How to use the connection settings task for Windows Phone 8

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[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Use the connection settings task to enable the user to adjust the device’s network connection settings.

By using Launchers, you help provide a consistent user experience throughout the Windows Phone platform. For more information, see Launchers and Choosers for Windows Phone 8.

To use the connection settings task

  1. Add the following statements to your code.

    using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;

    Imports Microsoft.Phone.Tasks

  2. Add the following code to your application wherever you need it, such as in a button click event. To test this procedure, you can put the code in the page constructor. This is the code to launch the task.

    ConnectionSettingsTask connectionSettingsTask = new ConnectionSettingsTask();
connectionSettingsTask.ConnectionSettingsType = ConnectionSettingsType.WiFi;
connectionSettingsTask.Show();

    Dim connectionSettingsTask as ConnectionSettingsTask = new ConnectionSettingsTask()
connectionSettingsTask.ConnectionSettingsType = ConnectionSettingsType.WiFi
connectionSettingsTask.Show()

See Also

Reference

ConnectionSettingsTask

Microsoft.Phone.Net.NetworkInformation