Is there an easy way to detect shake motions on Windows Phone 8?

Question

I need to detect a shake movement on a Windows Phone 8 device, in order to launch a specific action. How can I do that ?

I found several mentions of a \"ShakeGesture

Answer 1

1. Download ShakeGestureLibraryCS from Windows Phone Developer Samples: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpapps/Shake-Gesture-Library-04c82d5f

2. Download C# project and Build (for Release) to create the 'ShakeGestures.dll'

3. Add Reference to your WindowsPhone project.