[EN] Windows Phone - skinnable application

1. Introduction Hi Today, I would like to present my concept of making skinnable application in Windows Phone 7.1. Making a skinnable application in Windows Phone might be a little bit tricky. Unfortunately, WP7 doesn't support DynamicResource keyword which is a basic tool for making skins in WPF. In order to overcome this inconvenience I decided to write a SkinManager for WindowsPhone. 2. Base view As I mentioned before, there is no support for using dynamic resources in WP7, therefore, in order to force a control to change style, we have to assign this style in code behind. It is rather obvious that in a single window/control there might...

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