How do I reset a flipping Mango Tile after push notification?

Question

Hey,

first of all, I love the flipping tiles that come with Mango.

I got everything working so far. The tile gets updated and displays the content on the back.
But after starting the app, I want to reset it to not flipping anymore and just show the static tile.

I tried by setting the back values in the update to empty strings and also to not include these values at all. Both didn't work.
It doesn't say anything here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202970(v=VS.92).aspx

Any help appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

The documentation and sample you want to check out is "How to: Create, Delete, and Update Tiles for Windows Phone" here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202979(VS.92).aspx

And the finished TileSample download is here.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff431744(VS.92).aspx

For your particular question you probably want to review the function "checkBoxDisplaySecondaryTile_Unchecked" in the file "SecondaryTile.xaml.cs".

Answer 2

Thank you for the response.

But I am not referring to a secondary tile but to the back of the application tile. 

Let me be more specific:

In the idle state of my app, the application tile only displays the front tile. Then, when some information changed, I send a tile notification containing an update for the front and back of the tile. My tile starts flipping and shows the front and back information how I sent it from my service.

Then the user reacts to the update and opens the app. Now I want the tile to return to it's non-flipping state as it used to be before the tile notification.

I then send a tile notification again with only the front tile information, but the tile keeps on flipping and still shows the back of the tile.

In my service, this is what I am doing: 

private static byte[] CreateTileUpdate(string TileTitle, int TileCount, string TileImageURL, string TileBackContent)

{

// Use XmlWriter to construct notification structure/contents.

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true, Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false) };

XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(stream, settings);

writer.WriteStartDocument();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "Notification", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "Tile", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackgroundImage", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue(TileImageURL);

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "Count", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue(TileCount);

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "Title", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue(TileTitle);

writer.WriteEndElement();

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(TileBackContent))

{

// Reset back of the tile

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackBackgroundImage", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue("");

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackContent", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue("");

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackTitle", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue("");

writer.WriteEndElement();

}

else

{

// Set back of the tile

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackBackgroundImage", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue("");

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackContent", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue(TileBackContent);

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackTitle", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteValue("ShoppingList");

writer.WriteEndElement();

}

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteEndElement();

writer.WriteEndDocument();

//Transfer Xml output from writer's buffer to myStream.

writer.Flush();

//Send this message to all subscribed devices.

return stream.ToArray();

}

It is working fine for setting the front and back of the tile, but it does not reset the tile to stop flipping.

Thanks.

Answer 3

Note: This appears to be broken in the public beta images, both the Emulator as well as phone build 7712, in that the tile continues to flip to a blank tile...

However, the way to clear the back tile is to set Action=Clear for all back tile elements.
In your example you would use code like this:

//BackBackgroundImage

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackBackgroundImage", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteAttributeString("Action", "Clear");

writer.WriteEndElement();

//BackTitle

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackTitle", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteAttributeString("Action", "Clear");

writer.WriteEndElement();

//BackContent

writer.WriteStartElement("wp", "BackContent", "WPNotification");

writer.WriteAttributeString("Action", "Clear");

writer.WriteEndElement();

And here's a version for those that prefer to see the XML in string form:

string szXML = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +

"<wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\">" +

"<wp:Tile>" +

"<wp:BackgroundImage>Background.png</wp:BackgroundImage>" +

"<wp:Count>0</wp:Count>" +

"<wp:BackBackgroundImage Action = \"Clear\"></wp:BackBackgroundImage>" +

"<wp:BackTitle Action = \"Clear\"> </wp:BackTitle>" +

"<wp:BackContent Action = \"Clear\"> </wp:BackContent>" +

"</wp:Tile>" +

"</wp:Notification>";

Answer 4

Note: This appears to be broken in the public beta images, both the Emulator as well as phone build 7712, in that the tile continues to flip to a blank tile...

However, the way to clear the back tile is to set Action=Clear for all back tile elements.
In your example you would use code like this:

Hi, no solution for reset from the app?

Answer 5

To do this locally you should be able to set all the Back* values, of your StandardTileData object passed to ShellTile.Update(...) , like so:

 

BackContent = ""

BackBackgroundImage = new Uri("", UriKind.Relative)

BackTitle = ""

Answer 6

To do this locally you should be able to set all the Back* values, of your StandardTileData object passed to ShellTile.Update(...) , like so:

 

BackContent = ""

BackBackgroundImage = new Uri("", UriKind.Relative)

BackTitle = ""

this doesn't work. if i set this value to "" or null, the Tile always Flip .

Only with send particolar xml (with action=clear) from server stop flipping the Tile.. :/

Edit: SORRY! i tried with new Uri("", UriKind.Relative) and now work fine! thanks! :)