How to Capture Smart Card Added and Card Removed Events In Windows Store Apps

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I’ve modified the sample smart card app (C# version) and upload the code here https://github.com/zxue/Windows-universal-samples/pull/1/files 

For more info on smart card and minidriver info, check https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn468773(v=vs.85).aspx

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1. Capture and Display Card ID

Adding a new property to the code and modify the user interface

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2. Respond to user actions – when the card is inserted into the reader or the card is removed from the reader

a) Move most code from ListSmartCard_Click to a private method

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b) Add one line code to use current window or page Dispatcher. This line fix the error that would occur, “The application called an interface that was marshaled to a different thread.”

await rootPage.Dispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, async () => {

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c) Add two lines of code to listen to two events: Reader_CardAdded and Reader_CardRemoved

reader.CardAdded += Reader_CardAdded; // should fire when the card is inserted or touches the reader
reader.CardRemoved += Reader_CardRemoved; // should fire when the card is removed or moves out of range from the reader

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That’s all.