Default Tile for BackgroundTaskSample not showing up

Question

I am trying to send a notification to my the default tile of this sample app in the CompleteHandler but I dont see a Tile showing up on the Metro UI. I am running the BackgroundTaskSample demo app.

Any ideas? Thanks

  var tileXml = Notifications.TileUpdateManager.getTemplateContent(Notifications.TileTemplateType.tileWideText03);

 // You will need to look at the template documentation to know how many text fields a particular template has
// You can also use the Advanced Tile SDK Sample to preview all of the templates

// get the text attributes for this template and fill them in
var tileAttributes = tileXml.getElementsByTagName("text");
tileAttributes[0].appendChild(tileXml.createTextNode("Sending Complete Notification!!"));

// create the notification from the XML
var tileNotification = new Notifications.TileNotification(tileXml);

// send the notification to the app's default tile
Notifications.TileUpdateManager.createTileUpdaterForApplication().update(tileNotification);

Answer 1

You don't see the tile to launch the app? It is possible the tile got un-pinned.  Hit the Windows key (button or icon) and type the name of the app, then right click on it or swipe it to select and select pin.

-Jeff

 

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 2

Ive already tried looking for it/searching within the "Search Apps" TextField - its just now showing up there!

Answer 3

Try just typing a letter B and look through the list.

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 4

When I type 'B', I see 5 tiles for apps starting with B including the 'Basic Tiles Sample' that I compiled and ran from Visual Studio Express 11 but I dont see this one in that list for some reason

Answer 5

That is really strange Opti...  To move forward, you can change the manifest and use a different name.  That should install into a different location as if this was a new application.  Change the name attribute in the Identity tag and the DisplayName attribute in the VisualElements tag to get a new icon in the Start menu.

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 6

I opened up package.appxmanifest which is in the top-level folder inside BackgroundTaskSample - I see that there are 4 tabs - Application UI (There's a Display Name field in there that I changed, assuming that this is the DisplayName attribuite), Capabilities, Declarations, Content URIs and Packaging. The Packaging tab has t fields, Package Name and Package Display Name but I dont see anything that says "Name", nor do I see an Identity Tag or a VisualElements tag...am I looking at the right place?

Thanks!

Answer 7

Sorry Opti...

Right click on the manifest and open it with the text editor.

-Jeff

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 8

Modified the package.appxmanifest as follows...rebuilt solution and Ran it...Still dont see a Tile Showing up on the Start Page or if I search for Apps

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<Identity Name="BackgroundTask.BackgroundTaskSampleDemo" Version="1.0.0.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
  <Properties>
    <DisplayName>BackgroundTask.BackgroundTaskSampleDemo</DisplayName>
    <PublisherDisplayName>Microsoft Corporation</PublisherDisplayName>
    <Description>BackgroundTask SDK Sample</Description>
    <Logo>images\storeLogo-sdk.png</Logo>
  </Properties>
  <Resources>
    <Resource Language="en-us" />
  </Resources>
  <Prerequisites>
    <OSMinVersion>6.2</OSMinVersion>
    <OSMaxVersionTested>6.2</OSMaxVersionTested>
  </Prerequisites>
  <Applications>
    <Application Id="FeatureName" StartPage="default.html">
      <VisualElements DisplayName="BackgroundTaskSampleDemo" Logo="images\squareTile-sdk.png" SmallLogo="images\smallTile-sdk.png" Description="Background Task Sample" ForegroundText="dark" BackgroundColor="#FFFFFF" InitialRotationPreference="landscape">

Answer 9

Try this and if that does not work, just create a new application for now:

  <Identity Name="JeffBackgroundTask.BackgroundTaskSample" Version="1.0.0.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
  <Properties>
    <DisplayName>jeffBackgroundTask.BackgroundTaskSample</DisplayName>
    <PublisherDisplayName>Microsoft Corporation</PublisherDisplayName>
    <Description>BackgroundTask SDK Sample</Description>
    <Logo>images\storeLogo-sdk.png</Logo>
  </Properties>
  <Resources>
    <Resource Language="en-us" />
  </Resources>
  <Prerequisites>
    <OSMinVersion>6.2</OSMinVersion>
    <OSMaxVersionTested>6.2</OSMaxVersionTested>
  </Prerequisites>
  <Applications>
    <Application Id="FeatureName" StartPage="default.html">
      <VisualElements DisplayName="JeffBackgroundTaskSample" Logo="images\squareTile-sdk.png" SmallLogo="images\smallTile-sdk.png" Description="Background Task Sample" ForegroundText="dark" BackgroundColor="#FFFFFF" ToastCapable="true" InitialRotationPreference="portrait">
        <LockScreen Notification="badgeAndTileText" BadgeLogo="images\badgelogo.png" />

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 10

OK so here's the fundamental thing I should hava tried earlier! I had to Restart my VM running Win8 Dev Preview and all tiles are now showing up!

Thanks for your help!!

Answer 11

Oh goodness!  Sorry I did not think of having you try that.  Previews are a bit preview (is that a word?)!

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Jeff Sanders (MSFT)

Answer 12

lol - Previews are a bit "preview" (is that a word?)! perhaps the quotes qualifies it:) Now Im going to go back to my original problem of trying to send a notification to the Tile from the BackgroundTaskSample code!