TileNotification class (Windows)

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Defines an update to a tile, including its visuals, identification tag, and expiration time.

Syntax


var tileNotification = new Windows.UI.Notifications.TileNotification();

Attributes

ActivatableAttribute(Windows.UI.Notifications.ITileNotificationFactory, NTDDI_WIN8)
ThreadingAttribute(MTA)
VersionAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)

Members

The TileNotification class has these types of members:

Constructors
Methods
Properties

Constructors

The TileNotification class has these constructors.

Constructor	Description
TileNotification	Creates and initializes a new instance of the TileNotification object for use with a TileUpdater.

Methods

The TileNotification class inherits methods from the Object class (C#/VB/C++).

Properties

The TileNotification class has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Content	Read-only	Gets the XML description of the notification content, which you can then manipulate to alter the notification.
ExpirationTime	Read/write	Gets or sets the time that Windows will remove the notification from the tile.
Tag	Read/write	Gets or sets a string that Windows can use to prevent duplicate notification content from appearing in the queue.

Examples

The following example uses the TileNotification constructor to create a new instance, then uses the ExpirationTime property to show a tile notification for 30 seconds.

JavaScript



function tileNotificationExpiration() {
    var Notifications = Windows.UI.Notifications;
    var tileXml = Notifications.TileUpdateManager.getTemplateContent(Notifications.TileTemplateType.tileWideText04);

    var currentTime = new Date();
    var seconds = 30;

    var tileTextAttributes = tileXml.getElementsByTagName("text");
    tileTextAttributes[0].appendChild(tileXml.createTextNode("This notification will expire at " + new Date(currentTime.getTime() + seconds * 1000)));

    var tileNotification = new Notifications.TileNotification(tileXml);

    // Set the expiration time on the notification
    var expiryTime = new Date(currentTime.getTime() + seconds * 1000);

    tileNotification.expirationTime = expiryTime;
    Notifications.TileUpdateManager.createTileUpdaterForApplication().update(tileNotification);
}

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [Windows Store apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [Windows Store apps only]
Namespace	Windows.UI.Notifications Windows::UI::Notifications [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd

TileNotification class