Search box in Windows Phone 8

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Just started programming with Windows phone 8 a litle bit today.
I have been googling for resources/ samples but I am unable to do the following:

How can I insert a search box in the UI of my app

Some articles say I should just put in the SearchBox tag in my XAML, but its not getting recognised.
What do I need to do? :(

(I know i need to somehow use Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls namespace, but how do I do this in XAML?

When I try to compile, I get the following error;
"SearchBox" does not exist in the namespace "http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"

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Posted 26-May-14 7:43am

weirdProgrammer-2

Updated 26-May-14 8:18am

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[no name] 26-May-14 17:38pm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/xaml/hh868180.aspx

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hitech_s · Answer 1 · 2014-07-28T21:16:00

you need add Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit nuget package and add the below namespace to your page where you want search box

xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit"

please find the below control paste it in your page and check

<toolkit:PhoneTextBox  Background="Gray" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderThickness="1" Padding="2" BorderBrush="Red"  x:Name="txtSearchText" TextWrapping="Wrap" Hint="search here" InputScope="Chat"  AcceptsReturn="False" FontSize="21.333" FontFamily="Segoe WP SemiLight"  />

hope this helps.

let me know if you it is not working