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January 17, 2008 · 1 min read

3 Ways to update the Application Tile Content in Mango

Posted By: mbcrump | 8/30/2011 6:03 AM | 0 Comments

Introduction Have you ever wondered how to update the Application Tile in your Windows Phone 7 Mango application? Me too. But before we dig in, let’s look at the properties of a Tile. Microsoft defines each one as listed below: Title. A string indicating the title of the application. The Title must fit on a single line of text and should not be wider than the actual Tile. Approximately 15 characters will fit in the title before being truncated. BackgroundImage. An image displayed on the front of...

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: mohamed

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