i have this desktop application that i created through a MSDN tutorial (i cant find the link, otherwise i would have linked it). what it does , it lets you put in the channel URL needed to connect to the WIndows Phone Emulator, and through the application you can send live tile updates, : here is the code for both the emulator (listener), and the service sending the data. :
MainApp – Emultor :
public MainPage()
{
HttpNotificationChannel pushChannel;
string channelName = "TileSampleChannel";
InitializeComponent();
pushChannel = HttpNotificationChannel.Find(channelName);
if (pushChannel == null)
{
pushChannel = new HttpNotificationChannel(channelName);
pushChannel.ChannelUriUpdated += new EventHandler<NotificationChannelUriEventArgs>(PushChannel_ChannelUriUpdated);
pushChannel.ErrorOccurred += new EventHandler<NotificationChannelErrorEventArgs>(PushChannel_ErrorOccurred);
pushChannel.Open();
pushChannel.BindToShellTile();
}
else
{
pushChannel.ChannelUriUpdated += new EventHandler<NotificationChannelUriEventArgs>(PushChannel_ChannelUriUpdated);
pushChannel.ErrorOccurred += new EventHandler<NotificationChannelErrorEventArgs>(PushChannel_ErrorOccurred);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(pushChannel.ChannelUri.ToString());
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Channel Uri is {0}",
pushChannel.ChannelUri.ToString()));
}
}
void PushChannel_ChannelUriUpdated(object sender, NotificationChannelUriEventArgs e)
{
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(e.ChannelUri.ToString());
//MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Channel Uri is {0}",
// e.ChannelUri.ToString()));
});
}
void PushChannel_ErrorOccurred(object sender, NotificationChannelErrorEventArgs e)
{
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("A push notification {0} error occurred. {1} ({2}) {3}",
e.ErrorType, e.Message, e.ErrorCode, e.ErrorAdditionalData))
);
}
}
here is service :
protected void ButtonSendTile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
string NotifyURI = TextBoxUri.Text.ToString();
HttpWebRequest sendNotificationRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(NotifyURI);
sendNotificationRequest.Method = "POST";
//Create the toast message
string notificationData = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
"<wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\">" +
"<wp:Toast>" +
"<wp:Text1>WP8 TOAST</wp:Text1>" +
"<wp:Text2>" + TextBoxBackContent.Text + "</wp:Text2>" +
"</wp:Toast>" +
"</wp:Notification>";
// Create the tile message.
string tileMessage = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
"<wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\">" +
"<wp:Tile>" +
"<wp:BackgroundImage>" + TextBoxBackgroundImage.Text + "</wp:BackgroundImage>" +
"<wp:Count>" + TextBoxCount.Text + "</wp:Count>" +
"<wp:Title>" + TextBoxTitle.Text + "</wp:Title>" +
"<wp:BackBackgroundImage>" + TextBoxBackBackgroundImage.Text + "</wp:BackBackgroundImage>" +
"<wp:BackTitle>" + TextBoxBackTitle.Text + "</wp:BackTitle>" +
"<wp:BackContent>" + TextBoxBackContent.Text + "</wp:BackContent>" +
"</wp:Tile> " +
"</wp:Notification>";
byte[] notificationMessage = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(tileMessage);
sendNotificationRequest.ContentLength = notificationMessage.Length;
sendNotificationRequest.ContentType = "text/xml";
sendNotificationRequest.Headers.Add("X-WindowsPhone-Target", "token");
sendNotificationRequest.Headers.Add("X-NotificationClass", "1");
using (Stream requestStream = sendNotificationRequest.GetRequestStream())
{
requestStream.Write(notificationMessage, 0, notificationMessage.Length);
}
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)sendNotificationRequest.GetResponse();
string notificationStatus = response.Headers["X-NotificationStatus"];
string notificationChannelStatus = response.Headers["X-SubscriptionStatus"];
string deviceConnectionStatus = response.Headers["X-DeviceConnectionStatus"];
TextBoxResponse.Text = notificationStatus + " | " + deviceConnectionStatus + " | " + notificationChannelStatus;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TextBoxResponse.Text = "Exception caught sending update: " + ex.ToString();
}
}
now as you can see there is a part of code that says “//Create the toast message”,
how do i get that toast to be sent with the tile update? so that when the toast message gets through, the tile updates aswell with the same info i types in the page.
at the moment only the tile gets updated.
here is a picture of the main page aswell.
im very sorry about the long post , but i want to give as much info as possible.
using – Visual Studio 2012/Windows Phone 8/C#/Silverlight
Thanks In Advance.
Is this it?
Combine your xml payloads into one
You won’t see a toast notification when your application is open. Listen for the PushNotificationReceived event to intercept push notifications when your application is running.