Dynamic Lock Screen for Windows Phone 8 - Revision history

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 # Images coming from RSS
-To provide the lock screen background image in the phone, we need to declare the app's intent in the app manifest file '''WMAppManifest.xml''', and add code to handle changing the background image and then to change image periodically we need to use [http://bit.ly/T5J4Wy Windows Phone Scheduler] as {{Icode|Background Agent}}.
+To provide the lock screen background image in the phone, we need to declare the app's intent in the app manifest file '''WMAppManifest.xml''', and add code to handle changing the background image and then to change image periodically we need to use [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh202942(v=vs.105).aspx Windows Phone Scheduler] as {{Icode|Background Agent}}.
 In the last section we will show how to make your WP8 app enabled for lock screen notifications, to make the lock screen more dynamic.

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 The Lockscreen in Windows Phone 8 is customisable - you can set the background image, text (from notifications) and also "counters" for up to 5 main apps (for example showing how many messages have arrived).
-This article explains how to change the Lockscreen background image using [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/windows.phone.system.userprofile.lockscreenmanager LockScreenManager]. We will also show you how to change the Lockscreen wallpaper in background periodically using [http://bit.ly/T5J4Wy Background Agent Scheduler].
+This article explains how to change the Lockscreen background image using [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/windows.phone.system.userprofile.lockscreenmanager LockScreenManager]. We will also show you how to change the Lockscreen wallpaper in background periodically using [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh202942(v=vs.105).aspx Background Agent Scheduler].
 The raw API for setting the background images only allows you to fetch an image from a local URI or the gallery. To make it interesting, the example gets the images from a number of places:

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-[[Category:Windows Phone]][[Category:Windows Phone 8]][[Category:Silverlight]][[Category:Code Examples]][[Category:UI]][[Category:Code Snippet]]
+[[Category:Windows Phone]][[Category:Windows Phone 8]][[Category:XAML]][[Category:Code Examples]][[Category:UI]][[Category:Code Snippet]]
 {{Abstract|This article explains how to change the Lock screen image of Windows Phone 8 using application that can be set in Lock screen setting. Going further, this article also explains how we can change the lock screen periodically with new image which can located on app folder or over internet. We will also see code demo for each method to set lock screen.  }}
 {{Note|This article was a winner in the [[Windows Phone 8 Wiki Competition 2012Q4]].}}

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-[[Category:Windows Phone]][[Category:Windows Phone 8]][[Category:Silverlight]][[Category:Code Examples]][[Category:UI]]
+[[Category:Windows Phone]][[Category:Windows Phone 8]][[Category:Silverlight]][[Category:Code Examples]][[Category:UI]][[Category:Code Snippet]]
 {{Abstract|This article explains how to change the Lock screen image of Windows Phone 8 using application that can be set in Lock screen setting. Going further, this article also explains how we can change the lock screen periodically with new image which can located on app folder or over internet. We will also see code demo for each method to set lock screen.  }}
 {{Note|This article was a winner in the [[Windows Phone 8 Wiki Competition 2012Q4]].}}

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 == Video Demo ==
-Here you can see the app in action changing lock screen image every 30 sec. {{#ev:youtube|6151VMkioT0}}
+Here you can see the app in action changing lock screen image every 30 sec.
 Here is the video of RSS demo application "Flicker RSS - Dynamic Lock screen". We will also going to create this app later.
-You can see application in action {{#ev:youtube|05PEOug3sHE}}
+You can see application in action
 We are going to create these apps. So '''let's get started'''! First we will show you how to set a default image to lock screen by app acting as Background image provide.

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 [[Category:Windows Phone]][[Category:Windows Phone 8]][[Category:Silverlight]][[Category:Code Examples]][[Category:UI]]
 {{Abstract|This article explains how to change the Lock screen image of Windows Phone 8 using application that can be set in Lock screen setting. Going further, this article also explains how we can change the lock screen periodically with new image which can located on app folder or over internet. We will also see code demo for each method to set lock screen.  }}
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 * [[Media:DynamicLockScreen - Image Located over server.zip]]
 * [[Media:RssLockscreen.zip]]
 |installfile= <!-- Link to installation file (e.g. [[Media:The Installation File.sis]]) -->
 |devices= Windows Phone 8 device, Nokia Lumia 920, 820

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 To provide the lock screen background image in the phone, we need to declare the app's intent in the app manifest file '''WMAppManifest.xml''', and add code to handle changing the background image and then to change image periodically we need to use [http://bit.ly/T5J4Wy Windows Phone Scheduler] as {{Icode|Background Agent}}.
 == Video Demo ==
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 Please find the source code of a demo app on below Source Code section.
 == Summary ==
 So this way, we can create application for Windows Phone 8 that change the lock screen background periodically. We can also set image which located on server as lock screen. This image located over internet server might have some information written on it as text or image.
-So we have seen how to create set a image as lock screen, how to make lock screen image dynamic with images located on app folder or over internet.
+So we have seen how to create set a image as lock screen, how to make lock screen image dynamic with images located on app folder or over internet and finally how to make a WP8 app enabled for dynamic lock screen notifications.
 == Source code ==

