diff -r 000000000000 -r e8ccd40d0ef6 Touchgui/plugins/org.apache.cordova.splashscreen/src/wp/SplashScreen.cs
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Touchgui/plugins/org.apache.cordova.splashscreen/src/wp/SplashScreen.cs	Thu Jun 04 14:50:33 2015 +0200
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+/*  
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+    
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Ink;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
+using System.Windows.Shapes;
+using Microsoft.Phone.Info;
+using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Resources;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Windows.Threading;
+
+namespace WPCordovaClassLib.Cordova.Commands
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Listens for changes to the state of the battery on the device.
+    /// Currently only the "isPlugged" parameter available via native APIs.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SplashScreen : BaseCommand
+    {
+        private Popup popup;
+        private bool autohide = true;
+
+        private static bool WasShown = false;
+
+        public SplashScreen()
+        {
+            Image SplashScreen = new Image();
+            BitmapImage splash_image = new BitmapImage();
+            splash_image.SetSource(Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri(@"SplashScreenImage.jpg", UriKind.Relative)).Stream);
+            SplashScreen.Source = splash_image;
+
+            // Instansiate the popup and set the Child property of Popup to SplashScreen
+            popup = new Popup() {IsOpen = false, Child = SplashScreen };
+            // Orient the popup accordingly
+            popup.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
+            popup.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center;
+            
+
+            LoadConfigValues();
+        }
+
+        public override void OnInit()
+        {
+            // we only want to autoload the first time a page is loaded.
+            if (!WasShown)
+            {
+                WasShown = true;
+                show();
+            }
+        }
+
+        void LoadConfigValues()
+        {
+            StreamResourceInfo streamInfo = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("config.xml", UriKind.Relative));
+
+            if (streamInfo != null)
+            {
+                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(streamInfo.Stream);
+                //This will Read Keys Collection for the xml file
+                XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(sr.ReadToEnd());
+
+                var preferences = from results in document.Descendants()
+                                  where (string)results.Attribute("name") == "AutoHideSplashScreen"
+                                  select (string)results.Attribute("value") == "true";
+
+                if (preferences.Count() > 0 &&  preferences.First() == false)
+                {
+                    autohide = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void show(string options = null)
+        {
+            Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
+            {
+                if (popup.IsOpen)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                popup.Child.Opacity = 0;
+
+                Storyboard story = new Storyboard();
+                DoubleAnimation animation;
+                animation = new DoubleAnimation();
+                animation.From = 0.0;
+                animation.To = 1.0;
+                animation.Duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.2));
+
+                Storyboard.SetTarget(animation, popup.Child);
+                Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(animation, new PropertyPath("Opacity"));
+                story.Children.Add(animation);
+
+                Debug.WriteLine("Fading the splash screen in");
+
+                story.Begin();
+
+                popup.IsOpen = true;
+
+                if (autohide)
+                {
+                    DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();
+                    timer.Tick += (object sender, EventArgs e) =>
+                    {
+                        hide();
+                    };
+                    timer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.2);
+                    timer.Start();
+                }
+            }); 
+        }
+
+
+        public void hide(string options = null)
+        {
+            Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
+            {
+                if (!popup.IsOpen)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                popup.Child.Opacity = 1.0;
+
+                Storyboard story = new Storyboard();
+                DoubleAnimation animation;
+                animation = new DoubleAnimation();
+                animation.From = 1.0;
+                animation.To = 0.0;
+                animation.Duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.4));
+
+                Storyboard.SetTarget(animation, popup.Child);
+                Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(animation, new PropertyPath("Opacity"));
+                story.Children.Add(animation);
+                story.Completed += (object sender, EventArgs e) =>
+                {
+                    popup.IsOpen = false;
+                };
+                story.Begin();
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}