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Live tiles are the entry point of Microsoft Metro apps, and can be updated with information to display to the user in an easily digestible format.

Live tiles represent Metro apps in the Start screen. They are the primary method through which the user will launch Metro apps, but they can also surface information and notifications directly through the tile itself, making it a dynamic representation of apps even when they are not running.

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w8 metro live tile wont animate after computer restart

I have a windows 8 metro app that displays data on a live tile which is refreshed every minute. When the metro app is started it creates a sequence to do the tile updates. This works perfectly. The problem: When I restart my computer the metro tile…
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WinRT live tile on system startup

I have a live tile working which updates how many users are online and how many lobbies are open within the app. This begins updating when my app loses its visibility (no point it updating the live tile whilst the app is running), but I want it to…
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Bold text in a Windows 8 Live Tile

Is it possible to style text in a Live Tile? I find that the large text is too large, but I would still like to have a distinguishable header.
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can you have a live tile within a Windows 8 app?

Possible Duplicate: Using live tiles inside a windows 8 metro application Could be a third party tool provider. If not is there a way to customize it to include live tiles inside the app?How?
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how to get errors from tileupdatemanager

In my winrt app, I am trying to update the live tile based on polled URIs. There is currently no update happening and I can't figure out how to troubleshoot. There are numerous scenarios that could be breaking things but i can't seem to find…
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What is the best way to manage data in my Windows Phone application, given the lack of a service?

I have some data that I use to populate the textboxes in my windows phone app, and update live tiles and such. However, I have had to employ a background agent to help with my app, since it needs to be updated every hour, on the hour. I cannot…
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How to add a live tile in XAML

I would like to add live tiles to a listbox in my WP7 application. I would also like to create the list in the XAML, but I am unsure of how to add a LiveTile in this manner?
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TileWidePeekImageCollection - which image is shown with text

In my Metro app, I have some code that builds up a TileWidePeekImageCollection06 (I assume this question applies to TileWidePeekImageCollection05, too), as shown here. If I supply 6 images, then the sixth is shown in the "peek" along with the…
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Windows 8 Live Tile Update not working

I'm writing a Windows 8 app and am trying to get live tiles working. Here's what I have so far (all in App.xaml.cs): In OnLaunched(): Window.Current.VisibilityChanged += Current_VisibilityChanged; The event handler for that: void…
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Own layout for LiveTiles

I'd like to make some fancy live tiles. But I am not quite happy with the default options for it. Is there a way in C#/XAML or any site, that shows how to put an own design for a live tile?
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windows phone live tile backgroundimage source and stretch problems

Im experiencing problems with the background image at a secondary live tile in my windows phone app, it does not stretch and fit the tile properly (it is a .png image) I get the data and then create my tile data: var tileData = new StandardTileData …
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How to set initial values for the Application Tile

I would like my application tile to have the flip animation, and I have attempted to set these values in the codebehind of my MainPage, but for some reason the Application Tile does not perform the flip animation. I believe I set the back side…
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How to update a secondary tile in the OnNavigatedFrom event

I have implemented live tiles in my application, whereby a user may pin a secondary tile to the start screen. The issue I am having is how to update the BackgroundImage of the secondary tile when the user selects a new image in the application. As…
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live tiles in Windows Phone and Grids

I'm trying to create a live tile for my application, using a user control. The user control contains a grid, an image and a rectangle filled with color. Now here comes the funny part. I want the rectangle to act as a background for the tile's title,…
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Detect that live tile is pushed from the server

Is there any way to understand that the currently displayed main tile was pushed (updated) from server side? The reason I'm asking: my app can update tile image from background agent and I want to have pushed tile image unchanged until user opened…
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