Need to create a animation in Blend in Windows 8 application - xaml

I am creating a XAML Windows 8 application and i need to create a animation like frame by frame animation i.e. each frame contains a different image and collection of all images make a animation. Like a person running etc.
I have images and currently the way i found is create image control for all the image and then on different time frame hide one and display the other. This is the only way i can find now.
But when i try to change the source of that image control in Storyboard it doesn't happen.
Can anyone let me know is there a better way then image control collapse and visible??
Code:
<Image Tapped="tapped_OldMan" x:Name="OldMan1" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050001.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan2" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050002.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan3" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050003.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan4" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050004.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan5" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050005.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan6" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050006.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan7" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050007.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan8" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050008.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan9" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050009.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan10" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050010.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan11" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050011.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan12" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050012.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan13" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050013.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan14" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050014.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan15" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050015.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan16" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050016.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan17" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050017.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan18" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050018.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan19" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050019.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan20" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050020.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Image x:Name="OldMan21" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Grid.Column="5" Source="ms-appx:///JungleTheme/Images/VocabAnimations/oldmc/05/050021.png" Width="160" Height="216" Margin="10,0,0,40"/>
<Storyboard x:Name="OldManAnimate">
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.01">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan4">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.4">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan5">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.4">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.5">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan6">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.5">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.6">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan7">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.6">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.7">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan8">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.7">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.8">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan9">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.8">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.9">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan10">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.9">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan11">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan12">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan13">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan14">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.4">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan15">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.4">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.5">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan16">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.5">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.6">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan17">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.6">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.7">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan18">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.7">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.8">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan19">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.8">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.9">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan20">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:1.9">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="OldMan21">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.01">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>

this is a better way to do it...
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<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="image" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Source">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.0" Value="/images/HandAnimationGirl/girl-hand0.png"/>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.03" Value="/images/HandAnimationGirl/girl-hand1.png"/>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.06" Value="/images/HandAnimationGirl/girl-hand2.png"/>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.10" Value="/images/HandAnimationGirl/girl-hand3.png"/>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.15" Value="/images/HandAnimationGirl/girl-hand4.png"/>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.25" Value="/images/HandAnimationGirl/girl-hand.png"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
this is the proper way to make a storyboard fpr frames

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I checked your code. The reason for this problem is that you set the ScrollViewer's BorderThickness property too high in Style.
Here:
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<ScrollViewer x:Name="ContentElement" ... BorderThickness="20"/>
...
Try remove the ScrollViewer's BorderThickness property. If you want the content to be centered, you can set the ScrollViewer's VerticalAlignment property to Center.
Like this:
<ScrollViewer x:Name="ContentElement" VerticalAlignment="Center" ... />
Best regards.

