How to add / remove default tile / secondary tile for Windows phone 8.1 (universal) applications from code?

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votes

n windows phone 8 silverlight application we can add / remove tiles from the code as below

ShellTile.Create(tileUri, tileData, true);

and we can get the tiles based on the Uri like below

ShellTile.ActiveTiles.FirstOrDefault(x => x.NavigationUri.ToString().Contains("/"));

How we can do similarly in windows phone 8.1 (universal) applications?

I could not get clear information or samples.

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c#windows-runtimewindows-phone-8.1

1 Answers

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votes

When you want to create a tile, you can do it as in this answer:

SecondaryTile tileData = new SecondaryTile()
{
    TileId = "MyTileID",
    DisplayName = "MyTilesTitle",
    Arguments = "Some arguments"
};
tileData.VisualElements.Square150x150Logo = new Uri("uri to image");
await tileData.RequestCreateAsync();

When you want to delete a tile, then you will have to find your tile (for example by its ID), then call RequestDeleteAsync():

SecondaryTile tile = (await SecondaryTile.FindAllAsync()).FirstOrDefault((t) => t.TileId == "your tile's ID");
if (tile != null) await tile.RequestDeleteAsync();

Some more information at MSDN.