There is new metadata query support in Windows 10 to allow your code to react at runtime based on which APIs are available. For example if running on a phone device you may want to start a call, and offer alternative actions on a desktop PC. The correct way to check the availability is to […]
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In Silverlight 8.0 there was a capability to run an application for a period of time after the user switched away to perform continuous GPS tracking for up to a few hours. With the switch to the Windows Runtime there was no direct equivalent of this. I discovered however that because there are differences with […]
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Moving Forwards: Geolocation
Recently I open-sourced a number of Compact Framework projects and when I was working on re-writing an application which used them as a Windows Runtime app I started to think about how much of the code might be useful for app projects. Obviously the API surface for Windows Runtime is totally different to the .NET Compact […]
I’ve been working on a Windows Phone 8.1 project which has several background tasks. One of these uses the device’s sensors – using a DeviceUseTrigger. This is different to how a regular periodic task works because the task implementation creates a deferral and keeps running handling the event generated by the sensor device until it is explicitly […]
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Calendar Import Now Universal
In order to extend the app onto Windows devices I’ve re-written the Calendar Import app as a Universal app with separate UI and features for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Both apps add the new feature of browsing for files to import from directly within the app itself. This is on top of the […]
I recently got a Lumia 930 and was looking for a simple car holder/charger for it. I saw the CR-201 (which is updated from the CR-200 and advertised as compatible with the 930) and thought it would be perfect because:- 1) It has wireless charging so just pop the phone in, no fiddling with USB […]
Last month I posted the latest “charming” helper for Windows development which is a Windows Phone (8.0 or Silverlight 8.1) ProgressRing with the same appearance as its big Windows counterpart. Today I’ve just pushed an update to NuGet which improves the flexibility of the control by allowing you to override the Foreground colour of the […]
Charming Share provides a share API for Windows Phone 8.0 projects which mimics the built in support in various system apps and exposes an API which is the same as that available in Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Now that we have a full Sharing feature in Windows Phone 8.1 we can take advantage […]
I’m just passing this on because I’ve been stung by a couple of gotchas introduced with SL8.1 which only seem obvious after you’ve fixed them:- If your application implements a custom Uri scheme you probably think you just have to add it to your WMAppManifest.xml as you always used to and the job is done. […]
In Windows Phone 8.1 both the Silverlight and Windows App programming models introduce the WebAuthenticationBroker class. This is inherited from “big” windows but with a change to reflect differences in the app model. Rather than operate as an asynchronous method within the context of your app there is instead an AuthenticateAndContinue method. This closes your […]
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