BackgroundAgent Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
This is the base class for ScheduledTaskAgent, AudioPlayerAgent, and AudioStreamingAgent. For more information about background audio agents, see Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundAudio. For information about Scheduled Tasks, see Background agents for Windows Phone 8.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System..::.Object
Microsoft.Phone..::.BackgroundAgent
Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundAudio..::.AudioPlayerAgent
Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundAudio..::.AudioStreamingAgent
Microsoft.Phone.DeviceManufacturers..::.ServiceAgent
Microsoft.Phone.Networking.Voip..::.VoipCallInProgressAgent
Microsoft.Phone.Networking.Voip..::.VoipForegroundLifetimeAgent
Microsoft.Phone.Scheduler..::.ScheduledTaskAgent
Microsoft.Phone.Wallet..::.WalletAgent
Namespace: Microsoft.Phone
Assembly: Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)
Syntax
Public MustInherit Class BackgroundAgent
public abstract class BackgroundAgent
The BackgroundAgent type exposes the following members.
Constructors
Name | Description | |
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BackgroundAgent | Initializes a new instance of the BackgroundAgent class. |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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Abort | Informs the operating system that the agent is unable to perform its intended task and that it should not be launched again until the foreground application mitigates the blocking issue and reenables the agent. | |
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.) | |
NotifyComplete | Informs the operating system that the agent has completed its intended task for the current invocation of the agent. | |
NotifyCompleteWithResult | Informs the operating system that the agent has completed its intended task for the current invocation of the agent. Call this method after successfully handling an invocation with a result. | |
OnCancel | Called by the operating system to alert a background agent that it is going to be put into a dormant state or terminated. | |
ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Version Information
Windows Phone OS
Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1
Platforms
Windows Phone
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.