Using WP7's Secondary Tiles with Caliburn.Micro

There’s good guide on how to manage WP7’s Secondary tiles on MSDN.

So, how are you doing it with Caliburn.Micro? Take same way, it just works!

However, there’s a small touch of Caliburn.Micro goodness you can add to your code to make it more maintainable. When you’re setting the URI for your Tile, use the INavigationService.UriFor<>() extension method. This will make your code a little more friendly for an eventual refactoring and for sure will save you from few nasty bugs.

Sample code:

var newTileData = new StandardTileData
{
    Title = "my tile",
    BackTitle = "my tile details",
    BackContent = "description",
};

ShellTile.Create(navigationService.UriFor<MyViewModel>()
                     .WithParam(x => x.ViewModelParameter, "some value")
                     .BuildUri(),
                 newTileData);

Piece of cake!