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April 04, 2013
Represents an Application Bar in Windows Phone applications.
Namespace:
Microsoft.Phone.Shell
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
The ApplicationBar type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | BackgroundColor | Gets or sets the background color of the Application Bar. |
| Buttons | Gets the list of icon buttons that appear on the Application Bar. |
| DefaultSize | Gets the distance that the Application Bar extends into a page when the Mode property is set to Default. |
| ForegroundColor | Gets or sets the foreground color of the Application Bar. |
| IsMenuEnabled | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the user sees the (optional) menu items when they click the ellipsis to expand the Application Bar. |
| IsVisible | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the Application Bar is visible. |
| MenuItems | Gets the list of the menu items that appear on the Application Bar. |
| MiniSize | Gets the distance that the Application Bar extends into a page when the Mode property is set to Minimized. |
| Mode | Gets or sets the size of the Application Bar. |
| Opacity | Gets or sets the opacity of the Application Bar. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| StateChanged | Occurs when the user opens or closes the Application Bar by clicking the ellipsis. |
An Application Bar contains between one and four buttons, an ellipsis, and a set of text menu items. For more information, see App bar for Windows Phone.
The following example creates an Application Bar in XAML that has two icon buttons and two menu items. For the full example, see How to create an app bar using XAML for Windows Phone.
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar> <shell:ApplicationBar Mode="Default" Opacity="1.0" IsMenuEnabled="True" IsVisible="True"> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton Click="Save_Click" IconUri="/Images/save.png" Text="save" /> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton Click="Settings_Click" IconUri="/Images/settings.png" Text="settings" /> <shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Click="MenuItem1_Click" Text="menu item 1" /> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Click="MenuItem2_Click" Text="menu item 2" /> </shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> </shell:ApplicationBar> </phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>
The following example creates an Application Bar in code that has one icon button and one menu item. For the full example, see How to create an app bar using code for Windows Phone.
using System; using System.Windows; using Microsoft.Phone.Controls; using Microsoft.Phone.Shell; namespace HowToCS { public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage { // Constructor public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); ApplicationBar = new ApplicationBar(); ApplicationBar.Mode = ApplicationBarMode.Default; ApplicationBar.Opacity = 1.0; ApplicationBar.IsVisible = true; ApplicationBar.IsMenuEnabled = true; ApplicationBarIconButton button1 = new ApplicationBarIconButton(); button1.IconUri = new Uri("/Images/YourImage.png", UriKind.Relative); button1.Text = "button 1"; ApplicationBar.Buttons.Add(button1); button1.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click); ApplicationBarMenuItem menuItem1 = new ApplicationBarMenuItem(); menuItem1.Text = "menu item 1"; ApplicationBar.MenuItems.Add(menuItem1); menuItem1.Click += new EventHandler(menuItem1_Click); } private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show("Button 1 works!"); //Do work for your application here. } private void menuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show("Menu item 1 works!"); //Do work for your application here. } } }
The following example creates an Application Bar that can be reused on multiple pages in your application. For the full example, see How to reuse an app bar on multiple pages for Windows Phone.
<Application.Resources> <shell:ApplicationBar x:Key="GlobalAppBar" IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True"> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button1.png" Text="Button 1" Click="Button1_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button2.png" Text="Button 2" Click="Button2_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 1" Click="MenuItem1_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 2" Click="MenuItem2_Click" /> </shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> </shell:ApplicationBar> </Application.Resources>
The following example creates two Application Bars that can be used in a single pivot control in your application. For the full example, see How to use different app bars in a single Pivot control for Windows Phone.
<Application.Resources> <shell:ApplicationBar x:Key="AppBar1" IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True"> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button1.png" Text="Button 1" Click="Button1_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 1" Click="MenuItem1_Click" /> </shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> </shell:ApplicationBar> <shell:ApplicationBar x:Key="AppBar2" IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True"> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button1.png" Text="Button 1" Click="Button1_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button2.png" Text="Button 2" Click="Button2_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 1" Click="MenuItem1_Click" /> <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 2" Click="MenuItem2_Click" /> </shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems> </shell:ApplicationBar> </Application.Resources>
