UWP app cannot be found in Windows privacy settings

Question

I have built an Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application in C# using Visual Studio 2017 Community (Version 15.4.2). My Operating System is Windows 10.

The app is supposed to use my local machine's microphone (in this case, my laptop's built-in microphone) to perform speech recognition.

The first thing I need to do is to let my app to be allowed to use the microphone. However, I can't find my newly created app in the list of apps in the privacy settings page.

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However, if I use the sample projects downloaded from Microsoft website, it does show up in the list of apps:

My Question: What do I need to let my app appear in the list of apps under the privacy settings page?

Answer 1

Thanks to user JanMer. To let Windows know your app needs to access the Microphone:

• Goto Solution explorer
• Double click Package.appxmanifest
• Click "Capabilities" Tab
• From the list of checkboxes, check "Microphone"

Run the app again, and revisit the privacy page. Now your app will show up in the list.