/// <summary>
/// Share an album.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="album">The album to be shared.</param>
public static async Task ShareAsync(this DbAlbum album)
{
if (album != null)
{
var files = new List <StorageFile>();
// Prep files.
foreach (var et in album.MediaFiles)
{
try
{
files.Add(await StorageFile.GetFileFromPathAsync(et.Path));
}
catch (COMException)
{
// WinRT error: ignore
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{
// WinRT error: ignore
}
catch (FileNotFoundException)
{
// File not found: ignore
}
}
var shareService = ShareServices.GetForCurrentView();
shareService.PrecleanForSession();
shareService.Title = album.Title;
shareService.Description = album.Intro ?? string.Empty;
shareService.AddFiles(files);
shareService.ShowShareUI();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Share an artist.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="artist">The artist to be shared.</param>
public static void Share(this DbArtist artist)
{
if (artist != null)
{
var shareService = ShareServices.GetForCurrentView();
shareService.PrecleanForSession();
shareService.SetArtistContent(artist);
shareService.ShowShareUI();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Get ShareServices instance for current view.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ShareServices GetForCurrentView()
{
var viewId = ApplicationView.GetForCurrentView().Id;
if (_viewDict.ContainsKey(viewId))
{
return(_viewDict[viewId]);
}
else
{
var instance = new ShareServices();
_viewDict.Add(viewId, instance);
return(instance);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Share a file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="file">The file to be shared.</param>
/// <returns>An awaitable task.</returns>
public static async Task ShareAsync(this DbMediaFile fileEntity)
{
var shareService = ShareServices.GetForCurrentView();
shareService.PrecleanForSession();
// FIXME: External file should still set this field, but they should retrieve file from MRU.
// Currently no external files will be shared.
await shareService.AddFileAsync(fileEntity.Path);
shareService.Title = fileEntity.Title;
shareService.Description = string.Format(CommonSharedStrings.GetString(SongDescriptionFieldId),
fileEntity.Album,
fileEntity.AlbumArtist,
MiliSecToNormalTimeConverter.GetTimeStringFromTimeSpanOrDouble(fileEntity.Duration));
shareService.ShowShareUI();
}