#Windows 8 live tiles update#

It responds to clicks or touch gestures on these tiles and routes the appropriate event to the relevant app on the desktop.

For each application, it collects one or more tiles exposed by the app and pins that app to the Start Screen and updates its contents based on preferences set by the developer. The Live Tile Manager automatically analyzes the running WinForms desktop app to determine if it supports the Live Tile Manager interface. In order to bridge the gap between traditional Windows desktop apps and the Windows 8 Start Screen, DevExpress ships a fully-compliant Windows Store App вЂ“ the Live Tile Manager.

#Windows 8 live tiles update#

вЂњBreathe new life into all WinForms desktop apps and allow developers to create, display and update Live Tiles on the Windows 8 Start Screen without abandoning existing code investments.вЂќ вЂњThe idea behind the Devexpress WinRT Live Tile Manager is simple,вЂќ said Julian Bucknall, CTO at DevExpress. WinForms developers were left with very little choice but to use tiles as simple shortcuts to launch legacy apps. Until the release of the DevExpress WinRT Live Tile Manager, legacy Windows applications could not easily communicate with Live Tiles and deliver on next-generation experiences that lie at the heart of Windows 8. The ability to update Tiles allows running apps to deliver relevant information to the user along with a consolidated entry point into the app itself. Windows 8 Live Tiles offer an entirely new way for applications to interact with end-users on the Start Screen. Theyve been around since Windows 8 and live on in Windows 10, even with the return of the Start menu. NET, WinForms developers can finally provide distinctive updates to Windows Live Tiles from any desktop application and deliver on the promise of Windows 8 and its interactive Live Tile experience without re-writing their existing applications. Microsoft likes tiles and wants you to like them, too.

With the release of the DevExpress WinRT Live Tile Manager for.