Better way to show error messages in async methods

Question

The fact that we can\'t use the await keyword in catch blocks makes it quite awkward to show error messages from async methods in WinRT, since the

Answer 1

C# 6 now supports await in catch and finally, so the code can be written the way I wanted it; a workaround is no longer needed.

Answer 2

you already have that functionality in TPL

        await Task.Run(async () =>
        {
            // Some code that can throw an exception
            ...
        }).ContinueWith(async (a) =>
        {
            if (a.IsFaulted)
            {
                var dialog = new MessageDialog("Something went wrong!\nError: "
                           + a.Exception.Message);
                await dialog.ShowAsync();
            }
            else
            {
                var dialog2 = new MessageDialog("Everything is OK: " + a.Result);
                await dialog2.ShowAsync();
            }
        }).Unwrap();

In this machine I don't have Windows 8 so I tested in Windows 7 but I think is the same. *Edit as stated in the comments its needed .Unwrap(); in the end for the await to work