How to mimic the application bar of the game hub and to avoid the splash screen bug - by Sébastien Lachance
With the release of the Mango update, having a minimized application bar with an application using the panorama control is now part of the Metro experience. The best example is the games hub. The minimized application bar uses the Opacity property as you can see in the following picture.
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Post Contributed by: Kunal Chowdhury
Thursday, May 17, 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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