Windows 8: Advanced Live Tiles, Part 2: Listing 5 -- Visual Studio Magazine

Windows 8: Advanced Live Tiles, Part 2: Listing 5

Scheduling the badge or tile update

By Eric Vogel
06/25/2012

switch (notificationType)
 {
     case NotificationType.Badge:
         BadgeUpdateManager.CreateBadgeUpdaterForApplication().StartPeriodicUpdate(fullPollUri, updateDuration);
         break;
     case NotificationType.Tile:
         TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().StartPeriodicUpdate(fullPollUri, updateDuration);
         break;
 }                case NotificationType.Tile:
                    TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().StartPeriodicUpdate(fullPollUri, updateDuration);
                    break;
            }

About the Author

Eric Vogel is a Senior Software Developer for Red Cedar Solutions Group in Okemos, Michigan. He is the president of the Greater Lansing User Group for .NET. Eric enjoys learning about software architecture and craftsmanship, and is always looking for ways to create more robust and testable applications. Contact him at [email protected].

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