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How to disable logo in Windows 8 metro app live tile?

I am trying to disable the logo in my metro app live tile so that the last line of text in my tile notification will show. The Windows 8 documentation says that there is a way to disable this logo in the Package.appxmanifest file. However, it does not specify how. I have set the ShortName in my .appxmanifest and I have also set the "Show name" field to "All Logos"; however, the default logo still appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the live tile and obscures the last line of text in my tile notification. Any ideas?

Solution

  • A live tile can have an image, text, or no branding. The default is the app logo, and you override this when you create a live tile update by specifying branding "none", like this:

    var templateContent = TileUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(TileTemplateType.TileWideImage);
   var imageElement = (XmlElement) templateContent.GetElementsByTagName("image").Item(0);
   imageElement.SetAttribute("src", string.Concat(imagePath, "wide_tile.png"));

   var bindingElement = (XmlElement) templateContent.GetElementsByTagName("binding").Item(0);
   bindingElement.SetAttribute("branding", "none");

   var tile = new TileNotification(templateContent);
   TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().Update(tile);