I had a lot of pages in my application and I had decided to make a global ApplicationBar style in App.Resources:
<Style TargetType="shell:ApplicationBar">
<Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="#006699" />
</Style>
However, when I tried to start the app, VS gave me an error:
The property 'BackgroundColor' was not found in type 'Microsoft.Phone.Shell.ApplicationBar'.
This isn't true - ApplicationBar.BackgroundColor Property. What's the problem?
I believe, ApplicationBar properties cannot use Binding
or styling the way you're trying, as it is not a silverlight control. Although you can put the whole
applicationbar as a resource. Like so
<shell:ApplicationBar x:Key="MyAppBar" IsVisible="True" BackgroundColor="#006699">
<shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/image.png" Text="image" IsEnabled="True"/>
</shell:ApplicationBar>
EDIT:
Or you could just put this in the resource if you want your application bar color to change.
<shell:ApplicationBar x:Key="MyAppBar" IsVisible="True" BackgroundColor="#006699">
</shell:ApplicationBar>
And add buttons from code behind. although, I haven't come across a scenario where this would help.