Icons and text in AppBar disappear at random

I have problem with icons and text disappearing at random in my Windows 10 UWP app.
picture is on start up.
picture is after clicking the appbar button and thereby navigating to another page and then opening the app bar again.
This is the XAML for the control:
<Grid DataContext="{Binding AppBarViewModel, Source={StaticResource ViewModelLocator}}">
<StackPanel x:Name="LeftPanel" Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<AppBarButton Width="100" x:Name="WelcomeButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_WelcomeTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding WelcomeCommand}" Visibility="{Binding IsWelcomeButtomVisible, ConverterParameter=false, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}" >
<AppBarButton.Icon>
<BitmapIcon UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Icons/Home.png" />
</AppBarButton.Icon>
</AppBarButton>
<AppBarButton Width="100" x:Name="ReportButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_ReportTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding ReportCommand}" Visibility="{Binding IsReportButtonVisible, ConverterParameter=False, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}">
<AppBarButton.Icon>
<BitmapIcon UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Icons/Report.png" />
</AppBarButton.Icon>
</AppBarButton>
<AppBarButton Width="100" x:Name="IndividualPerformanceButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_IndividualPerformanceTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding IndividualPerformanceCommand}" Visibility="{Binding IsIndividualButtonVisible, ConverterParameter=False, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}" >
<AppBarButton.Icon>
<BitmapIcon UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Icons/Individual overview.png" />
</AppBarButton.Icon>
</AppBarButton>
<AppBarButton Width="100" x:Name="TeamOverviewButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_TeamOverviewTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding TeamOverviewCommand}" Visibility="{Binding IsTeamOverviewButtonVisible, ConverterParameter=False, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}">
<AppBarButton.Icon>
<BitmapIcon UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Icons/Team overview.png" />
</AppBarButton.Icon>
</AppBarButton>
<AppBarButton Width="100" x:Name="TimeOverviewButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_TimeOverviewTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding TimeOverviewCommand}" Visibility="{Binding IsTimeOverviewButtonVisible, ConverterParameter=False, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}">
<AppBarButton.Icon>
<BitmapIcon UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Icons/Time overview.png" />
</AppBarButton.Icon>
</AppBarButton>
<AppBarButton Width="100" x:Name="CoachingTipsButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_CoachingTipsTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding CoachingTipsCommand}" Visibility="{Binding IsCoachingTipsButtonVisble, ConverterParameter=False, Converter={StaticResource BooleanToVisibilityConverter}}">
<AppBarButton.Icon>
<BitmapIcon Visibility="Visible" UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/Icons/Coaching tips.png" />
</AppBarButton.Icon>
</AppBarButton>
<AppBarButton x:Name="SettingsButton" Label="{Binding ConverterParameter=Page_SettingsTitleLabel, Converter={StaticResource trans}}" Command="{Binding SettingsCommand}" Icon="Setting"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
How can I debug why the text and icons are disappearing at random?
Has anyone experienced anything like this before?
Thanks for your feedback. I can see similar behavior with Windows 10, version 1607.
Generally speaking, AppBarButton has two sizes; normal and compact. By default, it's shown with a text label and full padding. However starting in Windows 10, version 1607 (Windows SDK version 10.0.14393.0), it introduces LabelPosition concept, with this we can specify the placement and visibility of the button's label.
But the LabelPosition is specified by the CommandBar.DefaultLabelPosition property. By default, an app bar button's label is displayed below the icon. We can set this property to show labels to the right of the icon, or to hide labels. Although AppBarButton has a AppBarButton.LabelPosition property, but its value can only be Default and Collapsed while Default also means the placement and visibility of the app bar button's label is determined by the value of the CommandBar.DefaultLabelPosition property.
In your code, you are putting your AppBarButtons into a StackPanel not a CommandBar. In this scenario, as there is no DefaultLabelPosition, AppBarButtons seems to show labels randomly. So sometimes you can see the lable, sometimes not and sometimes the label is displayed at the right of the icon. (If you remove Width="100" in your AppBarButton, you shuold be able to see the icon not only the label.)
We've reported this issue internally and I will update my answer once there is any progress. As a workaround, you can use CommandBar instead of StackPanel. If you do want to still use the StackPanel, you can edit the default template of AppBarButton.
We can find the default style and template with "Document Outline" in Visual Studio by opening "View" → "Other Windows" → "Document Outline".
Then in "Document Outline" select one AppBarButton and right click, then select "Edit Template" → "Edit a Copy...". This will popup a "Create Style Resource" dialog. As we need to apply the new style to all the AppBarButtons, we can select "Apply to all". And by default it will generate the default style under Page.Resources.
In the default style, we only need to comment out LabelOnRightStyle under "Root" Grid as well as LabelOnRight and LabelCollapsed VisualState in the template like following:
<Style TargetType="AppBarButton">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="AppBarButton">
<Grid x:Name="Root"
MinWidth="{TemplateBinding MinWidth}"
MaxWidth="{TemplateBinding MaxWidth}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">
<!--<Grid.Resources>
<Style x:Name="LabelOnRightStyle" TargetType="AppBarButton">
<Setter Property="Width" Value="NaN" />
</Style>
</Grid.Resources>-->
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="ApplicationViewStates">
<VisualState x:Name="FullSize" />
<VisualState x:Name="Compact">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Collapsed" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<!--<VisualState x:Name="LabelOnRight">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="12,14,0,14" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot" Storyboard.TargetProperty="MinHeight">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarThemeCompactHeight}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Grid.Row)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Grid.Column)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="TextAlignment">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Left" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="8,15,12,17" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>-->
<!--<VisualState x:Name="LabelCollapsed">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot" Storyboard.TargetProperty="MinHeight">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarThemeCompactHeight}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Collapsed" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>-->
<VisualState x:Name="Overflow">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Collapsed" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="OverflowWithToggleButtons">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ContentRoot" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Collapsed" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Visible" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="38,0,12,0" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal">
<Storyboard>
<PointerUpThemeAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="PointerOver">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonBackgroundPointerOver}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonBorderBrushPointerOver}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundPointerOver}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundPointerOver}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundPointerOver}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<PointerUpThemeAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Pressed">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonBackgroundPressed}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonBorderBrushPressed}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundPressed}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundPressed}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundPressed}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<PointerDownThemeAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" />
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonBackgroundDisabled}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonBorderBrushDisabled}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="Content" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundDisabled}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="TextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundDisabled}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="OverflowTextLabel" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource AppBarButtonForegroundDisabled}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="InputModeStates">
<VisualState x:Name="InputModeDefault" />
<VisualState x:Name="TouchInputMode">
<VisualState.Setters>
<Setter Target="OverflowTextLabel.Padding" Value="0,11,0,13" />
</VisualState.Setters>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="GameControllerInputMode">
<VisualState.Setters>
<Setter Target="OverflowTextLabel.Padding" Value="0,11,0,13" />
</VisualState.Setters>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Grid x:Name="ContentRoot" MinHeight="{ThemeResource AppBarThemeMinHeight}">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ContentPresenter x:Name="Content"
Height="20"
Margin="0,14,0,4"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
AutomationProperties.AccessibilityView="Raw"
Content="{TemplateBinding Icon}"
Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" />
<TextBlock x:Name="TextLabel"
Grid.Row="1"
Margin="2,0,2,6"
FontFamily="{TemplateBinding FontFamily}"
FontSize="12"
Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
Text="{TemplateBinding Label}"
TextAlignment="Center"
TextWrapping="Wrap" />
</Grid>
<TextBlock x:Name="OverflowTextLabel"
Margin="12,0,12,0"
Padding="0,5,0,7"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
FontFamily="{TemplateBinding FontFamily}"
FontSize="15"
Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
Text="{TemplateBinding Label}"
TextAlignment="Left"
TextTrimming="Clip"
TextWrapping="NoWrap"
Visibility="Collapsed" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

