BackgroundWorkCostValue Enum

Definition

Indicates the current cost of doing background work. Used as a hint to background tasks about how much work they can do.

public enum class BackgroundWorkCostValue
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class BackgroundWorkCostValue
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum BackgroundWorkCostValue
var value = Windows.ApplicationModel.Background.BackgroundWorkCostValue.low
Public Enum BackgroundWorkCostValue
Inheritance
BackgroundWorkCostValue
Attributes

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name Value Description
Low 0

Background resource usage is low. The background task can do work.

Medium 1

Background resources are in use, but the background task can do some work.

High 2

Background resources are under heavy use and the background task should not do any work.

Applies to