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JacobTheDev
JacobTheDev

Reputation: 18520

Disable Text on Windows Phone 7 Icon

I've written a couple of simple Windows Phone icons, and I need to disable the text on the icon that gets pinned to the start screen. I can't find anything on this through Google. I've tried just removed the Title text and using a space, but neither of those are valid. I know the Facebook app does this, so I know it's possible, even if it's only with a closer partnership with Microsoft...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 277

Answers (1)

javvin
javvin

Reputation: 136

You can edit the WMAppManifest.xml directly to set the tag to the desired space or empty string instead of using the [Project].[Properties].[Application] Form. This has worked for me as recent as 08/11 (and passed MS certification). Note also that when using Live tile Refresh, empty string is valid (example below) 

    private void RefreshApplicationTile()
    {
        ShellTile tile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.First();
        if (tile != null) {
            StandardTileData NewTileData = new StandardTileData
            {
                Title = String.Empty,
                BackgroundImage = new Uri(@"/Background.png", UriKind.Relative),
                BackTitle = String.Empty,
                BackBackgroundImage = new Uri(@"/BackBackground.png", UriKind.Relative),
    ....
            };
            tile.Update(NewTileData);
        }
    }

Upvotes: 6

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