How to create a Metro Live Tiles in C#

Below is a guide to help you create Live Tiles for a Windows application using the Metro UI style.

Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "MetroLiveTitle" and then click OK.

Next, Right click on your project select Manage NuGet Packages -> Search metro framework -> Install

Drag and drop the MetroTile control from the Visual Studio Toolbox onto your form designer, then design your metro form as shown below.

You need to add a timer control to your metro form, then modify your code to handle metro live title as shown below.

using System;
using System.Drawing;

namespace MetroLiveTile
{
    public partial class Form1 : MetroFramework.Forms.MetroForm
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        //Change image, background
        private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (metroTile1.BackColor == Color.LightSkyBlue)
            {
                metroTile1.Text = "FoxLearn";
                metroTile1.BackColor = Color.ForestGreen;
                metroTile1.UseTileImage = false;
            }
            else
            {
                metroTile1.Text = "Skype";
                metroTile1.BackColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;
                metroTile1.UseTileImage = true;
                metroTile1.Refresh();
            }
            //
            if (metroTile7.BackColor == Color.DeepSkyBlue)
            {
                metroTile7.Text = "FoxLearn";
                metroTile7.BackColor = Color.Orange;
            }
            else
            {
                metroTile7.Text = "Skype";
                metroTile7.BackColor = Color.DeepSkyBlue;
                metroTile7.Refresh();
            }
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Start your timer
            timer1.Start();
        }
    }
}

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