Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 : low convergence
Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 : high convergence
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 : low convergence
Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 : high convergence
Manifest
A manifest is a set of metadata that describes the assembly itself (name, version, required external assemblies, etc.).
Speak about .NET Native
Hybrid programming languages are supported.
On Activated event we can get the it has gone to NotRuning state in the last run (PreviousExecutionState).
Three reasons,
User closed the app
OS terminated the app
App crashed
If an app does not return from the suspending event within 5 seconds on Windows and between 1 and 10 seconds on Windows Phone, the OS assumes that the app has stopped responding and terminates it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464925.aspx