SelectionChanged for a Panorama control in WP8.0

A small tip that might save you an hour or two. Observe that this is not using databinding.

Really short version

Wrap content in a PanoramaItem to get the SelectionChanged event to fire.

Somewhat longer version, but still short

If you programmatically create a Panorama control in, let's say a custom renderer for WP8.0 (silverlight) when using forms, wrap any content in an PanoramaItem if you want events to fire.

Not working

            var root = new Panorama();

      root.SelectionChanged += (s, a) => { Debug.WriteLine("Will not fire"); };

      root.Items.Add(new System.Windows.Controls.Image()

            {

                Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(""))

            });

Working

            var root = new Panorama();

       root.SelectionChanged += (s, a) => { Debug.WriteLine("Will fire"); };

       root.Items.Add(

       new PanoramaItem()

           {

               Content = new System.Windows.Controls.Image()

               {

                   Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(""))

               }

        });

That's all...

By the way, if you are using data binding and not getting it to work, this stackoverflow post might help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14260701/