animating panorama control when set pragmatically

Question

I'm using

panoramaControl.DefaultItem = panoramaControl.Items[index];

to navigate the panorama control from one to another, but sliding effect is not seen in this case. what can be done to achieve this?

Answer 1

What you're seeing is a limitation of the platform.

You should also note how setting the default item changes the panorama parallax background (and/or header).