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:

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

Output:



Conclusion

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

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.