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I'm looking to create an app that features a photo gallery, one that is almost exactly the same as the built in photo gallery/photos hub.
I've looked at using a Grid, but I can't bind data to it. I also looked at using a DataGrid, but that is not included in the Windows Phone SDK. The grid I need will have a set number of columns but a variable number of rows (like I said, just like the current built in photo gallery)
Does anyone have any suggestions/solutions?

Photo gallery is simply a listbox where every row is an horizontal stackpanel with images, add a little binding and you are ok ;)

It will work with a listbox, but you have to edit its ItemsPanelTemplate and use something like the WrapPanel control (horizontal orientation) from the toolkit. Then, you can define the ItemTemplate as a square image. That way every new item will stack at the right from the other until there's no more room and it will continue on the next row. So for a set number of columns, you have to specify the width in the item template (173 in my example so in the portrait mode, i end with 2 columns).
Here's a example from one of my projects (you should adjust bindings and names to your scenario):
<ListBox x:Name="lbxCategorias" ItemsSource="{Binding ChannelButtons}"
SelectionChanged="lbxCategorias_SelectionChanged">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<toolkit:WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Image Source="{Binding BigButtonIconPath}" Width="173" Height="173" Margin="0 0 12 10" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

The Windows Phone SDK contains a Panorama/Pivot Control that mimics the functionality you see in the people or photos hub.
Here's a link to a code sample using this control:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff431744(v=vs.92).aspx
Scroll down to the Controls section of the samples page and the first item there is the Panorama Sample.
I'd also recommend taking a look at the section titled Cameras and Photos.

You can build a exact photo viewer like in wp7 using the horizontal looping selector with some modifications. Try to add the images in the item i think it helps you
http://blog.supaywasi.com/2011/06/horizontal-looping-selector/

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</ItemsPanelTemplate>
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<GridView.ItemTemplate>
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was looking something like http://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/crystal_image_grid_viewer.aspx?msg=3290254
If you have a list of pictures you can place a panel (StackPanel, WrapPanel, etc., depends on the behaviour you want) inside a ListBox. Set the panel to be the items host, and set the list of pictures as the ItemsSource. Something like this:
<ListBox x:Name="_listBox" >
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapPanel Orientation="Horizontal" IsItemsHost="true" />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
</ListBox>
and then in the code behind set _listBox.ItemsSource to your list of pictures.
(or you can have your list of pictures in an ObservableCollection and bind the ListBox to it)
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Picture.BeginInit();
Picture.UriSource = ... // your picture
Picture.DecodePixelWidth = ... //how big you want your pic
Picture.EndInit();
do you want to show all the images of the list at the same time? I believe you can use the grid and put a picture control in any cell of the grid, you can start with this approach, post your results and ask more specific questions once you have it at least partly done.

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