Expand search Charm programmaticaly

Question

Is it possible to programmatically expand the search charm? I want a search button to appear in my Windows 8 application that extends the charm of the search.

Answer 1

According to the object browser:

public void Show(string query) 

Member of Windows.ApplicationModel.Search.SearchPane .

see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.applicationmodel.search.searchpane.show.aspx

Answer 2

Windows.ApplicationModel.Search.SearchPane.GetForCurrentView () Show () ;.

Answer 3

Hi, add this method below to the App.xaml.cs file

 protected async override void OnSearchActivated Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.SearchActivatedEventArgs args) { }