How to hide XAML TextBlock with VisualStateManager?

I would like to hide a TextBlock based on the pages Visual State. I use the VisualStateManager to change states wich works fine. But my code for hiding the TextBlock somehow does not.
Additional question: if two states share the same instructions (like Narrow and Snapped), is there a way not to write the same ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames-tags again, so the amount of code to maintain gets reduced? Thanks
<TextBlock x:Name="Title" FontSize="20" FontWeight="SemiLight" Margin="12,0,0,1"
Text="{Binding TitleTextBlockText}" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<!-- Visual states reflect the application's window size -->
<VisualStateGroup>
<VisualState x:Name="DefaultLayout">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Visible
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Normal">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Visible
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="FullScreenLandscape">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Visible
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="FullScreenPortrait">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Visible
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Filled">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Visible
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Snapped">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Collapsed
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Narrow">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility"
Storyboard.TargetName="Title">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
Visibility.Collapsed
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
</TextBlock>
If you want to do this (e.g. in a template of a custom control), you shall wrap the textbloc into grid. You cannot animate an object like this because the visualstatemanager cannot be inside of the object which will be animated by the visualstatemanager itself.
In the control's generic template, something like this:
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:NumericField}">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup Name="ValidationStates">
<VisualState Name="Good">
<!-- do your things -->
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Border x:Name="ValidationBorderPart"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1">
<TextBox x:Name="ValuePart"
Foreground="Black"
BorderBrush="Transparent"
BorderThickness="0"
Text="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type local:NumericField}},Path=Representation, Mode=OneWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />
</Border>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>

