That’s an issue happening from time to time. You need to do some lengthy computation on the UI thread (for instance, a page navigation), and you want to display a progress indicator to ease up the user waiting. It’s possible on WinRT thanks to the compositor thread: a dedicated thread for animations that don’t impact the page layout, making them run smoothly even when the UI thread is busy. Some built-in controls automatically use the compositor thread, such as the ProgressRing. So, what the issue could be? Letting the UI refresh Let’s say that when the user taps on a button, we want to displayRead More →