- Select new -> project
- Select your preferred language
- Select the silverlight for Windows Phone application
- Name the project
- Now name of project is "PhoneSimpleClock"
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Step 2 : Open the Toolbox of the Windows Phone application.
- Drag & Drop TextBlock control on design view.
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Step 3 : Set some formatting on map XAML code.
Code
<StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
<TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="MY APPLICATION" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="Simple Clock" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
</StackPanel>
<!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
<TextBlock Height="84" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="30,286,0,0" Name="textBlock1" Text="" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="40" Width="393" />
</Grid>
Step 4 : The final presentation of design view is given below:
Code
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
x:Class="PhoneSimpleClock.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="480" d:DesignHeight="768"
FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"
shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
<!--LayoutRoot is the root grid where all page content is placed-->
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->
<StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
<TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="MY APPLICATION" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="Simple Clock" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
</StackPanel>
<!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
<TextBlock Height="84" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="30,286,0,0" Name="textBlock1" Text="" VerticalAlignment="Top" FontSize="40" Width="393" />
</Grid>
</Grid>
</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>
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Step 6 : Code of MainPage.xaml.cs file.
Code
using System;
using System.Windows.Threading;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
namespace PhoneSimpleClock
{
public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
{
// Constructor
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
DispatcherTimer dtm = new DispatcherTimer();
dtm.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
dtm.Tick += OnTimerTick;
dtm.Start();
}
void OnTimerTick(Object s, EventArgs e)
{
textBlock1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
}
}
Output
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