Creating updatable Live Tiles from A to Z (part 1) - by Michaël Van Wesemael
Something I haven’t found on the webs, is a nice overview of how to create updatable live tiles. Sure, you can gather all the data, but all the do’s and gotcha’s in one article would be nice. So I decided to get everything together myself.
OK: here’s the scenario. We need an app that visually shows information. Think about e.g. the mail-app that shows how many unread mails you have. Or a very nice one: Amazing Weather, which shows current weather conditions, and predictions. In our app we’ll show four arbitrary KPI’s on the tile, which will be updated in the background.
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Post Contributed by: Kunal Chowdhury
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Kunal is the Site Admin and Contributor of Silverlight-Zone. He is a Software Engineer, Microsoft Silverlight MVP, Code Project Mentor and a Code Project MVP. He is also an active Author in SilverlightShow.net and a speaker in various community events. He works on Microsoft Platform and very passionate about Silverlight technology. He started his career in 2007 and achieved various awards during his professional life.
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