Introduction
In this article we will implement a ListPicker Control that is not actually imbedded in the toolbox but it is very useful.
Let me first explain what a List Picker is. It is the same as a ComboBox but with a few more features.
Whenever we click on the ListPicker it expands and shows the entire list of data.
Procedures
Step 1: As you all know it is not the part of toolbox; it has not already been embedded in Visual Studio.To implement it we need to download the Silverlight toolkit for Windows Phone. You can find it on:
Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit
Just go to this link and download the Silverlight toolkit.
Step 2: Create the new Windows Phone project ("New Project" -> "Silverlight for Windows Phone") then name it as you choose (in my project it is “ListBoxdemo”).
Step 3: Go to the Solution Explorer window and right-click on the "References" and click on “Add reference...”. Now a small window will be shown.
Navigate to the Browse tab in it and just navigate to the following path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.0\Toolkit\Nov10\Bin\
However the path may vary since it depends on the installed path of your Visual Studio.
In the Bin Folder you would get a DLL file named Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit.dll.
Add it to your project.
Step 4: Navigate to the MainPage.xaml file and add the following reference code into your MainPage.xaml (XAML code):
xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit"
Step 5: In the Grid tag just add the following code::
<!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
<toolkit:ListPicker Name="myList" >
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