#Live tile windows 8 windows 8#

I use the Localytics service to monitor the number of downloads and sessions of the user.ДЄ: Pingdom Alert can be used to get an overview of your Pingdom checks using a native Windows 8 application. Pingdom provides a REST API over HTTPS that can be used to extract the information, which also can be integrated pretty easily. The development environment used was Microsoft Visual Studio. It is developed using the programming language C# and presentation markup technology XAML.

#Live tile windows 8 android#

I saw that there was already an app available on the Android platform but that there wasnвЂ™t one on the Windows 8 platform. I use Pingdom to monitor a blog that I use to write stuff about my interests.

I am always looking for opportunities and ideas for new apps to develop. Developers can use free tools to develop apps and use the electronic distribution platforms to distribute them.

Q: How did you come up with the idea behind the app for Pingdom alerts that you have developed? Also, tell us something about how you develop it.ДЄ: Nowadays it is so easy to develop and distribute apps. For me, it was relatively easy to start creating apps for the Windows platform. The reason I use these platforms is because I have a lot of experience with developing application on the Windows platform. I develop apps mainly on the Windows platform (Windows Phone 7 & 8 and Windows 8). It gives me satisfaction to see that a large number of people are using my apps. I love to create apps and share knowledge regarding app development. Hinttech is a company specialized in consulting, implementation and managed services related to content and marketing technology.Д«esides my day job, I spend time with my family and developing apps.

#Live tile windows 8 software#

Q: Tell us about yourself and what you do.ДЄ: I am a software architect that works for Hinttech. To find out more about Pingdom Alert, we reached out to its developer, Patrick Kalkman. WeвЂ™re always looking for cool and interesting ways that our customers use our services.

#Live tile windows 8 code#

Will you consider using TileNotification.ExpirationTime to manageВ the tiles display? See if the following code helps you: XmlDocument tileXML_1 = TileUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(TileTemplateType.TileWideImageAndText01) XmlNodeList tileTextAttribute = tileXML_1.GetElementsByTagName('text') tileTextAttribute.AppendChild(tileXML_1.CreateTextNode('This tile notification uses ms-resource images')) XmlNodeList tileImageAttributes = tileXML_1.GetElementsByTagName('image') ((XmlElement)tileImageAttributes).SetAttribute('src', 'ms-resource:TileImages/20110213114606270.jpg') XmlDocument tileXML_2 = TileUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(TileTemplateType.TileWideImageAndText01) XmlNodeList tileTextAttribute_2 = tileXML_2.GetElementsByTagName('text') tileTextAttribute_2.AppendChild(tileXML_2.CreateTextNode('This tile notification uses ms-resource images-2')) XmlNodeList tileImageAttributes_2 = tileXML_2.GetElementsByTagName('image') ((XmlElement)tileImageAttributes_2).SetAttribute('src', 'ms-resource:TileImages/1_110706120126_5.jpg') NotificationSetting setting = TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().Setting TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().EnableNotificationQueue(true) TileNotification tileNotification = new TileNotification(tileXML_1) tileNotification.Tag = 'Wide Tile 1' TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().Update(tileNotification) TileNotification tileNotification_2 = new TileNotification(tileXML_2) tileNotification.Tag = 'Wide Tile 2' cal = new () cal.SetToNow() cal.AddSeconds(10) tileNotification.ExpirationTime = cal.GetDateTime() TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().If you want to monitor your websiteвЂ™s status with a Live Tile in Windows 8 thereвЂ™s a free app that will let you do just that: Pingdom Alert.