Trigger a Windows Runtime background task from Windows 10 Desktop

Question

I have a Windows 10 Desktop application that needs to use a Windows Runtime API.

Solutions I tried:

1. Enabling Windows Runtime libraries from within my Windows Desktop application – the API was available but failed;

2. using the API in a Windows Runtime background task. There I have not found a reliable trigger so far. The best would be to trigger the background task from my Windows Desktop application.

3. start the Windows Runtime App from Desktop application using the IApplicationActivationManager – works fine, but the suddenly popup of an screen that disappears after few seconds will annoy the customer;

For solution 2., Is there a way to trigger a Windows Runtime background task from my Desktop app?

Answer 1

Issue solved by using AppServices, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/windows.applicationmodel.appservice.aspx