Question

How do I reference a type from a XAML style or template? The WPF syntax does not work in my Windows Store project.

The IDE barks at me with “Type is not supported in a Windows App project”.

Answer 1

Use the following syntax:

<Style TargetType="xmlNamespacePrefix:MyControlClassName" >
    ...

That is, you do not need to use the {x:Type } syntax in Windows Store and Phone apps.

MSDN says:

If you have used XAML for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), then
you might have used an x:Type markup extension to fill in any XAML
values that take a System.Type. The Windows Runtime XAML parser does
not support x:Type. Instead, you should refer to the type by name
without using any markup extension, and any necessary XAML-to-backing
type conversion is already handled by the built-in conversion behavior
in the XAML parser.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.style.targettype