Binding variable with TextBlock

Question

I have my XAML code (inside a Page of the standard blank page template) as

<Grid>
  <TextBlock x:Name="tbBindingBlock">
</Grid>

And I have an int named iTestBindingin the code-behind. Is there a simple (since I'm only binding one variable and not a collection) way of binding the two together so that the latest value of iTestBinding (which keeps getting changed from the code-behind) is always displayed inside tbBindingBlock ?

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Edit : The code behind is pretty short :

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
    public int iTestBinding=0;

Answer 1

you can bind your value directly using the below code

<TextBlock x:Name="tbBindingBlock" Text="{Binding iTestBinding}">

keep your value to bind as a property in code behind like this

      public int iTestBinding{ get; set; }

and set the datacontext in page loaded event like this

      this.DataContext = this;

if you want to update the value on button click and to be reflected in UI, you need to implement the PropertyChangedEventHandler.

 public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
 private void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        // take a copy to prevent thread issues
        PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
        if (handler != null)
        {
            handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }

call RaisePropertyChanged("changed property name") where-ever you updated the value of the property.

Its better to keep a custom get set for the property so that we can call this method from the setter.for example

    private string myText;
    public string MyText { 
        get {
            return myText;
    }
        set {
            myText = value;
            RaisePropertyChanged("MyText");
        }
    }