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+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WinPhone
+{
+	internal static class FrameworkElementExtensions
+	{
+		static readonly Lazy<ConcurrentDictionary<Type, DependencyProperty>> ForegroundProperties =
+			new Lazy<ConcurrentDictionary<Type, DependencyProperty>>(() => new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, DependencyProperty>());
+
+		public static Brush GetForeground(this FrameworkElement element)
+		{
+			if (element == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
+
+			return (Brush)element.GetValue(GetForegroundProperty(element));
+		}
+
+		public static System.Windows.Data.Binding GetForegroundBinding(this FrameworkElement element)
+		{
+			System.Windows.Data.BindingExpression expr = element.GetBindingExpression(GetForegroundProperty(element));
+			if (expr == null)
+				return null;
+
+			return expr.ParentBinding;
+		}
+
+		public static void SetForeground(this FrameworkElement element, Brush foregroundBrush)
+		{
+			if (element == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
+
+			element.SetValue(GetForegroundProperty(element), foregroundBrush);
+		}
+
+		public static void SetForeground(this FrameworkElement element, System.Windows.Data.Binding binding)
+		{
+			if (element == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("element");
+
+			element.SetBinding(GetForegroundProperty(element), binding);
+		}
+
+		static DependencyProperty GetForegroundProperty(FrameworkElement element)
+		{
+			if (element is Control)
+				return Control.ForegroundProperty;
+			if (element is TextBlock)
+				return TextBlock.ForegroundProperty;
+
+			Type type = element.GetType();
+
+			DependencyProperty foregroundProperty;
+			if (!ForegroundProperties.Value.TryGetValue(type, out foregroundProperty))
+			{
+				FieldInfo field = type.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static).FirstOrDefault(f => f.Name == "ForegroundProperty");
+				if (field == null)
+					throw new ArgumentException("type is not a Foregroundable type");
+
+				var property = (DependencyProperty)field.GetValue(null);
+				ForegroundProperties.Value.TryAdd(type, property);
+
+				return property;
+			}
+
+			return foregroundProperty;
+		}
+	}
+}
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