How to implement text as HyperLink in Toast windows using xml?

Question

I am trying to implement the Hyperlink in windows toast which accepts xml as a string as per the documents i couldn't find a way to implement hyperlink in text
Example:
I need to display a text in toast as: To get more details. click here

here the click here should work as a link which opens a page in browser.

Note: it accepts only XML link to follow:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/adaptive-interactive-toasts?tabs=xml#text-elements

Answer

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How to implement text as HyperLink in Toast windows using xml?

I've checked the document and the sample about sending toast notification. It seems that adding HyperLink is not supported in the toast notification. Another thing is that, when click the Toast notification, the click event should be handled by the app not a different browser.

My suggestion is that you could handle the activation in your app when the user click on the toast notification. Then you could navigate to a new page and use a WebView to show the link as you want. So you don't need to launch a broswer instead.

Like this:

        protected override void OnActivated(IActivatedEventArgs args)  
        {  
  
            Frame rootFrame = Window.Current.Content as Frame;  
            // Handle notification activation  
            if (args is ToastNotificationActivatedEventArgs toastActivationArgs)  
            {  
                // Obtain the arguments from the notification  
                ToastArguments argument = ToastArguments.Parse(toastActivationArgs.Argument);  
  
                // Obtain any user input (text boxes, menu selections) from the notification  
                ValueSet userInput = toastActivationArgs.UserInput;  
  
                // TODO: Show the corresponding content  
  
                rootFrame.Navigate(typeof(TargetPage));  
            }  
  
            // Ensure the current window is active  
            Window.Current.Activate();  
        }

Or if you still want to use the browser of you system, you could also launch the default broswer for your UWP app via Launcher.LaunchUriAsync

For more information about handling the activation of the toast notification, please check: Send a local toast notification from C# apps

Thank you.

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How to implement text as HyperLink in Toast windows using xml?

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