Question

Is it somehow possible to add a dynamic Tile in WP7, where i take a PNG file with my logo in the Center and add a Background Color to it?

It should look like this:

At the moment i create my Tiles like this:

private void addShortcut_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string Url = GlobalVariables.Uri;
        StandardTileData NewTileData = new StandardTileData
        {
            BackgroundImage = new Uri("img/red.jpg", UriKind.Relative),
            Title = "Energy "+GlobalVariables.Name,
            Count = 0,
            BackTitle = "Radion Energy",
            BackContent = "Hitmusic Only!",
            BackBackgroundImage = new Uri("img/test.jpg", UriKind.Relative)
        };
        try
        {
            // Create the Tile and pin it to Start. This will cause a navigation to Start and a deactivation of our application.
            ShellTile.Create(new Uri("/MainPage.xaml?stationName=" + stationName + "&tile=true&name=" + GlobalVariables.Name + "&url=" + Url, UriKind.Relative), NewTileData);
        }
        catch
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Channel-Tile exists already.");
        }
    }

So at the moment the Background has always the same color as the Phonestyle itself. (I don’t really get why because the red.jpg actually is a red square. 🙂 And at the moment i dont have a Logo in it so it’s just blanc.

Thanks 🙂

Answer 1

I have used the Ree7 Tile Toolkit, which allows to you setup a tile with a custom background color, the source code includes a sample project which explains and demonstrates how to use the toolkit :-

http://wp7tiletoolkit.codeplex.com/