Microsoft.Phone.Shell Namespace
July 26, 2012
This namespace provides access to shell APIs for Windows Phone.
| Class | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ActivatedEventArgs | Provides data for Activated events. |
| ApplicationBar | Represents an Application Bar in Windows Phone applications. |
| ApplicationBarIconButton | An Application Bar button with an icon. |
| ApplicationBarMenuItem | An item that can be added to the menu of an ApplicationBar. |
| ApplicationBarStateChangedEventArgs | Provides data for StateChanged events that occur when the user opens or closes the Application Bar. |
| ClosingEventArgs | Provides data for the Closing event. |
| DeactivatedEventArgs | Provides data for the Deactivated event. |
| LaunchingEventArgs | Provides data for Launching events. |
| PhoneApplicationService | The PhoneApplicationService class provides access to various aspects of the application’s lifetime. This includes management of the application’s idle behavior and management of the application’s state when it becomes active or inactive. |
| ProgressIndicator | Provides methods and properties for interacting with the progress indicator on the system tray on an application page. |
| ShellTile | Class for managing the Application Tile and secondary Tiles for an application. For more information about Tiles, see Tiles Overview for Windows Phone. |
| ShellTileData | Base class for Tile data. For more information about Tiles, see Tiles Overview for Windows Phone. |
| ShellTileSchedule | Creates an object that allows an application to schedule updates of its Tile's background image. For more information about Tiles and Tile background images, see Tiles Overview for Windows Phone. For an example of how to use ShellTileSchedule, see How to: Schedule Tile Updates for Windows Phone. |
| ShellToast | A class for displaying a toast to the user. While the Show() method can be called from any application, a toast will not be displayed if the current foreground application is the caller of the ShellToast.Show method. This means that this should primarily be used by a background agent. |
| StandardTileData | Data for a Tile pinned to Start. Tiles have a “front” and “back” to them, and this class holds all this data. For more information about Tiles, see Tiles Overview for Windows Phone. |
| SystemTray | Provides methods and properties for interacting with the system tray on an application page. |
| Interface | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| IApplicationBar | Defines events and properties for the Application Bar in Windows Phone applications. |
| IApplicationBarIconButton | The interface from which ApplicationBarIconButton inherits. |
| IApplicationBarMenuItem | The interface from which ApplicationBarMenuItem inherits. |
| Enumeration | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ApplicationBarMode | Specifies the size of an Application Bar. |
| IdleDetectionMode | Defines the status for idle detection of users and applications. Used with the UserIdleDetectionMode and ApplicationIdleDetectionMode properties. |
| StartupMode | Lists the modes in which an application can be started. Used by the StartupMode property. |
| UpdateInterval | Defines which interval will be used with the schedule if UpdateRecurrence has been set to Interval. |
| UpdateRecurrence | Defines whether the schedule will be executed one time or multiple times. |
