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freeeman
freeeman

Reputation: 202

Windows 8 store app: how to have the app live tile change constantly of colour (and text)?

Is there a way to have a live tile app on the start menu being 'constantly' (as many times as possible per minute for example) change the whole colour of the tile following a precise cycle (this is a feature we want not just a design thing)

Judging by this answer to a close question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15086232/867899

It's not possible if your app is not running, even with the background task refresh frequency is 15 minutes. For now this scenario is simply not supported.

I wonder if it's actually doable and in the case that your app is actually running the app is not full screen (of course) or snapped and the start menu is open, how long will it be possible to have that tile constantly updated then?

Thanks a lot.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 809

Answers (1)

SWalters
SWalters

Reputation: 3694

This is addressed by this post here. If your app is running, frequent tile updates, while doable, are frowned upon by MS as this isn't the intended purpose of the Live Tiles.

From the MS Guidelines and checklist for tiles and badges:

Inappropriate Use of tile notifications

Don't use live tiles if you don't have interesting, new, personalized content for the user.

This being the case, it's quite likely that the feature you described would get your app rejected from the Store.

Upvotes: 2

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