Question

I’m trying to implement the live tile to my app. This is the easier processes that I found online. But I get an Uri exception.

Here is the Code:

    private void PhoneApplicationPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        InternetIsAvailable(); GetDataFeed(); BackTile();
    }

    public void BackTile()
    {
        StandardTileData backData = new StandardTileData
        {
            BackBackgroundImage = new Uri(@"https://dl.dropbox.com/u/27136243/AchivementHunters/Images/LatestTile.png", UriKind.Absolute),
        };
        ShellTile tile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.First();
        tile.Update(backData);
    }

I want to update the back tile by just replacing the image. I see many tutorials that include servers, but I do not know anything about servers.

If I include the file in the soluction and use this:

            BackBackgroundImage = new Uri(@"LatestTile.png", UriKind.Absolute),

it works fine.

how can i download the image from the URL and save it the specific path needed for the back image?

Answer 1

The documentation for StandardTileData states that “Secondary Tiles can be created only using local resources for images”

You will need to use a WebClient to download the image and save it to IsolatedStorage and then specify that isostore URI for the live tile to use.

Hope this helps!