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 Here we also defined [http://bit.ly/Tlzm2y ExpirationTime] of this PeriodicTask by  {{Icode|periodicTask.ExpirationTime}} to 14 days or less from the current date. The default value is 14 days from the current date. Applications that use [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledtask(v=vs.92).aspx ScheduledTask] must renew their schedule at least once every two weeks by calling [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.remove(v=vs.92).aspx Remove(String)] and then [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.add(v=vs.92).aspx Add(ScheduledAction)] to add the task when the main application is running in the foreground. This helps to ensure that unused applications are not draining device resources.
-{{Note| The [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.launchfortest(v=vs.105).aspx LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method is provided so that you can run your agent on a more frequent schedule than it will run on an actual device. This method is only for application development. It will not function except for in applications that are deployed using the development tools. You should remove calls to this method from your production application. In this example, the call is placed in an '''#if''' block to enable you to easily switch between debugging and production functionality. To enable the call, put the following line at the top of the '''ScheduledAgent.cs''' file. {{Icode|#define DEBUG_AGENT}}  }}
+{{Note| The [http://bit.ly/Y3xsqX LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method is provided so that you can run your agent on a more frequent schedule than it will run on an actual device. This method is only for application development. It will not function except for in applications that are deployed using the development tools. You should remove calls to this method from your production application. In this example, the call is placed in an '''#if''' block to enable you to easily switch between debugging and production functionality. To enable the call, put the following line at the top of the '''ScheduledAgent.cs''' file. {{Icode|#define DEBUG_AGENT}}  }}
 First we need to define [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.periodictask(v=vs.92).aspx PeriodicTask] in '''MainPage.xaml.cs''' as below.

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 </gallery>
-In '''MainPage.xaml.cs''' class, we need to add [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.periodictask(v=vs.92).aspx PeriodicTask] type [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledtaskagent(v=vs.92).aspx ScheduleAgentTask] as shown below which run after some time (normally after 30 min). But to test this in simulator we cant wait 30 min, so we have made it to run after every 30 sec using [http://bit.ly/T5Jpsl LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method which run only on device/simulator when application is in debug mode. You can see we have defined {{Icode|#define DEBUG_AGENT}} before calling [http://bit.ly/T5Jpsl LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method.
+In '''MainPage.xaml.cs''' class, we need to add [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.periodictask(v=vs.92).aspx PeriodicTask] type [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledtaskagent(v=vs.92).aspx ScheduleAgentTask] as shown below which run after some time (normally after 30 min). But to test this in simulator we cant wait 30 min, so we have made it to run after every 30 sec using [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.launchfortest(v=vs.105).aspx LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method which run only on device/simulator when application is in debug mode. You can see we have defined {{Icode|#define DEBUG_AGENT}} before calling [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.launchfortest(v=vs.105).aspx LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method.
 Here we also defined [http://bit.ly/Tlzm2y ExpirationTime] of this PeriodicTask by  {{Icode|periodicTask.ExpirationTime}} to 14 days or less from the current date. The default value is 14 days from the current date. Applications that use [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledtask(v=vs.92).aspx ScheduledTask] must renew their schedule at least once every two weeks by calling [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.remove(v=vs.92).aspx Remove(String)] and then [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.add(v=vs.92).aspx Add(ScheduledAction)] to add the task when the main application is running in the foreground. This helps to ensure that unused applications are not draining device resources.
-{{Note| The [http://bit.ly/T5Jpsl LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method is provided so that you can run your agent on a more frequent schedule than it will run on an actual device. This method is only for application development. It will not function except for in applications that are deployed using the development tools. You should remove calls to this method from your production application. In this example, the call is placed in an '''#if''' block to enable you to easily switch between debugging and production functionality. To enable the call, put the following line at the top of the '''ScheduledAgent.cs''' file. {{Icode|#define DEBUG_AGENT}}  }}
+{{Note| The [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/microsoft.phone.scheduler.scheduledactionservice.launchfortest(v=vs.105).aspx LaunchForTest(String, TimeSpan)] method is provided so that you can run your agent on a more frequent schedule than it will run on an actual device. This method is only for application development. It will not function except for in applications that are deployed using the development tools. You should remove calls to this method from your production application. In this example, the call is placed in an '''#if''' block to enable you to easily switch between debugging and production functionality. To enable the call, put the following line at the top of the '''ScheduledAgent.cs''' file. {{Icode|#define DEBUG_AGENT}}  }}
 First we need to define [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.phone.scheduler.periodictask(v=vs.92).aspx PeriodicTask] in '''MainPage.xaml.cs''' as below.