Quick Tip: Windows Phone Vibration With VibrateController

i am currently working on another windows phone application, where i needed a way to show the user that they had successfully performed a task and therefore unlocked another feature inside the application.

first idea was adding some sound, but somehow i was not happy with that. so i thought, why not let the phone vibrate?

it’s actually not that hard. the windows phone 7 sdk allows me to control the vibrate function easily.

in the namespace microsoft.devices there is a class defined with the name ‘vibratecontroller’.

the only code i need for that function is:

when the user clicks the particular button, the phone vibrates.

a few thoughts to keep in mind:

1. the shortest vibration / pause is 0.1 seconds.

2. the longest is 5 seconds, but that is not recommended.

3. 3 vibrations in one sequence are enough.

4. 0.2 / 0.3 are good choices for an alert.

here you can find more information about the vibratecontroller class .

to be continued…