I am currently working on an application for Windows Phone 7+ and am lost as to how to create a dynamic menu bar at the bottom of my application. When the user clicks on the bar at the bottom, it should act exactly like the Application Bar by sliding about halfway up the screen. I have tried multiple approaches and can't seem to replicate the behavior of the Application Bar.
Here is a screenshot of the custom object in question: http://i.imgur.com/1If0pFt.jpg
Again, when any one of the icons at the bottom is pressed, I want the entire bar to slide up as if the "..." on the Application Bar was pressed. Any feedback is welcome.
Thank you,
TiDe
Have you tried PhoneFlipMenu?
Maybe this is something that you need?
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I'm planning the development of a fairly simple app and have little experience with UWP, some with Winforms. I'd like to make it so that the user can dock the app (similar to the taskbar, but the size of a browser tab) to the edge of the screen and allow it to slide in/out on click or hover. Searches have turned up nothing (maybe I'm not using the right terms) and I've yet to see this functionality on a Windows 10 app.
I'm thinking that I could just force the window to be offscreen or have a 0 width. But I'm not certain how to make a tab appear when that happens. Would I make a second window that is the tab?
All constructive thoughts and ideas are welcome.
I noticed that internet explorer has an app bar that is non standard. It has the standard ... Button that expands the app bar to show additional options but rather than app bar buttons it has the address ba and a refresh button.
does anyone know how one would go about overriding the app bar in a similar way, i cant find a way of doing it.
You can't extend the application bar beyond what's already offered in the SDK. You'll need to implement your own XAML version of the application bar since you can't tweak the shell object to contain additional visual components.
I have been working on a windows phone 8 app. I have given complete space of my layout to a WebBrowser element which renders my mobile site's pages.
Those pages has:
-A fixed header at the top.
-A fixed text box for replies and search at the bottom
-And a scrollable region in between.
I have also provided my app with an Application Bar which provides buttons for some quick links. Application Bar comes and goes depending on the page user is.
Now the problem is:
- When Application Bar comes up, my whole pages scrolls up and the fixed header goes out of view. without Application Bar things are fine.
Somebody else facing the same problem?
Are there any workarounds for this?
NOTE - I tried reserving some space for the application bar and giving rest of the space to WebBrowser, but that also doesn't help. And strange thing is, things are working fine on emulator.
Thanks
I wonder if the platform does the same thing that happens when the SIP shows up - that would mean the root visual element has a RenderTransform/TransformGroup/TranslateTransform that gets updated when some OS component like the app bar shows up. Check Vinoth's answer to this question here:
Scrollable form control in Windows Phone 8
It is normal for the page to scroll up (i.e. title disappears) when application bar opens. you can not do much about that.
If your need is to have whole webpage visible including the title when the application bar is in view, then you need to reduce the height of web browser so it fit into a smaller window.
Does anybody know if this control comes with the windows phone 8 SDK or if I must program it?
This screen appears when I go to people => click + icon. There are many very similar screens in windows phone but I don't know if they're ready controls or custom ones.
What I need is a screen that hides all background and just shows a list of options upon clicking a certain button, and I want to handle application overflow depending on the option the user chose.
Any ideas?
You can use the CustomMessageBox from toolkit http://phone.codeplex.com
it takes a Content that can be a listbox or user control.
and you can make it take the full screen.
check this: http://shawnoster.com/2012/10/welcome-custommessagebox-to-the-windows-phone-toolkit/
and this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15944006/1423885
I want to add more than 4 total 6 icons in windows phone application bar, but the windows didn't allow to add more than 4 icons in app bar?? Is there any idea to add six icons in app bar, Or I have to create custom menu bar,, If show, can I get link which taught about creation of custom application bar for windows phone?
You can't add more then 4 app bar icons, because there is no enough space to place them all one next to each other (remember, that WP can be run on 3 different resolutions).
You should use Application Bar Menu Items for some of your actions. They will be visible as text links when user expands the app bar using (...):
It is not possible to add more than 4 application Bar icons,and so best way is create your own user control with 6 icons and drag it on the bottom of the screen,thats the simple.