Using VisualStateGroups to change textbox border thickness on Windows Phone 8

I'm trying to have two different border thickness values for a set of textboxes within a composite control: one for focused state, one for unfocused state. To that end, I have the following template:
<ControlTemplate TargetType="TextBox">
<Grid Background="Transparent">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
<VisualState x:Name="MouseOver"/>
<VisualState x:Name="Disabled">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MainBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="Transparent" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MainBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ContentElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="ReadOnly">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MainBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ReadonlyBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Visibility">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ReadonlyBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneTextBoxBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ReadonlyBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneTextBoxBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="ContentElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Foreground">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneTextBoxReadOnlyBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MainBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneTextBoxEditBackgroundBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="MainBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource PhoneTextBoxEditBorderBrush}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="UnfocusedBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderThickness">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="1" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="UnFocused">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="UnfocusedBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderThickness">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="4" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<Border x:Name="MainBorder"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderThickness="4"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneDarkBorderBrush}"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTouchTargetOverhang}" />
<Border x:Name="UnfocusedBorder"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneDarkBorderBrush}"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTouchTargetOverhang}" />
<Border x:Name="ReadonlyBorder"
Visibility="Collapsed"
Background="Transparent"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneDisabledBrush}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTouchTargetOverhang}" />
<Border Background="Transparent"
BorderThickness="1"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneDarkBorderBrush}"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTouchTargetOverhang}">
<ContentControl x:Name="ContentElement"
BorderThickness="0"
Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch"
VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTextBoxInnerMargin}"/>
</Border>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
However, all this seems to do is always apply the border thickness of 1, it never changes to 4. I can't understand why - can anyone give me a clue?
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<Border x:Name="UnfocusedBorder"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
BorderBrush="{StaticResource PhoneDarkBorderBrush}"
Margin="{StaticResource PhoneTouchTargetOverhang}" />

Page Flip Animation used in FlipBoard App for windows 8.1

I want to make page flip effect same as . Flip Board app for windows 8.1
Previously i tried to port page turn animation of Windows Phone to Winrt and i dropped the same because of not support to PathGeometry clipping.
Here is the details
I am trying for a solution that works on WinRT (XAML - C#). Because i don't have much knowledge in Direct X & C++.
Hope this helps : I have used eventrigger for Loaded event.
Using PlaneProjection :
I am using RotationX which rotates the images around the x-axis of rotation.
<Grid >
<Grid.Triggers>
<EventTrigger>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Projection).(PlaneProjection.RotationX)" Storyboard.TargetName="Flip1">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3" Value="90.0146"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.6" Value="180"/>
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<DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Projection).(PlaneProjection.RotationX)" Storyboard.TargetName="Flip2">
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="-180"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3" Value="-90"/>
<EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.6" Value="0"/>
</DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="Flip1">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Collapsed</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="Flip2">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.3">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</Grid.Triggers>
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<Rectangle.Projection>
<PlaneProjection x:Name="PlaneProjection1"></PlaneProjection>
</Rectangle.Projection>
</Rectangle>
<Rectangle x:Name="Flip2" Fill="Aqua" Height="50" Width="50">
<Rectangle.Projection>
<PlaneProjection x:Name="PlaneProjection2"></PlaneProjection>
</Rectangle.Projection>
</Rectangle>
</Grid>
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<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
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<Rectangle.Triggers>
<EventTrigger>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(ScaleTransform.ScaleY)" Storyboard.TargetName="Flip3" From="1" To="-1" Duration="0:0:0.5">
<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
<ExponentialEase EasingMode="EaseOut"></ExponentialEase>
</DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
</DoubleAnimation>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
</Rectangle.Triggers>
</Rectangle>
You can use the PlaneProjection as Projection property and easily do the transforms you need. Play with the transform with blend and you should see how that works. One thing you need to do first is split your UI into two surfaces and you can use RenderTargetBitmap.Render() method to do that - render all you are transitioning from into one bitmap and what you are transitioning to into another and then appropriately combine the bitmaps.