Tile

Represents tile on Windows start screen

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Definition


public sealed class Tile

This class can be used to create or update secondary tiles on start screen and get instances of tiles to send notifications to them.

Property	Description
exists	Whether secondary tile is pinned to start screen.
hasUserConsent	Whether secondary tile was approved (pinned to start screen) or rejected by user.
id	A unique string, identifying secondary tile

Property	Description
main	Returns applications main tile

Method	Description
Delete	Shows a request to the user to unpin this secondary tile from the Start screen.
PeriodicBadgeUpdate	Starts periodic update of a badge on a tile.
PeriodicUpdate	Starts periodic update of a tile.
RemoveBadge	Remove badge from tile.
StopPeriodicBadgeUpdate	Stops previously started periodic update of a tile.
StopPeriodicUpdate	Stops previously started periodic update of a tile.
Update	Sends a notification that changes how the tile looks, from an XML document.
UpdateBadgeImage	Sets or updates badge on a tile to an image.
UpdateBadgeNumber	Set or update a badge on a tile to a number.

Method	Description
CreateOrUpdateSecondary	Creates a new secondary tile or updates an existing one.
DeleteSecondary	Shows a request to the user to unpin the secondary tile with the specified ID from the Start screen.
Exists	Checks whether a secondary tile is pinned to the start screen.
GetSecondaries	Gets all secondary tiles.
GetSecondary	Returns the secondary tile, identified by tile id.
GetTemplate	Get template XML for tile notification.