Animating the Entire Page When Orientation Changes
While animating UIElements is performed within the page, to animate the page itself requires implementation of a custom PhoneApplicationFrame. This is achieved by subclassing the PhoneApplicationFrame class, and then subscribing to the frame’s OrientationChanged event to initiate the animation.
To replace your application’s standard PhoneApplicationFrame with a custom frame, modify the App class, either in XAML or in the code-beside, to use the custom frame as the application’s RootVisual.
The following excerpt shows how the App.xaml file can be modified to use a custom PhoneApplicationFrame:
<Application.RootVisual> <unleashed:AnimateOrientationChangesFrame
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