WP8PullToRefreshDetector.cs

using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
using System;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;

/// <summary>
/// This class detects the pull gesture on a LongListSelector. How does it work?
/// 
///     This class listens to the change of manipulation state of the LLS, to the MouseMove event 
///     (in WP, this event is triggered when the user moves the finger through the screen)
///     and to the ItemRealized/Unrealized events.
///     
///     Listening to MouseMove, we can calculate the amount of finger movement. That is, we can 
///     detect when the user has scrolled the list.
///     
///     Then, when the ManipulationState changes from Manipulating to Animating (from user 
///     triggered movement to inertia movement), we check the viewport changes. The viewport is 
///     only constant when the user scrolls beyond the end of the list, either at the top or at the bottom.
///     If no items were added, check the direction of the scroll movement and fire the corresponding event.
/// </summary>
public class WP8PullDetector : IListboxCompressionDetector
{
    LongListSelector listbox;

    bool viewportChanged = false;
    bool isMoving = false;
    double manipulationStart = 0;
    double manipulationEnd = 0;

    public bool Bound { get; private set; }

    public void Bind(LongListSelector listbox)
    {
        Bound = true;
        this.listbox = listbox;
        listbox.ManipulationStateChanged += listbox_ManipulationStateChanged;
        listbox.MouseMove += listbox_MouseMove;
        listbox.ItemRealized += OnViewportChanged;
        listbox.ItemUnrealized += OnViewportChanged;
    }

    public void Unbind()
    {
        Bound = false;

        if (listbox != null)
        {
            listbox.ManipulationStateChanged -= listbox_ManipulationStateChanged;
            listbox.MouseMove -= listbox_MouseMove;
            listbox.ItemRealized -= OnViewportChanged;
            listbox.ItemUnrealized -= OnViewportChanged;
        }
    }

    void OnViewportChanged(object sender, Microsoft.Phone.Controls.ItemRealizationEventArgs e)
    {
        viewportChanged = true;
    }

    void listbox_MouseMove(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        var pos = e.GetPosition(null);

        if (!isMoving)
            manipulationStart = pos.Y;
        else
            manipulationEnd = pos.Y;

        isMoving = true;
    }

    void listbox_ManipulationStateChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (listbox.ManipulationState == ManipulationState.Idle)
        {
            isMoving = false;
            viewportChanged = false;
        }
        else if (listbox.ManipulationState == ManipulationState.Manipulating)
        {
            viewportChanged = false;
        }
        else if (listbox.ManipulationState == ManipulationState.Animating)
        {
            var total = manipulationStart - manipulationEnd;

            if (!viewportChanged && Compression != null)
            {
                if (total < 0)
                    Compression(this, new CompressionEventArgs(CompressionType.Top));
                else if(total > 0) // Explicitly exclude total == 0 case
                    Compression(this, new CompressionEventArgs(CompressionType.Bottom));
            }
        }
    }

   
    public event OnCompression Compression;
}

public class CompressionEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
        public CompressionType Type { get; protected set; }

        public CompressionEventArgs(CompressionType type)
        {
            Type = type;
        }
    }

    public enum CompressionType { Top, Bottom, Left, Right };

    public delegate void OnCompression(object sender, CompressionEventArgs e);