Mini Browser for Windows 7 Mobile

Objective

This article will give step to step illustration of creating a simple browser for Windows 7 mobile.

Step 1Create a new Windows Phone Application. From Silverlight for Windows Phone tab select Windows Phone Application project type.

Step 2

Right click on project and add reference of Microsoft.Phone.Controls.WebBrowser

Step 3

On the XAML page add namespace

xmlns:wb=”clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.WebBrowser”

Step 4

Design page.

1. Divide content grid in two rows
2. In first row put a textbox and button.
3. In second row put Web Browser control.

   MainPage.Xaml
   

Step 5

Now in code behind just navigate in click event of button

    1 using System;

    2 using System.Collections.Generic;

    3 using System.Linq;

    4 using System.Net;

    5 using System.Windows;

    6 using System.Windows.Controls;

    7 using System.Windows.Documents;

    8 using System.Windows.Input;

    9 using System.Windows.Media;

   10 using System.Windows.Media.Animation;

   11 using System.Windows.Shapes;

   12 using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;

   13 namespace browserforWin7Phone

   14 {

   15     public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage

   16     {       

   17         public MainPage()

   18         {

   19 

   20             InitializeComponent();

   21             SupportedOrientations = SupportedPageOrientation.Portrait;         

   22             btnGo.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(btnGo_Click);

   23         }

   24 

   25         void btnGo_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

   26         {          

   27             Uri uri = new Uri(textBox1.Text, UriKind.Absolute);

   28             if (uri != null)

   29                 myBrowser.Navigate(uri);

   30         }

   31     }

   32 }

Press F5 to get the output. In textbox give the site URL and press GO button.

I hope this article was useful. Thanks for reading. Happy coding.