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Asked: 2026-05-22T11:57:32+00:00

I’m trying to find out about the Extras menu on windows phone. Extras.xml. Here

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I’m trying to find out about the Extras menu on windows phone. Extras.xml. Here is what I’ve found (there isn’t much out there)

  1. Adding extras.xml to your app will put it into the ‘extras menu’
  2. Extras menu is available in your media library
  3. you can send media to your app via extras menu

What else is this used for? Where else can it go? Can you use extras menu in your app or is it an OS only menu? Is it limited to media?

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    You can use Extras in order to further integrate your app into the OS. For example, a user can view a picture from the Pictures Hub. If your app uses the Extras file, then it’ll appear as an option from within the Pictures Hub. The user can then tap on your app (from the picture’s menu) and your app will launch, with the OS passing the picture to your app as a parameter. Your app reads in the image and performs some sort of function on it. Using the Extras file is very easy as demonstrated on this MSDN page.

    The Mango update will further enhance this by providing the Extras menu from within Bing search results. The demo shown recently showed the user searching for a movie in Bing. Straight from the results, the user can launch the IMDB app (or any other app that uses Extras) and have the system automatically send in the details of the movie they searched for. Within the IMDB app, they could see trailers, info etc…

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