UWP how to blink in Taskbar?

Question

UWP how to blink in Taskbar

I am using C# / UWP to make an application. In that application, I want to blink the window if a particular event occurs so that the user of that application knows that something happened. How can I get this in my C# UWP application?

Like in Yahoo Messenger, if you get a message then the message window blinks to get your focus, I want to use that effect in my application.

Answer 1

Hello,​

​Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!​

Currently, there seems no api can blink your app's icon in Taskbar. If you want to achieve some eye-catching effects, you can use notification or make notification badges appear on your app's taskbar icon, but it is a static effect without animation. For more details, you can refer to this document.

private void updateBadgeGlyph()  
{​  
    string badgeGlyphValue = "attention";​  
​  
    XmlDocument badgeXml = ​  
        BadgeUpdateManager.GetTemplateContent(BadgeTemplateType.BadgeGlyph);​  
​  
    Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlElement badgeElement = ​  
        badgeXml.SelectSingleNode("/badge") as Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlElement;​  
    badgeElement.SetAttribute("value", badgeGlyphValue);​  
​  
    BadgeNotification badge = new BadgeNotification(badgeXml);​  
​  
    BadgeUpdater badgeUpdater = ​  
        BadgeUpdateManager.CreateBadgeUpdaterForApplication();​  
​  
    badgeUpdater.Update(badge);​  
​  
}  

Thanks!

Answer 2

Is there a way to change color of that badge?