AppInstance.GetInstances Method
Definition
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Retrieves a collection of all running instances of the app.
public:
static IVector<AppInstance ^> ^ GetInstances();
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Experimental]
static IVector<AppInstance> GetInstances();
static IVector<AppInstance> GetInstances();
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Experimental]
public static IList<AppInstance> GetInstances();
public static IList<AppInstance> GetInstances();
function getInstances()
Public Shared Function GetInstances () As IList(Of AppInstance)
Returns
The collection of all running instances of the app.
- Attributes
Remarks
Whereas the Windows.ApplicationModel.AppInstance.GetInstances method in the Windows OS only returns app instances that have explicitly registered for multi-instance redirection using the FindOrRegisterInstanceForKey method, this method in the Windows App SDK returns a list of all running app instances that have called any AppInstance method. Typically, an app instance will call AppInstance.GetCurrent, and this does two things: it adds the current instance to the list that will get returned by the GetInstances method, and it returns the current instance.