Case study

YouTubeClient: a UWP port of a decompiled WP7 client

YouTubeClient adapts a decompiled Windows Phone 7 YouTube client XAP into a UWP application for Windows 10 Mobile and desktop. The port replaces WP7 navigation, settings storage, and dialogs with UWP equivalents while retaining the original page structure. The author reports an early draft with broken interface elements and nonworking search and top-video display.

Targets: App
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2025-11-15
Language: C#

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Build with MSBuild and the UWP SDK targeting 10.0.19041.0, with minimum version 10.0.10240.0.
Limits: Search and top-video display are reported broken, and device testing remains unfinished.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{youtubeclient-uwp-case,
  title = {{YouTubeClient: a UWP port of a decompiled WP7 client}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mediaexplorer74/YoutubeClient}},
  url = {https://github.com/mediaexplorer74/YoutubeClient},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/youtubeclient-uwp-case/}}
}

Plain text

YouTubeClient: a UWP port of a decompiled WP7 client. https://github.com/mediaexplorer74/YoutubeClient (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/youtubeclient-uwp-case/

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ReadMe.md GitHub · mediaexplorer74/YoutubeClient · Revision 62c3a2f