) {
        proximityDevice.DeviceArrived += ProximityDeviceArrived;
        proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted += ProximityDeviceDeparted;

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized.
");
    }
    else
    {
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.
");
    }
}

private void ProximityDeviceArrived(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.DeviceId + "
");
}

private void ProximityDeviceDeparted(Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device)
{
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " + device.DeviceId + "
");
}

// 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;
        });
}

function id(elementId) {
    return document.getElementById(elementId);
}

var proximityDevice;

function initializeProximityDevice() {
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.getDefault();

    if (proximityDevice) {
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicearrived", proximityDeviceArrived);
        proximityDevice.addEventListener("devicedeparted", proximityDeviceDeparted);

        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximity device initialized.<br />";
    }
    else {
        id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Failed to initialized proximity device.<br />";
    }
}

function proximityDeviceArrived(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device arrived. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

function proximityDeviceDeparted(device) {
    id("messageDiv").innerHTML += "Proximate device departed. id = " + device.deviceId + "<br />";
}

Dim proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice

Private Sub InitializeProximityDevice()

    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceArrived, AddressOf ProximityDeviceArrived
        AddHandler proximityDevice.DeviceDeparted, AddressOf ProximityDeviceDeparted

        WriteMessageText("Proximity device initialized." & vbTab)
    Else
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbTab)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceArrived(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device arrived. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
End Sub

Private Sub ProximityDeviceDeparted(device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice)
    WriteMessageText("Proximate device departed. id = " & device.DeviceId & vbTab)
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

See Also: Proximity and Tapping (JavaScript)

Proximity and Tapping (C#/VB/C++)

Proximity sample

Proximity​Device Proximity​Device Proximity​Device Class

Definition

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Properties

BitsPerSecond BitsPerSecond BitsPerSecond

DeviceId DeviceId DeviceId

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MaxMessageBytes MaxMessageBytes MaxMessageBytes

Methods

FromId(String) FromId(String) FromId(String)

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GetDefault() GetDefault() GetDefault()

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GetDeviceSelector() GetDeviceSelector() GetDeviceSelector()

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PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer)

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Message Types

PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishBinaryMessage(String, IBuffer, MessageTransmittedHandler)

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Message Types

PublishMessage(String, String) PublishMessage(String, String) PublishMessage(String, String)

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PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishMessage(String, String, MessageTransmittedHandler)

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PublishUriMessage(Uri) PublishUriMessage(Uri) PublishUriMessage(Uri)

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PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler) PublishUriMessage(Uri, MessageTransmittedHandler)

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StopPublishingMessage(Int64) StopPublishingMessage(Int64) StopPublishingMessage(Int64)

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StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64) StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64) StopSubscribingForMessage(Int64)

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SubscribeForMessage(String, MessageReceivedHandler) SubscribeForMessage(String, MessageReceivedHandler) SubscribeForMessage(String, MessageReceivedHandler)

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Events

DeviceArrived DeviceArrived DeviceArrived

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DeviceDeparted DeviceDeparted DeviceDeparted

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See Also

ProximityDevice ProximityDevice ProximityDevice Class