Hyperlink.Click not being executed - silverlight

Question

I'm writing a Windows Phone Mango app. I have a hyperlink that contains email addresses. I want it to show a message box on tap:
Hyperlink href = new Hyperlink();
href.Click += (s, r) =>
{
MessageBox.Show("href clicked");
};
// add href to RichTextBox
When I click on the hyperlink in the emulator, nothing happens. The click += line is hit in a debugger, but the new EmailComposeTask() line isn't.
What am I doing wrong? Is Click not the event I want?
Update: I switched EmailComposeTask to MessageBox to verify that this issue isn't related to the email compose task not running on the emulator. I've reproduced this issue on my device.

Answer 1

The following code works:
GestureService.GetGestureListener(href); // adding this makes it work
href.Click += (s, r) =>
{
MessageBox.Show("href clicked");
new EmailComposeTask() { To = entireLink.Value }.Show();
};
href.Inlines.Add(new Run() { Text = entireLink.Value });
GetGestureListener creates a gesture listener if it doesn't already exist.

Answer 2

You should use HyperlinkButton Class, Hyperlink is a class used with rich text document rendering.

Answer 3

Following code is runs on device. text is RichTextBox object.
var linkText = new Run() { Text = "Link text" };
var link = new Hyperlink();
link.Inlines.Add(linkText);
link.Click += (o, e) =>
{
MessageBox.Show("Link clicked");
};
var paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.Inlines.Add(link);
text.Blocks.Add(paragraph);