Move that into that folder, and refresh the solution explorer. It can stand alone.Ħ) The accepted answer has a folder in the app called 'ViewModels' and in it is a custom class titled 'MainViewModel' So in the solution explorer or in the desktop, add a folder called ViewModels and make a c# class page titled MainViewModel. NOTICE: Change 'GifViewer' to your application name.ĥ) On that same page, just below it, add in this code: Xmlns:vm='clr-namespace:GifViewer.ViewModels' (Referencing all those dlls is 1 minute of the extra 2 mins of work ultimately, but you shouldn't get any errors when compiling)Ĥ) Now on the xaml page you want to add the image to, add this at the top in your header code: xmlns:it='clr-namespace:ImageTools.Controls assembly=ImageTools.Controls'

To do that, right click the References folder, click 'Add Reference' and browse to the dll files. (*this step is extra work, and we will be removing these extra dlls later on, but hell it'll save a headache.)ģ) Add the references to your wp7 app in the Solution Explorer window > References folder drop down. The other files (xml/pdb) don't need to be added. To get an animated Gif to work in your wp7 7.1 app, do these steps:ġ) Download ImageTools (I used latest version at the time (0.3)) Ģ) Unstuff the file, and in the 'Bin > Phone' folder just throw ALL* the dll file extensions into your wp7 app folder. (Also, big thanks to everyone else too who submitted something. (Credits go to Patrick for sticking with this, and his code is used as The once I marked as answered does indeed work, BUT HERE IS HOW:

Thank you for the answers everyone, and they very likely all work. I don't know if it was a glitch on my end or if ImageTools was just a pain to set up accordingly.

Animated gif background windows 7