Sharing from Windows Phone 8

Question

I am working on a Windows Phone 8 app and am trying to share content through the DataTransferManager. The Windows API documentation says it is supported in

Answer 1

I think I have found most of what I was looking for with Launchers... Rather than just using the Windows 8 general sharing functionality I can be specific with Tasks/Launchers.

Unfortunately it doesn't have as many sharing options as the charm does, I will be implementing several functions for email/sms/social but so far this is the best solution.

Here are the functions that I will be implementing

    private void ShareLink(object sender, System.Windows.Input.GestureEventArgs e)
    {
        ShareLinkTask shareLinkTask = new ShareLinkTask()
            {
                Title = "Code Samples",
                LinkUri = new Uri("http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff431744(v=vs.92).aspx", UriKind.Absolute),
                Message = "Here are some great code samples for Windows Phone."
            };

        shareLinkTask.Show();
    }


    private void ShareEmail(object sender, System.Windows.Input.GestureEventArgs e)
    {
        EmailComposeTask emailComposeTask = new EmailComposeTask()
            {
                Subject = "message subject",
                Body = "message body",
                To = "recipient@example.com",
                Cc = "cc@example.com",
                Bcc = "bcc@example.com"
            };

        emailComposeTask.Show();
    }

    private void ShareSMS(object sender, System.Windows.Input.GestureEventArgs e)
    {
        SmsComposeTask smsComposeTask = new SmsComposeTask()
            {
                Body = "Try this new application. It's great!"
            };

        smsComposeTask.Show();
    }

Ref:

Launchers for Windows Phone

Share Link Task