showing password characters on some event for passwordbox

Question

I am developing a windows phone application.In that i ask the user to login.

On the login page the user has to enter password.

Now what I want is that i give

Answer 1

You could create your own control that inherits from textbox however after each character you replace it with an *, storing the true value within a private variable on the page. Using a checkbox you can then toggle whether the value in the textbox shows the true value or the * value.

It's not an elegant solution nor is it a best practice, however I think it's still an alternative if you are willing to live with it.