Tiles and Toasts
The official blog of the team that owns the UWP tile and toast API's.
CONTENT MOVED: Primary Live Tile API - Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 02/01/2017
CONTENT MOVED: Progress UI and data binding inside toast notifications - Windows 10 Creators Update
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: leixu2046 Date: 02/01/2017
CONTENT MOVED: Grouping toast notifications under different headers in Action Center - Windows 10 Creators Update
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Author: leixu2046 Date: 01/09/2017
CONTENT MOVED: Custom timestamp on toast notifications - Windows 10 Creators Update
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: leixu2046 Date: 01/09/2017
Debugging Live Tile issues in Windows 10
If you're a developer and wondering "Why isn't my Live Tile updating?", you've came to the right...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 11/04/2016
How to keep your tile notification payload under 5 KB
The XML payload that you construct for your tile notifications must be no larger than 5 KB....
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 11/04/2016
Quickstart: Sending an alarm in Windows 10
In Windows 10 UWP, alarms are simply Toast notifications with the "alarm" scenario. And to make an...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 09/30/2016
How to ensure your toast notifications continue to work when converting your win32 app into a Windows Store app using project Centennial
Note that if you follow the guidance in the latest documentation for desktop toasts, you don't need...
Author: leixu2046 Date: 09/26/2016
NotificationsExtensions has moved to the UWP Community Toolkit!
The UWP Community Toolkit is a new open-source library that enables the developer community to...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 08/19/2016
CONTENT MOVED: Quickstart: Sending a Toast notification with custom audio
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 06/18/2016
CONTENT MOVED: Action Center in the Cloud - Universal Dismiss
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 06/10/2016
CONTENT MOVED: Action Center in the Cloud - Notification Mirroring
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 06/10/2016
CONTENT MOVED: Notification Listener Documentation - Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 05/26/2016
Quickstart: Sending a weather Tile and Toast Notification
In the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, we've made Toast Notifications as visually-capable as Live...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 05/23/2016
CONTENT MOVED: Chaseable Tiles - Know what was clicked on your Live Tile (Windows 10 UWP)
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 04/06/2016
Quickstart: How to use the tile notification queue with local notifications
This topic shows how to enable the notification queue on your tile. It also shows how to tag your...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 01/05/2016
Embed a live tile in your Windows 10 app!
Have you ever wanted to display a preview of your live tile in your app's settings page, so the user...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 12/18/2015
Notifications Visualizer updated for Version 1511 of Windows 10
With Version 1511 of Windows 10 (build 10586, codename TH2 or Threshold 2), we released a few...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 11/20/2015
What's new for Adaptive Tile Templates in Windows 10 Version 1511
For 1511, we've added a number of small features and improvements to Adaptive Tile Templates. This...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 11/03/2015
CONTENT MOVED: People Tile Template in Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 10/22/2015
CONTENT MOVED: Quickstart: Handling toast activations from Win32 apps in Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: leixu2046 Date: 10/16/2015
CONTENT MOVED: Quickstart: Sending a local tile notification in Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 10/05/2015
CONTENT MOVED: Photos tile template in Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 09/22/2015
Introducing Notifications Visualizer for Windows 10
Notifications Visualizer is a new universal app in the Store that helps developers design adaptive...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 09/22/2015
Introducing the Notifications library for Windows 10!
The Notifications library from the UWP Community Toolkit allows you to generate tile, toast, and...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 08/20/2015
Ping Pong Quest Follow Up
(Published on behalf of Adam Wilson) Well that was exciting. In a little over 5 days we managed to...
Author: leixu2046 Date: 08/07/2015
Detailed lock screen status for Windows 10
Users can pick one app to display a detailed status on their lock screen, displaying up to three...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 08/05/2015
CONTENT MOVED: Iconic Tile template for Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 07/31/2015
What's new/different with toast notifications and action center in Windows 10
Previously in desktop Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, a toast notification was a transient message – a...
Author: leixu2046 Date: 07/10/2015
CONTENT MOVED: Quickstart: Sending a local toast notification and handling activations (Windows 10)
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: leixu2046 Date: 07/08/2015
Toast Notification and Action Center Overview for Windows 10
This topic discusses the concepts and terminology surrounding toast notifications. A toast...
Author: leixu2046 Date: 07/08/2015
What's new with live tiles in Windows 10
Windows 10 brings a number of improvements to tiles, like adaptive tile templates which make it...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 07/06/2015
CONTENT MOVED: Adaptive and interactive toast notifications for Windows 10
Content moved Please see the article on docs.microsoft.com for the latest documentation.
Author: leixu2046 Date: 07/02/2015
Adaptive Tile Templates - Schema and Documentation
Adaptive tile templates are a new feature in Windows 10, allowing you to easily specify content on...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 06/30/2015
Archived: Adaptive Tile Templates - Schema and Documentation (10240)
Adaptive tile templates are a new feature in Windows 10, allowing you to easily specify content on...
Author: andrewbares7 Date: 06/29/2015