Can't override back button on windows phone 7 landing page?

The pivot should be in the page, not the other way around. If you have a page inside the pivot, (which would really be page->pivot->page?) then the outermost page would be getting the OnBackKeyPress, not the inner one. Like Matt says, at this point we need to see real code to help you any further.

Although this might not be a direct answer to your question, keep in mind that one of the other requirements is that when the user launches your application, then presses back once, he should always exit the application. If the first back button press will result in closing the dialog, but not exiting the app, you probably won't pass verification either.

Here's my scenario. On the initial page load, data is pulled from a webservice. If the webservice is unavailable, an error message pops up.

This happens on the landing page. So, if I hit back should it close the error message and then exit? Or just exit?

Which of the requirements does it need to meet? Maybe I'll just need to rearchitect my application a bit to avoid this problem. – Neil Jan 9 at 17:45 If there is no web service hence the app is useless there is no need for an extra step.

Just close the app, should pass the cert IMO. – lukas Jan 9 at 20:45 If using a custom modal dialog I would expect the back button to close that dialog before closing the app. – Matt Lacey Jan 9 at 21:54 5.2.4.

A of the marketplace policies does not invalidate the need for pressing the back button to close custom dialogs. The intent of that clause is to ensure that it's always possible to exit back through an app by pressing the back button. The clause is there to prevent anyone making an app you can't close by using the back button.

– Matt Lacey Jan 9 at 21:57.

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