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DeviceStatus.PowerSourceChanged Event

July 26, 2012

Occurs when the power source of the device changes.

Namespace: Microsoft.Phone.Info
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)

public static event EventHandler PowerSourceChanged

Remarks

For more information about the DeviceStatus API, see Device Status for Windows Phone.

Examples

The following code example shows how you can use the Dispatcher.BeginInvoke method and the PowerSourceChanged event handler to display a message when the device is disconnected from an external power source.

void DeviceStatus_PowerSourceChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(DeviceDisconnectedFromPower);
}

void DeviceDisconnectedFromPower()
{
    if (DeviceStatus.PowerSource.ToString() != "External")
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Device is disconnected from an external power source.");
    }
}

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 7.1

Platforms

Windows Phone

Reference

DeviceStatus Class

Microsoft.Phone.Info Namespace

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