Question

Is it possible to tell from inside a page constructor whether OnNavigatedTo will be called or not? And if I add a page instance to the content of a PivotItem, can I tell if the page constructor is called from pivot control?

Answer 1

If you are embedding pages in a pivot then you won’t be able to tell if OnNavigateTo will be called (at least, not from the page constructor).

I would advise against this, it will make things pretty messy. I would suggest you add the page contents to a user control which you can then add to your page or pivot. That way you can add the logic required to the host control (page/pivot).