Tutorial: Updating your Windows Phone Splash Screen with Transparent Images
With the new beta of the Windows Phone 7 tools out (and the delivery a cool new developer device to my office!) I’ve been updating my sample application and working through a few new features. As I’ve done this I’ve found several things I’ve had to do some research on that I thought I would document to (hopefully) save you some time doing the same. My next couple of posts will cover some of those topics starting with a quickie on splash screens. Splash Screens A default splash screen is provided for you in the project template as SplashScreenImage.jpg. If you replace this file, you need to keep the same name and ensure the Build Action is set to Content so it winds up in the XAP file at deployment time. This allows the loader to display the image directly while your application is being initialized.
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Tutorial: Updating your Windows Phone Splash Screen with Transparent Images
