I'm writing a windows 8 app wich basically does nothing when you open it (everything is done in background task and the user doesn't see it) so I need to display a kind of slideshow on the main page of the app just so it looks like something and not just a blank page.
My problem is I can't use the pivot app template, I need to start from a blank template.
So I'd like to know what is the most simple way of doing this ? By the way, I need the slideshow to switch between the images automatically (with a timer that I can set) but the user can switch himself if he wants to
Thank you :)
You say You can't use the pivot app template and want to start using a blank template.
You can however add pivot as a control once you start with a blank template.
If Not using pivot is your aim, then try panorama.
Start from a blank template and add panorama control to it. Panorama can also help you to get a nice sliding effect like in a slideshow.
you can have images in stackpanel and detect Flick Gestures whether left to right or viceversa through HorizontalVelocity of Flick events.
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I am working with windows phone 8-1[RT] application, I want to create custom popup like iOS I search lot in net but not found anything for that . Is there any other way to create custom popup which is used in entire application?
Another think I want to give popup to TOP-DOWN animation.
if you create a storyboard in blend ?? Add your xaml one container control and put inside everything you want (loading , text etc) and add your storyboard on your control . I don't know if you can create one similar with IOS but you can try .
I'm working with a Windows Forms Application (.net/c#)
Using MetroFramework. Home page contains some MetroTiles. I need to focus on first tile when I launch Home page.
I Can do this focus is working fine. but it could show any indication for selected/focused tile at all. I could not find any properties.
In above image back Tile is selected now. but could not identify this as user and when I press 'enter' BACK button functionality is working fine. Same for other tiles also. Please help.
There is no property, but you can use the 'selected' event to change something yourself, like a slightly changed color or drawing a thin line around it.
As far as I know Metro still hasn't a built in a functionality for this case.
So try to use the workaround if possible.
I am wondering how does the News app on Windows Phone achieve its layout. I am taking about the main page when the app is first launched. It is not a pivot because you can see the next section on the current section. It is not a panorama because the background is not moving, and that it is a universal app so Panorama is not available. It is not a Hub because Hub does not allow you to wrap from the first to last, or vice versa.
I notice this layout is very similar, almost identical to the layout of the Fitbit app. I like this kind of layout a lot and I would like to use that on my own app. If there is a control for it please let me know, if not, how do I do what the developer have done on those apps.
The app is using the Panorama/Hub control. It does not set the title of the control and it does not have an image for it. The first Page/Section does have an image for the main article. this image is only set for that Page/Section. The first section also does not have a Header set (it's blank).
Hope that helps!
I've searched quite a lot on the Internet but haven't been able to found the exact thing that I want.
I now that I should be using the Manipulation events such as Manipulation Started, Delta, Completed.
As I said I managed to navigate to another page using swipe combining these three events, but what I actually want is to see THE MOTION when moving from the actual page to another like for example when you swipe from the Official Windows Phone 8 page to the Apps page using a left swipe. Can you please point out on how to achieve such a thing.
http://agilemobility.net/2014/07/windows-phone-8-swipe-gesture/
This page shows an example on how to that, but the motion of moving the current page and bringing the second one is displayed.
I wasn't aware of the following, and yes, Pivot is the answer to my question.
Taken from: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/ff941103(v=vs.105).aspx
You can use a custom template named Windows Phone Pivot App when creating a new project. This template will come pre-populated with content and you can modify the template accordingly.
List itemThe Pivot control can be added to the Toolbox in Visual Studio and can be easily dropped into your project.
You can add a Windows Phone Pivot Page to an existing project.
So I'm trying to make a "tabbed web browser" for Windows Phone 8. I can't seem to work out quite how I'm to do this bit. I've made all the tab control stuff using a PivotControl (it replaced TabControl in Windows 8 I believe). I can add & remove tabs dynamically, and I think that system is pretty good. Unfortunately, I can't work out how to stop the swipe gesture from changing tabs. I want the user to have to swipe only on the Pivot Controls header, not on the contents... I'm putting the website itself in the contents so it doesn't allow the user to scroll when zoomed into the website, as the gesture is overridden by the phones desire to switch Pivot item...
How would I go about preventing the pivot from switching when the user swipes inside of the WebBrowser control?