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What is the purpose of the badge logo in a Windows 10 Store application?


When using Visual Studio 2015 to make a Windows 10 Store application, the package manifest (Package.appxmanifest) lets you add a Badge Logo in 5 different resolutions. What is the Badge Logo for?


Solution

  • The badge logo images are used in some tile templates and on lock screen notifications. The badge is the small logo you often see next to a number on smaller tiles, for example showing an unread message count. On larger tiles this will appear in a corner.

    See more at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/apps/hh779719.aspx (yes this page is Win8 documentation but still applies.)