System tray icon color

[CobaltDragon]

I noticed today that while using the linkedin app the system tray icons (signal, battery, etc) all display in a medium clue color...but in every other app I have checked (and on the start screen) the icons are standard black. I must be missing something obvious, but how do we change that color for when our app is running?

 

[anon(8657436)]

Apps can set that colour maybe. AFAIK

 

[Glenn Tran]

in your MainPage.xaml, add this next to current shell:SystemTray.IsVisible:

shell:SystemTray.ForegroundColor="Blue"

 

[Expression2]

Not quite. Set the Background property of the page to a color. The Office Word app has the status bar blue.

 

[CobaltDragon]

Thanks, so simple, not sure how I missed it.

 

[pattyandchips]

As this feature is being discussed I wondered if somebody could help me with my little big... I have set my XAML as follows and it works fine in the black theme but the text goes black in the white theme when the text should be white:

shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True"
    shell:SystemTray.BackgroundColor="Blue"
    shell:SystemTray.ForegroundColor="White">

II have set up a progress indicator to set the custom text:

var ProgressIndicator = new ProgressIndicator();
            ProgressIndicator.Text = "My App";
            ProgressIndicator.IsVisible = true; 
            SystemTray.SetProgressIndicator(this, ProgressIndicator);

Thank You

 

[Expression2]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...elop/windows.ui.viewmanagement.statusbar.aspx
I just found this. Probably the best solution to your answer.