Secondary Live Tiles in Windows Phone: Listing 1
MainPage.xaml.vb after modifications.
Partial Public Class MainPage
Inherits PhoneApplicationPage
' Constructor
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
'UpdatePrimaryTile()
CreatePrimarySecondaryTile()
End Sub
Public Sub UpdatePrimaryTile()
Dim PrimaryTile As ShellTile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.First()
Dim index As Int32
While (True)
For index = 1 To 3
If PrimaryTile IsNot Nothing Then
Dim NewTile As New StandardTileData()
NewTile.BackgroundImage = New Uri("CustomTiles/AltPrimaryTile" + index.ToString() + ".png", UriKind.Relative)
NewTile.Count = System.DateTime.Now.Second.ToString()
NewTile.Title = System.DateTime.Now.ToString()
PrimaryTile.Update(NewTile)
End If
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000)
Next
End While
End Sub
Public Sub CreatePrimarySecondaryTile()
Dim SecondaryTile As ShellTile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.FirstOrDefault(Function(x) x.NavigationUri.ToString().Contains("MainPage.xaml"))
If SecondaryTile Is Nothing Then
Dim FullTile As New StandardTileData()
'*** Primary Tile Properties ***
FullTile.BackgroundImage = New Uri("CustomTiles/AltPrimaryTile1.png", UriKind.Relative)
FullTile.Count = System.DateTime.Now.Second.ToString()
FullTile.Title = "Front Title"
'*** Secondary Tile Properties ***
FullTile.BackBackgroundImage = New Uri("CustomTiles/AltPrimaryTile2.png", UriKind.Relative)
FullTile.BackContent = "Back Content"
FullTile.BackTitle = "Back Title"
ShellTile.Create(New Uri("/MainPage.xaml", UriKind.Relative), FullTile)
End If
End Sub
End Class
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