Browser in Windows Phone App

Browser in Windows Phone App

To create a browser in Windows Phone app we should first import the package 

using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;

We are going to use the WebBrowserTask to launch the browser where we have to specify the URL address in the WebBrowserTask.Uri.

Here is the code to launch web browser in Windows Phone

            WebBrowserTask webBrowserTask = new WebBrowserTask();

            webBrowserTask.Uri = new Uri(address, UriKind.Absolute);

            webBrowserTask.Show();

       

We have to pass the string address in the place of "address" in above code

I created a sample application where i get the web address from the user in a textbox and launched the web browser.

Project Name: Web_Browser

MainPage.xaml

<phone:PhoneApplicationPage

    x:Class="Web_Browser.MainPage"

    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"

    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"

    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"

    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

    mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="480" d:DesignHeight="768"

    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"

    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"

    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"

    SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"

    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">

    <!--LayoutRoot is the root grid where all page content is placed-->

    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">

        <Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>

            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>

        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->

        <StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">

            <TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="MY APPLICATION" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>

            <TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="Web Browser" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>

        </StackPanel>

        <!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->

        <Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">

            <TextBox Height="72" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="38,79,0,0" Name="textBox1" Text="" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="374" />

            <Button Content="Go to site" Height="72" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="143,176,0,0" Name="button1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="191" Click="button1_Click" />

        </Grid>

    </Grid>

    <!--Sample code showing usage of ApplicationBar-->

    <!--<phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>

        <shell:ApplicationBar IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True">

            <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button1.png" Text="Button 1"/>

            <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button2.png" Text="Button 2"/>

            <shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems>

                <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 1"/>

                <shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="MenuItem 2"/>

            </shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems>

        </shell:ApplicationBar>

    </phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>-->

</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

 

 MainPage.xaml.cs

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Net;

using System.Windows;

using System.Windows.Controls;

using System.Windows.Documents;

using System.Windows.Input;

using System.Windows.Media;

using System.Windows.Media.Animation;

using System.Windows.Shapes;

using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;

using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;

namespace Web_Browser

{

    public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage

    {

        // Constructor

        public MainPage()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

        {

            String address = Convert.ToString(textBox1.Text);

            WebBrowserTask webBrowserTask = new WebBrowserTask();

            webBrowserTask.Uri = new Uri(address, UriKind.Absolute);

            webBrowserTask.Show();

        }

    }

}

  

The output resembles the below if you debug the program

Download Source Code
File : Web_Browser.zip (Size: 60 KB)