public async Task <bool> updateUWP(bool request, int[] statuses, bool _Test1On, bool _Test2On, bool _Test3On)
{
if (canUpdateAgain)
{
canUpdateAgain = false;
ValueSet message = new ValueSet();
if (request == false)
{
message.Add("content", statuses);
if (connection == null)
{
// init
connection = new AppServiceConnection();
connection.AppServiceName = "UWPSibling";
connection.PackageFamilyName = Package.Current.Id.FamilyName;
connection.RequestReceived += Connection_RequestReceived;
connection.ServiceClosed += Connection_ServiceClosed;
// attempt connection
AppServiceConnectionStatus connectionStatus = AppServiceConnectionStatus.Unknown;
try
{
connectionStatus = await connection.OpenAsync();
}
catch (InvalidOperationException)
{
return(false);
}
// if UWP isn't running
if (connectionStatus == AppServiceConnectionStatus.AppUnavailable)
{
canUpdateAgain = true; return(false);
}
}
AppServiceResponse serviceResponse = await connection.SendMessageAsync(message);
// update local variables
Test1On = _Test1On;
Test2On = _Test2On;
Test3On = _Test3On;
}
else
{
message.Add("request", null);
if (connection == null)
{
// init
connection = new AppServiceConnection();
connection.AppServiceName = "UWPSibling";
connection.PackageFamilyName = Package.Current.Id.FamilyName;
connection.RequestReceived += Connection_RequestReceived;
connection.ServiceClosed += Connection_ServiceClosed;
// attempt connection
AppServiceConnectionStatus connectionStatus = await connection.OpenAsync();
// if UWP isn't running
if (connectionStatus == AppServiceConnectionStatus.AppUnavailable)
{
canUpdateAgain = true; return(false);
}
}
AppServiceResponse serviceResponse = await connection.SendMessageAsync(message);
// if UWP isn't running
if (serviceResponse.Status == AppServiceResponseStatus.Failure)
{
return(false);
}
// get response
if (serviceResponse.Message.ContainsKey("content"))
{
object newMessage = null;
serviceResponse.Message.TryGetValue("content", out newMessage);
// if message is an int[]
if (newMessage is int[])
{
// init field vars
int indexInArray = 0;
bool test1On = false;
bool test2On = false;
bool test3On = false;
foreach (int trueorfalse in (int[])newMessage)
{
// set bool state based on index
switch (indexInArray)
{
case 0:
test1On = Convert.ToBoolean(trueorfalse);
break;
case 1:
test2On = Convert.ToBoolean(trueorfalse);
break;
case 2:
test3On = Convert.ToBoolean(trueorfalse);
break;
default:
break;
}
indexInArray++;
}
mainForm.SetStatuses(test1On, test2On, test3On);
// update local variables
Test1On = _Test1On;
Test2On = _Test2On;
Test3On = _Test3On;
}
}
}
}
canUpdateAgain = true;
return(true);
}