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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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Can I update a live tile in Mango using local data?

I have a Mango WP7.5 app that uses a local SqlCe database. I would like to add a LiveTile update that shows info taken from the local DB based on current day and month. All the samples that I've found update the background by downloading remote…
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Windows 8 push notification without associating the application to windows store

I'm developing a windows 8 modern UI application which requires push notification to be implemented using via windows azure notification hub. All the sample implementation that I see requires windows 8 application to be registered with the store…
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Creating a live tile for WP8 with dynamic image from control throws a "NotSupportedException"

I'm using the following code to take a custom user control, make a bitmap out of it, and then save it to isolated storage for the purposes of a WP8 Live Tile. public static void UpdateTile() { var frontTile = new LiveTileRegular(); // Custom…
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Windows Phone 7.8 tile sizes

I'm a bit confused. I got the 7.8 update yesterday and since the tiles are bigger now, do I need to update my app? As it is now the tiles looks a bit fuzzy and aren't as sharp as before. According to the emulator the new tiles are 210 x 210 px.
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Windows 8 Live Tiles Update Every Minute

Is it possible to change a Live Tile image every minute? I looked at background and push services, and that seems to be limited to 15 minutes...
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How to disable logo in Windows 8 metro app live tile?

I am trying to disable the logo in my metro app live tile so that the last line of text in my tile notification will show. The Windows 8 documentation says that there is a way to disable this logo in the Package.appxmanifest file. However, it does…
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Prevent Background task from updating LiveTile

I really need your help since I have a frustrating problem. I'm downloading data in my periodic agent (OnInvoke). Works fine but every night the web site I download data from has no data to download. If that happens I want the live tile to remain as…
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How to update BackContent in Mango live tile schedule?

I have seen here: Can I update a live tile in Mango using local data? how to update live tile locally. Now, I've set var newData = new StandardTileData() { Title = "BrTime "+dt.Hour+":"+dt.Minute+":"+dt.Second, BackgroundImage = new…
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Set Adaptive Tile Background from Image

I am creating a TileNotification to display the last edited project on my app's tile. When doing this I want to set the tile's background to be the project cover image. I'm creating the TileContent like this: TileContent content = new…
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UWP - Secondary tile sizes

I'm working on a new W10 UWP app, and ran into a small issue. I'm generating tiles with a separate Tile service - it creates secondary tiles, and updates them when required (and also updates the primary tile). However, for some reason, even though…
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Updating Live Tile in Windows Phone 8.1

I am trying to build a custom calender app for windows phone 8.1 and I want to show current day and date on app tiles.I am trying to update tiles of my Windows Phone 8.1 app in Start Screen using following code XmlDocument tileXml2 =…
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Trying to update livetile from backgroundaudiotask in Windows Phone 8.1: "The application identifier provided is invalid"

I have a music player and would like to update the livetile with the albumart of the playing track. So each time the track changes I call a method in a seperate Windows Runtine Component. The method looks like this: public async void…
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How to update a custom image Live Tile every minute in Windows Phone 8.1?

There are quite a few Windows Phone 8.1 apps (e.g. Clock hub, Analog Clock Tile, etc.) which allow you to pin an analog clock on the main screen. I am trying to do the same by following this sample which shows me how to update an XML document every…
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Windows Phone 8 custom hourly range Live Tile update frequency

When I was searching for an answer to this, I only encountered developers looking for ways to update their apps' live tiles more and more frequently. I want the opposite, sort of. See I'm developing a weather app, and I want it to update every hour…
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Custom live tile for windows phone 8

I created an app that has my own custom live tile in it. There are three size of live tile user controls created but added here is only one size(see codes) and I need to add the same for other two sizes(Medium and Small tile). Here's the source -…
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