Koji Kusaba and Gishin Takimoto of Microsoft Development Co., Ltd., led a presentation – "Building Universal Windows Apps that Discover, Connect, and Interact with Other Devices and Cloud Services Using AllJoyn" – at the AllSeen Alliance's LinuxCon Japan Mini-Summit in June 2015.

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Building Universal Windows
Apps that Discover, Connect,
and Interact with Other
Devices and Cloud Services
Using AllJoyn
Koji Kusaba
Gishin Takimoto
Microsoft Development Co., Ltd.

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1. AllSeen and AllJoyn
2. AllJoyn Platforms and APIs
3. AllJoyn in Windows 10
4. Building an AllJoyn App for Windows 10
5. Getting Involved, Looking Forward
Agenda

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AllSeen and
AllJoyn

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AllSeen and AllJoyn
• AllJoyn is an open source communication
framework that enables IoT device and app
interoperability.
• The AllSeen Alliance is a non-profit
consortium that oversees AllJoyn. Stated focus
is to enable the “Internet of Everything”.
• The AllSeen Alliance is a cross-platform Linux
Foundation Collaborative Project.

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AllSeen and AllJoyn
• Connect, manage and interoperate devices
• Across brands, categories, transports, and operating systems
• Enables widest range of use cases and devices
• Easy discovery and interoperability
• Cloud & proximal connectivity
• Lightweight processing & memory requirements
• Distributed without charge
• Open source: manufacturers and developers can contribute to roadmap

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IoT Barrier: Proprietary Solutions
IHV Transport ISV Schema OS API
Closed
System

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AllJoyn Enables IoT Device Interoperability
AllJoyn

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Member Companies

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Member Companies

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AllJoyn Platforms
and APIs

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AllJoyn Platforms and APIs

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AllJoyn Common Service Frameworks
Send and receive device notifications
Get devices onto wireless networks
Manage and configure devices
Discovery and app/device metadata

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Example AllJoyn Device: Smoke Detector
Fire
Detected

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AllJoyn Software Roles
Consumer (client)
Discovers and connects to one or more producers.
Controls thing and consumes data from thing.
Producer (server)

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AllJoyn in
Windows 10

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Windows 10 is “all in for AllJoyn”
• Broad commitment to AllSeen and AllJoyn:
o A premiere member of the AllSeen Alliance
o AllJoyn is included in OneCore for Windows 10 (Client, Mobile, Xbox,
IoT, …)
• Leading the charge - WinHEC, //BUILD, Tours and
Hackfests
• Contributing to the Alliance
o Board Members
o Technical Steering Committee
o Working Groups
o Prospecting and Outreach
o Code

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AllJoyn in Windows 10
Servicing, reduced code size
Optimized performance, full integration
Reduced code size, integrated with Windows SDK
Seamless AllJoyn device and app development
C and UWP Samples

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Coding Walkthrough:
Building AllJoyn App for
Windows 10

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AllJoyn UWP App Development
• Install Windows 10 and SDK/Tools
• Identify and/or Define AllJoyn interfaces
• Generate code
• Implement and hook up AllJoyn functionality
• Build for targets
• Test and Certify

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Windows.Devices.AllJoyn Overview
AllJoyn Standard Client API (C)
MSAJAPI.lib

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AllJoyn UWP Code Generator
Consumer and
Watcher Code
(*.cpp, *.h)
Producer Code
(*.cpp, *.h)

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AllJoyn UWP Interactions

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Windows 10 AllJoyn UWP

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Looking Forward

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Device System Bridge (DSB)
Framework

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Announced at //BUILD
• Insteon announcement
• LIFX announcement
• Visual Studio 2015 AllJoyn Integration
• AllSeen/AllJoyn specific session on UWP apps
• Windows 10 AllJoyn Samples

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Call To Action
• Join “Windows Insider”, install Windows 10
• Build AllJoyn-enabled UWP apps and devices
• Send Microsoft your Feedback
• Get Involved with the AllSeen Alliance
• Contribute Code back to Alliance

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Other Resources
• Interested in building AllJoyn enabled devices? (WinHEC)
– Building IoT Devices With AllJoyn [Gavin Gear]
• Interested in building AllJoyn enabled apps? (//BUILD)
– AllJoyn: Building Universal Windows Apps that Discover, Connect, and
Interact with Other Devices and Cloud Services Using AllJoyn [Gavin Gear &
Brian Rockwell]
– The “IoT Show” on Channel 9 – 4 episodes including one from BUILD
• Interested in Enterprise IoT? (IGNITE)
– Windows 10 for IoT: Interoperability and Intelligence [Drew Peterson]

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Other Resources
• AllJoyn & Windows 10 Resources:
– AllSeen Alliance: http://allseenalliance.org
– Windows 10 IoT: http://windowsondevices.com
– MSDN documentation for Windows 10 AllJoyn
– Windows 10 AllJoyn Samples – in UWP SDK – www.buildwindows.com
– Device System Bridge Information

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Q&A

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