WP 7.1 app shows thich Black header while running in WP8 emulator

Question

i have developed an windows phone app in WP7.1, while running in WP8.0 it is showing a thick black top border, here is my code

<phone:PhoneApplicationPage 
    x:Class="MapTestApp7.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
    xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="480" d:DesignHeight="768"
    FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
    FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
    Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
    SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"
    shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="False">

    <!--LayoutRoot is the root grid where all page content is placed-->
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Blue">
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->
        <StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
            <TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="MY APPLICATION" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
            <TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="page name" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
        </StackPanel>

        <!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
        <Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0"></Grid>
    </Grid>

</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>

here is the link to output image : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By0Y-Dca1cKjWUJ3emtPZHVDbVk/edit?usp=sharing

please help me in removing the top border.

Answer 1

Change d:DesignHeight="768" to d:DesignHeight="800"

That should do the trick.

Br,

Answer 2

Unfortunately, there is no way of removing that border for a WP7 running on WP8 720p device. If you don't want the border, you need to convert your WP7 project to WP8.

Explanation:

WP7 apps are constrained in a 480*800 container that is scaled up when running on 768*1280 or 720*1280 Windows Phone 8 devices.

On 768*1280 devices (WXGA), the scale ratio is 1.6x => no border.

On 720*1280 devices (720p), the scale ratio is 1.5x with a 80px black border at the top (53px after scaling).