LongListSelector and DataTemplateSelector

Question

I\'m using the LongListSelector to realize List or Grid display for my items. For this, I created a DataTemplateSelector and I change the LayoutMode property at runtime. This is

Answer 1

I've done something similar with my app, but allowed the user to choose the LayoutMode of LLS using an Appbar button. I basically change the LongListSelector.LayoutMode and then it's ItemTemplate in code and the LLS automatically refreshes itself. I'm not sure if this will help, but here's my code.

private void layoutModeButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ApplicationBarIconButton layoutModeButton = (ApplicationBarIconButton)ApplicationBar.Buttons[0];

        if (MainLongListSelector.LayoutMode == LongListSelectorLayoutMode.Grid)
        {
            MainLongListSelector.LayoutMode = LongListSelectorLayoutMode.List;
            MainLongListSelector.ItemTemplate = this.Resources["ListListLayout"] as DataTemplate;
            layoutModeButton.IconUri = _gridButtonUri;
            layoutModeButton.Text = "grid";
        }
        else
        {
            MainLongListSelector.LayoutMode = LongListSelectorLayoutMode.Grid;
            MainLongListSelector.ItemTemplate = this.Resources["GridListLayout"] as DataTemplate;
            layoutModeButton.IconUri = _listButtonUri;
            layoutModeButton.Text = "list";
        }
    }

You might have figured out the answer already, but just to add to the conversation: this gives me really good performance for a fairly large amount of data. Maybe you can do something similar when navigating back to the page after changing the layout in settings?