In The Hand Ltd

Windows 10

  • WebAuthenticationBroker and GitHub

    WebAuthenticationBroker is a component of Windows 10 which facilitates Oauth authentication with services from a client app. It handles the presentation and navigation of the authentication pages and returns control to your app along with a returned token or an… Continue reading

  • Calendar Import is Back

    I was almost at the point of retiring the app since Mail & Calendar has supported iCalendar (.ics) files for a while now. Then I came across a scenario where the app is still required. vCalendar files (.vcs) are very… Continue reading

  • Adventures in Desktop App Conversion

    The Desktop App Converter (or Project Centennial) is a way of packaging up traditional desktop applications in appx format for the Windows 10 store. You would commonly use it for modernising an existing app. This allows you to take advantage… Continue reading

  • GitHub Latest

    While I prepare to refresh my main machine with Windows 10 Creator’s Update and the latest Visual Studio and Xamarin updates I thought I’d throw together a summary of open-source progress since I last blogged:- Since the announcement of CodePlex’s… Continue reading

  • Talking to Printers

    Recently I’ve been working with a selection of Bluetooth printers. During this work I’ve noticed an odd thing about the UWP Bluetooth APIs. It’s all about the Class of Device. These are a set of defined device types and are… Continue reading

  • All New Clipboarder

    My free Clipboarder app for Windows Phone has now (finally) been re-written as a universal Windows 10 app. It’s currently available across all Windows 10 platforms (except Xbox but that seems fairly logical!). The app provides a share target allowing… Continue reading

  • Building an Etch-a-Sketch with Surface Dial

    Microsoft have demonstrated how the Surface Dial can be used in conjunction with Pen input for drawing, but what about drawing with the Dial itself? For those of us with warm memories of the Etch-a-Sketch I thought it would be… Continue reading

  • Interactive Toasts and Windows Phone 8.1

    Windows 10 brings a whole range of new APIs and functionality for building apps. However in the phone space it’s important to be mindful that there are a lot more Windows Phone 8.1 devices in use than Windows 10. Many… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Development made easier in Windows 10

    With Windows (and Phone) 8.1 there were two different device capabilities which needed to be set to use either RfComm or Bluetooth LE from your app. You had to specify a target device (or All) and target service name(s). With… Continue reading