[WP7] Bug when using NavigationService in Windows Phone 7

The last couple of days, I’m playing with my favourite tools in order to build a simple WP7 demo application. I just encountered a weird problem which I wanted to share here… I’ll update this article as soon as I’ll get some feedback from Microsoft about this issue.

Note: this problem did not occur if you’re using the first CTP of the WP7 tools

To reproduce the bug:

  • Create a new Windows Phone 7 application in VS2010
  • Add a new page (use the default name: Page1)
  • In the MainPage, add the following XAML code:

  
  • In the code-behind, add the following handler:
private void Handler(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs mouseButtonEventArgs)
{
    this.NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/Page1.xaml", UriKind.Relative));
}
  • Run the application and click on the TextBlock
  • You’ll get an ArgumentException with the following StackTrace:

at MS.Internal.XcpImports.MethodEx(IntPtr ptr, String name, CValue[] cvData)
at MS.Internal.XcpImports.MethodPack(IntPtr objectPtr, String methodName, Object[] rawData)
at MS.Internal.XcpImports.UIElement_TransformToVisual(UIElement element, UIElement visual)
at System.Windows.UIElement.TransformToVisual(UIElement visual)
at System.Windows.Controls.ScrollViewer.OnManipulationStarted(ManipulationStartedEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Controls.Control.OnManipulationStarted(Control ctrl, EventArgs e)
at MS.Internal.JoltHelper.FireEvent(IntPtr unmanagedObj, IntPtr unmanagedObjArgs, Int32 argsTypeIndex, String eventName)

Analysis:

It took me some time to reproduce this problem in a very simple application. At the very beginning, I though it has something do to with the EventToCommand behavior I was using (from the famous MVVM-Light framework of Laurent Bugnion) but after talking with Laurent it was clear it wasn’t the case.

The StackTrace seems to indicate a problem with the ScrollViewer of the ListBox…

Workaround:

Several possibilities seems to be working:

  1. Change the ListBox to an ItemsControl
  2. Or, change the event to ManipulationCompleted

I didn’t find the correct location in order to log this issue on Microsoft Connect. Pleas let me know if you have the URL

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