Question

I’m building an application for Windows 8 and need to be able to close it programmatically using an action. For example, a button on my application.

I’m building my application using HTML5

Answer 1

The following event handler worked for me…I actually put an Exit icon in a global app bar…users love it!

        private void closeButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            App.Current.Exit();
        }

Good Luck!

This solution above works for C#…it’s especially helpful when using Windows 8 Store Apps on machines that are not touch screen capable (our users were having difficulty emulating the top down swipe to close an app…other users are running a Windows 8 on a Mac VM which makes the Alt + F4 tough)