PointerPressed

PointerPressed is a high level function that will be triggered before any control clicked / touched gets their Tapped event.

using Windows.UI.Core;

Add to the Page_Loading

	//----- REGISTER FOR THE POINTER PRESSED EVENT SO WE GET ALL SCREEN TOUCHES / CLICKS -----
	Window.Current.CoreWindow.PointerPressed += CoreWindow_PointerPressed;

Add to the Page_Unloaded

	Window.Current.CoreWindow.PointerPressed -= CoreWindow_PointerPressed;

Method that will be called

	//******************************************
	//******************************************
	//********** PAGE HAS BEEN TAPPED **********
	//******************************************
	//******************************************
	//Will occur for any touch or click anywhere on the page
	private void CoreWindow_PointerPressed(Windows.UI.Core.CoreWindow sender, Windows.UI.Core.PointerEventArgs args)
	{
		try
		{
			//Flag that keypress has been handled (to stop it repeating forever)
			args.Handled = true;

			//If you want the touch coordinates
			//txtDebugX.Text = "X: " + Convert.ToString(args.CurrentPoint.Position.X);
			//txtDebugY.Text = "Y: " + Convert.ToString(args.CurrentPoint.Position.Y);
		}
		catch (Exception ex)
		{
			System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Exception: " + ex.Message);
		}
	}