detect first app launch in windows 10

Question

I am new to windows 10 application development. I want to show some details to user when only user launch the app for the first time. Please help me to solve this problem !!

Answer 1

Use ApplicationDataContainer and check for a boolean on startup.

var localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
if (localSettings.Values["HasStartedOnce"] == null) { 
    // (...do first-time-only things)
    localSettings.Values["HasStartedOnce"] = true;
}