MSDN Highlight: Windows Phone 8 Lock Screen

With the arrival of the Windows Phone SDK 8 we now have a ton of new features to incorporate into apps. I want to highlight the Lock Screen as it offers a unique capability to have your app control what the Lock Screen displays. It is a fully integrated feature that allows your app to interact with Settings and vice verse.

 

I want to highlight two MSDN articles that address this capability:

1. Lock screen BACKGROUND for Windows Phone 8
   • Updating the app manifest file
   • Adding code to change the lock screen background
   • Setting up a default lock screen background image
   • Handling parameters from the lock screen settings screen
   • Linking to the lock screen settings screen from within your app
2. Lock screen NOTIFICATION for Windows Phone 8

• • Creating a lock screen icon
  • Setting app manifest extensions for the lock screen
  • Linking the lock screen settings screen from within your app

Can you think of innovation application for Lock Screen? Share!

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