/// <summary>
/// Load live tiles configuration data provider. Random products are used to populate live tile.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private async void GetTilesAsync()
{
var randomProducts = await ProductDataSource.GetRandomProductsAsync(3);
foreach (var product in randomProducts)
{
var tile = new Tile
{
Text1 = product.Name,
Text2 = product.Price.ToString("C"),
ImageUrl = product.ImagePath
};
_lstTiles.Add(tile);
}
}
private XmlDocument CreateSquareTile (Tile tile)
{
// Create a live update for a square tile
XmlDocument tileXml = TileUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(TileTemplateType.TileSquare150x150PeekImageAndText02);
XmlNodeList tileTextAttributes = tileXml.GetElementsByTagName("text");
tileTextAttributes[0].InnerText = tile.Text2;
tileTextAttributes[1].InnerText = tile.Text1;
XmlNodeList tileImageAttributes = tileXml.GetElementsByTagName("image");
((XmlElement)tileImageAttributes[0]).SetAttribute("src", tile.ImageUrl);
((XmlElement)tileImageAttributes[0]).SetAttribute("alt", "Contoso Electronics logo");
var sqTileBinding = (XmlElement)tileXml.GetElementsByTagName("binding").Item(0);
sqTileBinding.SetAttribute("branding", "none"); // removes logo from lower left-hand corner of tile
return tileXml;
}
private XmlDocument CreateWideTile (Tile tile)
{
// Create a live update for a wide tile
XmlDocument wideTileXml = TileUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(TileTemplateType.TileWide310x150SmallImageAndText04);
// Assign text
XmlNodeList wideTileTextAttributes = wideTileXml.GetElementsByTagName("text");
wideTileTextAttributes[0].AppendChild(wideTileXml.CreateTextNode(tile.Text2));
wideTileTextAttributes[1].AppendChild(wideTileXml.CreateTextNode(tile.Text1));
// Assign Image
XmlNodeList wideTileImageAttributes = wideTileXml.GetElementsByTagName("image");
((XmlElement)wideTileImageAttributes[0]).SetAttribute("src", tile.ImageUrl);
((XmlElement)wideTileImageAttributes[0]).SetAttribute("alt", "Contoso Electronics logo");
return wideTileXml;
}
private XmlDocument CreateLargeTile(Tile tile)
{
// Create a live update for a wide tile
XmlDocument largeTileXml = TileUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(TileTemplateType.TileSquare310x310ImageAndText01);
XmlNodeList wideTileTextAttributes = largeTileXml.GetElementsByTagName("text");
wideTileTextAttributes[0].AppendChild(largeTileXml.CreateTextNode(tile.Text1 + " "+tile.Text2));
//wideTileTextAttributes[1].AppendChild(largeTileXml.CreateTextNode(tile.Text2));
XmlNodeList wideTileImageAttributes = largeTileXml.GetElementsByTagName("image");
((XmlElement)wideTileImageAttributes[0]).SetAttribute("src", tile.ImageUrl);
((XmlElement)wideTileImageAttributes[0]).SetAttribute("alt", "Contoso Electronics logo");
var wideTileBinding = (XmlElement)largeTileXml.GetElementsByTagName("binding").Item(0);
wideTileBinding.SetAttribute("branding", "none"); // removes logo from lower left-hand corner of tile
return largeTileXml;
}