Questions tagged [background-agent]

i somehow need to communicate between my background agent and my main application. I have read things about mutex and IsolatedStorage, and it can be achieved with a database i heared. I have never worked with a database or mutex before, could…

I'm making a custom image in a background agent on Windows Phone 8 to display on the back of my live tile. I've hit a small problem, I cannot get my text wrapping to work. I first create a canvas, which then holds the textblock. I've tried putting…

When I try to add a periodic task in windows phone 7.5 it gives me a "BNS Error: The maximum number of ScheduledActions of this type have already been added." error while i haven't added any periodic task. The code works fine on Windows phone 8 but…

I tried to run the Marketplace Test Kit and it failed at Capability Validation with a bunch of calls that Microsoft.Advertising.Mobile.dll was trying to make. This is understandable, but in no instance am I attempting to update the AdControl from…