How Create Simliar Windows Phone Tile Effects

[EduardoElias]

Hi there,

I liked some of the windows phone new effects with tiles for app selection.

I wanted to use that as my app menu selection.

However I wonder how to have those effects on tiles.

- reverse or switch over (a way to see the "other side" of the tile)
- Change between 3 sizes of tiles
- infinite panel for hold the tiles
- arranging the tiles to fit in the panel
etc

I really dont know the Microsoft names for those effects, but I am looking if someone already made something, or can I get an idea for this approach.

Thanks!

 

[coslad]

Hi, i am looking for the same solution, none can help us.?

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[EduardoElias]

Hi, I am doing that using the wonderful class "floatingwindows" from informatix.

They are for creating windows that can have controls, but basically a windows 8 tile is a window with no border, and that act as a button when you click. I have found most of what is needed.

I only not have that effects of spinning the tile and bouncing like we there is desktop and phone version. However I dont want to mimic to much to not get in trouble. I will be adding some kind of effect to make nicer.

You can catch the event of dock/undock/move that the class expose, to simulate the OnClick and other effects, for example, if you set the border with the same color of the floating window you can make the tile looks like reducing the size when clicked.

Other thing is using the docking options of the floating window. You can create a invisible grid of docking areas where the tile will dock, like it is in windows 8.

I hope it helps.

Eduardo