{"id":663,"date":"2011-03-04T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2011\/03\/04\/visual-basic-windows-phone-7-series-6-how-to-create-an-application-bar-for-windows-phone-7\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:40:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:40:21","slug":"visual-basic-windows-phone-7-series-6-how-to-create-an-application-bar-for-windows-phone-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/visual-basic-windows-phone-7-series-6-how-to-create-an-application-bar-for-windows-phone-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #6. How to create an application bar for Windows Phone 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last post<\/a>, I explained how to create a control tilt effect application for Windows Phone 7. In this blog post, I want to share a sample that will help you to create an application bar for Windows Phone 7. This application will allow you to add the menu functionality. It also will allow you to adjust the visibility and opacity of the application bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will now demonstrate how easy it is to create an application bar for Windows Phone 7, using Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools. The application bar can be created in 4 simple steps as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Create a sample application and add controls<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Add event handlers<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Build and debug the application<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Rebuild in the release mode for publishing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Prerequisites:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n