How are the Music and Mail apps in Windows 8.1 built ?

smeshko

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Hey everyone ! I have a Windows 8 question, I hope it's OK to ask here.

So, I'm building a Windows Store app and I wanted to use an UI similar to the one used in the Music and Mail apps in Windows 8.1. I want a static navigation bar on the left side and want to update only the right side but I can't quite figure out how to do it. I was thinking about creating three User Controls (one for every "Page" I need), stacking them on MainPage.xaml and switching their Visibility depending on which one I need. But I can't find a way to pass data between them (with Pages I would just use the Navigate method). My question is: does anybody know how to build this kind of UI ?

Again, sorry if this isn't the place to ask. :orly:
 
Looks to be a Grid but with a Frame control on the right column. Pages in that can be Pages.