Live tiles with 5 images in cycle

Question

I know how to show a simple Live Tile in a Windows Store App. I used to charge an XmlTemplate string choosing certain width.

But, I've seen that there some apps that show like 5 different live tiles. By example, Photos app show 5 images in cycle and change each 5 seconds so so.

How can I perform this functionality in my app or if you can show an app demo from Windows 8.1 samples, I would be greatful with you.

Answer 1

Here is a msdn sample. But it's a bit cryptic for my taste.

In simple steps, you should create 5 tiles (or less) and put them into notification queue. Enable queue and supply tileTagId.

Here is my code: AllTiles - array with all the tiles. AppTileId - secondary tile Id. You can change it to the primary tile by uncommenting the line with CreateTileUpdaterForApplication code.

// Posting update
int tileTagId = 0;
foreach ( XmlDocument XmlTile in AllTiles )
{
    TileNotification tileNotification = new TileNotification( XmlTile );
    tileNotification.Tag = tileTagId.ToString();
    TileUpdater secondaryTileUpdater = TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForSecondaryTile( AppTileId );
    //TileUpdater secondaryTileUpdater = TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication();
    secondaryTileUpdater.EnableNotificationQueue( true );
    secondaryTileUpdater.Update( tileNotification );
    tileTagId++;
}

Answer 2

You should enable the notification queue.