windows-phone-sl-8.1

I wanted to check whether my phone can connect to Internet or not. I have seen several questions already. One of those is Question . It says to use NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable() this and i tried it. I have disconnected my PC from internet and Also turned off the DataConnection of the emulator but NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable() this always returning true. But simultaneouly i also check for NetworkInterfaceType.None and interestingly it is coming null. Can anybody explain where i am missing info ? Attempt : - public static void CheckNetworkAvailability() { // this is coming

So when I was watching this video from BUILD I thought it's gonna be easy... But I can't seem to get the tile of my WP Silverlight 8.1 app to change by doing the following. const string xml = "<tile>" + "<visual>" + "<binding template='TileSquareText01'>" + "<text id='1'>testing 123</text>" + "</binding> " + "</visual>" + "</tile>"; var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); xmlDoc.LoadXml(xml); var tileNotification = new TileNotification(xmlDoc); TileUpdateManager.CreateTileUpdaterForApplication().Update(tileNotification); Please note I've also created a Windows RunTime Windows Phone 8.1 with exactly