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  • Odd Issue With Camera Preview on Surface RT

    When directly integrating video capture in your Windows Store app you can use the MediaCapture class. There are a number of methods which affect the video but not all will be supported on all devices. One of these is SetPreviewMirroring… Continue reading

  • Prototyping with Infragistics Indigo

    I recently needed to create a prototype for a Windows Phone application and having recently discovered it I decided to use Indigo Studio to build it. The application is not particularly designed for Windows Phone however it has enough standard… Continue reading

  • Working with .png Images

    In my previous post I discovered a limitation with using the Share… extension point in the Photos app. The good news is that from within your own app you can open .png files. For this you can use the PhotoChooserTask… Continue reading

  • Photos Extra Share and .png

    On Windows Phone 8 it is possible to register your app with the Share… extension point on the photo viewer. This allows your app to receive an image file and process it whether that is sending it to an online… Continue reading

  • 32feet.NET for Windows Phone

    With the recent announcement of Windows Embedded Handheld 8 it seems fitting to discuss something related to industrial and line-of-business applications which you can develop now on the Windows Phone platform. I’ve released the first drop of 32feet.NET for Windows… Continue reading

  • Persist Bluetooth Addresses on Windows Phone 8

    The Bluetooth API on Windows Phone 8 is based around some customisations to the Proximity APIs which are part of the Windows API introduced with Windows 8. When you “discover” devices you can retrieve a collection of device identifiers for… Continue reading

  • iCalendar Files on Windows Phone 8

    iCalendar files are based on the set of data exchange specifications which also includes vCards. You may come across them either in emails or from a website. For example some sites which sell travel tickets allow you to download your… Continue reading

  • WriteableBitmapEx for Windows Embedded Compact 7

    I have ported René Schulte‘s excellent WriteableBitmapEx project to run on Windows Embedded Compact 7. The original library supports drawing across various XAML user interfaces – Silverlight, Windows Phone, WPF and Windows 8 Apps. Because XAML In The Hand exposes… Continue reading

  • Connect Visual Studio 2008 to TFS2012 or Team Foundation Service Preview

    Now that there is a new release of Team Foundation Server you may consider upgrading. However if you still work on projects for the .NET Compact Framework you’ll still be using Visual Studio 2008. Luckily there is an update available… Continue reading

  • Windows Marketplace for Mobile 6.x to be Discontinued

    If you publish apps on the old Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x you should have received reminders that the service will be discontinued in two weeks. If you have been using our Mobile In The Hand product with a managed… Continue reading