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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="Cornsilk"
        Padding="50"
        >
        <ListView 
            x:Name="ListView1" 
            Header="Choose A Book"
            SelectionChanged="ListView1_SelectionChanged"
            >
            <ListView.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Padding="5">
                        <TextBlock
                            Text="{Binding BookName}"
                            FontWeight="Black"
                            />
                        <TextBlock
                            Text="{Binding Author}"
                            FontStyle="Italic"
                            />
                        <TextBlock
                            Text="{Binding Price}"
                            Foreground="Crimson"
                            />
                    </StackPanel>
                </DataTemplate>
            </ListView.ItemTemplate>
        </ListView>
    </StackPanel>
</Page>
MainPage.xaml.cs

using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Popups;
using System.Collections.Generic;

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

            // Initialize a new list of books
            List<Book> books = new List<Book>();

            // Add some items to collection
            books.Add(
                new Book(
                            "Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0",
                            "Christian Nagel",
                            "$60.00"
                    )
                );

            books.Add(
                new Book(
                            "Beginning ASP.NET for Visual Studio 2015",
                            "William Penberthy",
                            "$45.00"
                    )
                );

            books.Add(
                new Book(
                            "C# 24-Hour Trainer, 2nd Edition",
                            "Rod Stephens",
                            "$45.00"
                    )
                );

            books.Add(
                new Book(
                            "Professional Visual Studio 2015",
                            "Bruce Johnson",
                            "$60.00"
                    )
                );

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

        public class Book
        {
            public string BookName { get; set; }
            public string Author { get; set; }
            public string Price { get; set; }

            public Book(string bookName, string author, string price) {
                this.BookName = bookName;
                this.Author = author;
                this.Price = price;
            }
        }

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

            // Get the ListView selected item as a Book
            Book selectedBook = listView.SelectedItem as Book;

            // Initialize a new message dialog
            MessageDialog dialog = new MessageDialog(
                "Selected : \n" 
                + selectedBook.BookName + "\n"
                + selectedBook.Author + "\n"
                + selectedBook.Price
                );

            // Finally, display the selected item details on dialog
            dialog.ShowAsync();
        }
    }
}

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