UWP - ListView multi select example

MainPage.xaml


<Page
    x:Class="UniversalAppTutorials.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:UniversalAppTutorials"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d">
    <StackPanel 
        x:Name="stack_panel1" 
        Margin="50" 
        Orientation="Vertical"
        Background="AliceBlue"
        Padding="50"
        >
        <TextBlock
            x:Name="TextBlock1"
            Foreground="Crimson"
            FontFamily="MV Boli"
            FontSize="25"
            Text="Select item(s) from ListView."
            TextWrapping="WrapWholeWords"
            Margin="5,5,5,25"
            />
        <ListView 
            x:Name="ListView1"
            SelectionChanged="ListView1_SelectionChanged"
            SelectionMode="Multiple"
            />
    </StackPanel>
</Page>

MainPage.xaml.cs


using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;


namespace UniversalAppTutorials
{
    public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            this.InitializeComponent();

            // Initialize a new string array
            string[] colors = {
                "Red",
                "Green",
                "Blue",
                "Yellow",
                "Black",
                "Gray",
                "White",
                "Snow",
                "Gold"
            };

            // Specify the list view item source
            ListView1.ItemsSource = colors;
        }

        private void ListView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            // Get the instance of ListView
            ListView listView = sender as ListView;

            // Initialize an empty string to store list view selected items
            string selectedItems = "";

            // Loop through the list view selected items
            foreach (string item in listView.SelectedItems)
            {
                // Add a comma separator
                if (selectedItems.Length > 1)
                {
                    selectedItems += ", ";
                }

                // Add the items to selected items string
                selectedItems += item;
            };

            // Finally, display the list view selected items to text block
            TextBlock1.Text = "Selected : " + selectedItems;
        }
    }
}