Windows Phone 8 Background Task with notifications

Question

I have an app that checks the results of matches in real time.

I want to be able to poll the server every minute to see if there has been any updates on the match. I

Answer 1

You'll not be allowed to do any form of real-time polling in a background task on Windows Phone.

However, if you keep your application open in the foreground, you can do all the polling you like.