AccountsSettingsPane Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings

Provides methods to show the accounts pane and also to enable the app to register callbacks when the accounts flyout is about to be displayed.

public ref class AccountsSettingsPane sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.None)]
class AccountsSettingsPane final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.None)]
public sealed class AccountsSettingsPane

Public NotInheritable Class AccountsSettingsPane

Inheritance

Object Platform::Object IInspectable AccountsSettingsPane

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0 - for Xbox, see UWP features that aren't yet supported on Xbox)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Remarks

The app provides the callbacks with account metadata for all of the web account providers, web accounts, global account commands, and credential locker credentials that the app displays. Examples of account providers are Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

The account and credential command classes in the Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings namespace correspond with data objects in the Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings namespace:

Data Object (Windows.Security.Credentials)	UI object (Windows.UI.ApplicationSettings)
WebAccount	WebAccountCommand
WebAccountProvider	WebAccountProviderCommand
PasswordCredential	CredentialCommand

Desktop applications

For a desktop app, instead of using the AccountSettingsPane class, you'll need to use the interop API as described below.

• First Retrieve a window handle (HWND). That topic contains code examples for Windows UI Library (WinUI) 3, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Windows Forms (WinForms). Plug that code into the code listing below.
• You should use the IAccountSettingsPaneInterop interface in your desktop app. For C# apps using .NET 6 or later, the AccountSettingsPaneInterop class is available. For more info about the C# interop classes, see Call interop APIs from a .NET 5+ app. Also see Display WinRT UI objects that depend on CoreWindow.

The following is an example on how to use the AccountSettingsPaneInterop class in C# (.NET 6 or later):

private void LoginButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Retrieve the window handle for whichever UI framework being used (WinUI 3, WPF, WinForms)
    var hwnd = ...
    // Call methods from the interop class, passing in the window handle
    await AccountsSettingsPaneInterop.ShowManageAccountsForWindowAsync(hwnd);
}

Version history

Windows version	SDK version	Value added
1607	14393	ShowAddAccountAsync
1607	14393	ShowManageAccountsAsync
1803	17134	ShowAddAccountForUserAsync
1803	17134	ShowManageAccountsForUserAsync

Methods

GetForCurrentView()	Gets an AccountsSettingsPane object that is associated with the current app view (that is, with CoreWindow).
Show()	Displays the account settings pane.
ShowAddAccountAsync()	Displays the add accounts screen.
ShowAddAccountForUserAsync(User)	Displays the add accounts screen for the specified user.
ShowManageAccountsAsync()	Displays the manage accounts screen.
ShowManageAccountsForUserAsync(User)	Displays the manage accounts screen for the specified user.

Events

AccountCommandsRequested

Occurs when the user opens the accounts pane. Handling this event lets the app initialize the accounts commands and pause its UI until the user closes the pane.

See also

• PasswordCredential
• WebAccountProvider
• WebAccount