protected override async void OnRun(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
{
var deferral = taskInstance.GetDeferral();
// Create instance of the control that contains the layout of the Live Tile
MediumTileControl control = new MediumTileControl();
control.Width = TileWidth;
control.Height = TileHeight;
// If we have received a message in the parameters, overwrite the default "Hello, Live Tile!" one
var triggerDetails = taskInstance.TriggerDetails as ApplicationTriggerDetails;
if (triggerDetails != null)
{
object tileMessage = null;
if (triggerDetails.Arguments.TryGetValue("Message", out tileMessage))
{
if (tileMessage is string)
{
control.Message = (string)tileMessage;
}
}
}
// Render the tile control to a RenderTargetBitmap
RenderTargetBitmap bitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap();
await bitmap.RenderAsync(control, TileWidth, TileHeight);
// Now we are going to save it to a PNG file, so create/open it on local storage
var file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(TileImageFilename, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
using (var stream = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
// Create a BitmapEncoder for encoding to PNG
BitmapEncoder encoder = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(BitmapEncoder.PngEncoderId, stream);
// Create a SoftwareBitmap from the RenderTargetBitmap, as it will be easier to save to disk
using (var softwareBitmap = new SoftwareBitmap(BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8, TileWidth, TileHeight, BitmapAlphaMode.Premultiplied))
{
// Copy bitmap data
softwareBitmap.CopyFromBuffer(await bitmap.GetPixelsAsync());
// Encode and save to file
encoder.SetSoftwareBitmap(softwareBitmap);
await encoder.FlushAsync();
}
}
// Use the NotificationsExtensions library to easily configure a tile update
TileContent mediumTileContent = new TileContent()
{
Visual = new TileVisual()
{
TileMedium = new TileBinding()
{
Content = new TileBindingContentAdaptive()
{
BackgroundImage = new TileBackgroundImage()
{
Overlay = 0,
Source = new TileImageSource("ms-appdata:///local/" + TileImageFilename),
}
}
}
}
};
// Clean previous update from Live Tile and update with the new parameters
var tileUpdater = TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication();
tileUpdater.Clear();
tileUpdater.Update(new TileNotification(mediumTileContent.GetXml()));
deferral.Complete();
}
protected override async void OnRun(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
{
var deferral = taskInstance.GetDeferral();
// Create instance of the control that contains the layout of the Live Tile
MediumTileControl control = new MediumTileControl();
control.Width = TileWidth;
control.Height = TileHeight;
// If we have received a message in the parameters, overwrite the default "Hello, Live Tile!" one
var triggerDetails = taskInstance.TriggerDetails as ApplicationTriggerDetails;
if (triggerDetails != null)
{
object tileMessage = null;
if (triggerDetails.Arguments.TryGetValue("Message", out tileMessage))
{
if (tileMessage is string)
{
control.Message = (string)tileMessage;
}
}
}
// Render the tile control to a RenderTargetBitmap
RenderTargetBitmap bitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap();
await bitmap.RenderAsync(control, TileWidth, TileHeight);
// Now we are going to save it to a PNG file, so create/open it on local storage
var file = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(TileImageFilename, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
using (var stream = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
// Create a BitmapEncoder for encoding to PNG
BitmapEncoder encoder = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(BitmapEncoder.PngEncoderId, stream);
// Create a SoftwareBitmap from the RenderTargetBitmap, as it will be easier to save to disk
using (var softwareBitmap = new SoftwareBitmap(BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8, TileWidth, TileHeight, BitmapAlphaMode.Premultiplied))
{
// Copy bitmap data
softwareBitmap.CopyFromBuffer(await bitmap.GetPixelsAsync());
// Encode and save to file
encoder.SetSoftwareBitmap(softwareBitmap);
await encoder.FlushAsync();
}
}
// Use the NotificationsExtensions library to easily configure a tile update
TileContent mediumTileContent = new TileContent()
{
Visual = new TileVisual()
{
TileMedium = new TileBinding()
{
Content = new TileBindingContentAdaptive()
{
BackgroundImage = new TileBackgroundImage()
{
Overlay = 0,
Source = new TileImageSource("ms-appdata:///local/" + TileImageFilename),
}
}
}
}
};
// Clean previous update from Live Tile and update with the new parameters
var tileUpdater = TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication();
tileUpdater.Clear();
tileUpdater.Update(new TileNotification(mediumTileContent.GetXml()));
deferral.Complete();
}