Clearing FlipTileData BackBackgroundImage

Question

I have a periodic task that updates my live tile. Basically it looks like this:

    var tileData = new FlipTileData()
    {
        BackgroundImage = mediumFrontUrl,
        BackBackgroundImage = mediumBackUrl,
        WideBackgroundImage = wideFrontUrl,
        WideBackBackgroundImage = wideBackUrl
    };

    ShellTile primaryTile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.First();
    if (primaryTile != null)
    {
        primaryTile.Update(tileData);
    }

There are certain occasions where I would like to not display the BackBackgroundImage and WideBackBackgroundImage. How do I clear the values? Simply setting things to null doesn't work (it just keeps what was there previously). According to the docs if I use XAML to create the live tile I can set Action="Clear". How do I set that in code?

Answer 1

You can clear the property for each Tile property.

For BackBackgroundImaga it's Empty URI: BackBackgroundImage = new Uri("", UriKind.Relative)

More info on msdn page Tiles Overview for Windows Phone: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202948%28v=vs.92%29.aspx

Hope this help Best regards