Flip Tile template design guidelines for Windows Phone
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
In this topic, we’ll cover the flip Tile template in greater detail.
Note
The flip Tile template is modeled after the Windows Phone OS 7.1 Tile template, therefore the same design guidelines apply to Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.1 flip Tiles. If you’re designing a Tile for Windows Phone 7.1, the following flip Tile template guidelines apply.
This topic contains the following sections.
Flip Tile design guidelines
Because the Tile flips at a random interval, we recommend you put your most important info on the front and lighter info on the back.
The following image describes sizing information for the flip Tile template.
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For more design resources, see Icon templates for Windows Phone 8.
Flip Tile character count info
All character counts are approximations because Segoe WP isn’t a fixed-width font. No lines wrap on their own; you’ll have to program your own line breaks.
Tile size |
Title |
BackTitle |
BackContent |
WideBackContent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Small |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Medium |
19 |
19 |
3 lines at 13 |
NA |
Wide |
39 |
39 |
NA |
3 lines at 27 |
For more info about making great looking Tiles, see Tile design guidelines for Windows Phone.
Creating and updating a flip Tile
For more info about creating or updating a flip Tile, see the following topics depending on which Windows Phone version your app targets: