uap:Task (Windows 10)

The background task associated with the app extensibility point.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Applications>

         <Application>

              <Extensions>

                   <Extension>

                        <BackgroundTasks>

                             <uap:Task>

Syntax

<uap:Task
  Type = 'A string that can have one of the following values: "chatMessageNotification", "vpnClient", "phoneCall", or "mediaProcessing".' />

Attributes and elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Data type	Required	Default value
Type	The type of the task.	A string that can have one of the following values: chatMessageNotification, vpnClient, phoneCall, or mediaProcessing.	Yes

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Parent element	Description
BackgroundTasks	Defines an app extensibility point of type windows.backgroundTasks. Background tasks run in a dedicated background host; that is, without a UI.

Requirements

Item	Value
Namespace	http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10
Minimum OS Version	Windows 10 version 1511 (Build 10586)