Toast Notification in Windows Phone 8.1 API

Introduction

 

So, we have moved to Windows Phone 8.1 and with this new version, the API has introduced a Notification Bar. In the early API, the major features were Toast Notification and Push Notification.

 

For now, in this article, we will implement a small demonstration over the Notification Bar.

 

 

Procedures

 

Step 1

 

Create a Blank Windows Phone Project with Windows Phone 8.1 API.

 

 

And add a button that will show the notification.

 

Step 2

 

Now, raise the Click event of the button and add the following code in the event handler.

 

<code>

<code>
private void simpleToast_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            ToastTemplateType toastType = ToastTemplateType.ToastText02;

            XmlDocument toastXml = ToastNotificationManager.GetTemplateContent(toastType);

            XmlNodeList toastTextElement = toastXml.GetElementsByTagName("text");
            toastTextElement[0].AppendChild(toastXml.CreateTextNode("Hello C# Corner"));
            toastTextElement[1].AppendChild(toastXml.CreateTextNode("I am poping you from a Winmdows Phone App"));

            IXmlNode toastNode= toastXml.SelectSingleNode("/toast");
            ((XmlElement)toastNode).SetAttribute("duration","long");

            ToastNotification toast = new ToastNotification(toastXml);
            ToastNotificationManager.CreateToastNotifier().Show(toast);


        }
</code>

Before you start, ensure you have the following namespace in your project.

1. using Windows.UI.Notifications;  
2. using Windows.Data.Xml.Dom; 

Output

 

 

Note

 

You must have Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 at least with the Windows Phone 8.1 Emulator or any supported device to run this demo app.

 

Conclusion

 

It's a small demonstration of Toast Notification that we have implemented with the help of the Windows Phone 8.1 API.