UriMapping for WP7

UriMapping for Silverlight is pretty straight forward and if you use the Silverlight Navigation template you get it all from the template. WP7 contains many of the same features – it’s just not that obvious.

By default a WP7 app navigate using a PhoneApplicationFrame. PhoneApplicationFrame inherits from Frame – the control used in Silverlight. The PhoneApplicationFrame control is exposed as a property named RootFrame in App.xaml.cs.

To enable UriMapping in WP7 from the code you need to follow a few simple steps:

1. Create a new method (in App.xaml.cs) that will set the UriMappings you need. In the method you need to make a new instance of UriMapper and for each mapping you wish to create you need to instantiate a new UriMapping specifying the Uri and MappedUri.
2. Bind the mappings with the UriMapper instance and set RootFrame.UriMapper to the UriMapper instance.
3. Call the method right after the RootFrame have been instantiated – typically in InitializePhoneApplication.
4. Modify the existing start page in WMAppManifest.xml to make it fit your mappings.

In the sample below I have added two mappings; a default mapping and a mapping for a detailsview.

To use your mappings simply call your pages using a relative Uri:

You can download a demo here.

by xamlgeek
@thomasmartinsen

Tags: Navigation, UriMapping, Windows Phone, WP7