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Configure WebMatrix/IIS Express to work with WP7 on Windows 7

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:18 GMT

This post describes how to Configure WebMatrix/IIS Express to work with WP7 on Windows 7

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #14 - Detect Hardware back button

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:23:59 GMT

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #14 - Detect Hardware back button press The default behaviour of the hardware back button in Windows Phone is to close the current application and go back to the previous App or screen that was launched prior to lauching this App . In Windows Phone 7 (Silverlight or XAML App ) , you can detect the hardware back

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #13 - Retreive Picture from WP7

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:01:45 GMT

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #13 - Retreive Picture from Windows Phone Picture Library In my previous blog post , i wrote about the PhoneGap API to take picture via Camera in Windows Phone . The navigator.camera.getPicture

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #12 - Take picture via Camera in

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:36 GMT

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #12 - Take picture via Camera in Windows Phone The PhoneGap provides the Camera.getPicture method that lets the user to

8 Must-Have Tools for Windows Phone 7 Development

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:03:21 GMT

After developing Windows Phone 7 applications in my spare time over the last year, I've collected an assortment of tools that make developing apps so much easier than when I first jumped in to Silverlight/Windows Phone 7 development. I only wish I'd know about them all when I first started down the Windows Phone 7 path. Whether you are just starting out or have been developing Windows Phone 7 apps for a while now, there's something here for everyone.

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #11 - Make a Phone Call - Part 1

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:30:18 GMT

In this blog post , i will show you a simple trick to make a phone call to a number using PhoneGap . If you are developing App using silverlight framework in Windows Phone SDK , we can make use of the PhoneCallTask to make a call in Windows Phone .

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #10 - Beep sound

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:08:27 GMT

Well , this is something simple which can be done in 1 line of code if you are using PhoneGap for Windows Phone . If you are using Windows Phone SDK and developing App in Silverlight or XNA , you might end up using the SoundEffect class to load the sound from the stram and play it for a beep sound .

Windows Phone 7.5: Using sockets

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:49:17 GMT

The new OS 7.5 have made Sockets available to developers, opening the way to a wide series of applications that uses this low-level communication way. Sockets are for sure difficult from the programming side, but they offer a connected/disconnected, fast and reliable way of exchange data that is unreplaceable for many purposes.

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #9 - Handling Orientation - Part1

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:34:51 GMT

If you have noticed the PhoneGap Windows Phone Project , you will find a MainPage.XAML page where the PhoneGap runs ...

Breakdown of Windows Phone App Download Statistics

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:56:56 GMT

In this blog post Rene Schulte shares the download graph of his quite successful Windows Phone app Pictures Lab and his conclusions.

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #8 - Retreive Device Information

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:58:55 GMT

The Windows Phone SDK provides the DeviceStatus class to retreive the Device specific information like 1.DeviceFirmwareVersion 2.DeviceHardwareVersion 3.DeviceManufacturer 4.DeviceName 5.and more...

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #7 - Check for Network Connection

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:40:45 GMT

If you want to find out the connection information of your Windows Phone using PhoneGap you can use the connection object . The navigator.network.connection.type - lets the developers know about the currrent device's connection states and in simple terms lets you know the type of connection , your Windows Phone is using .

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #6 - Make your WP7 Vibrate

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:19:51 GMT

The Windows Phone SDK in Silverlight provides the class VibrateController which the developer can make use of it to vibrate the phone . All that the developer has to do is create an instance of the VibrateController and call the start method with the timespan .

Retrieving a WebPage Title & Sharing it with the ShareLinkTask in WP7

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:13:40 GMT

Introduction The ShareLinkTask introduced in Windows Phone SDK 7.1 enables users to share a link on various social networks like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The only thing that I wish that it had was a way to grab the page title for the link before posting. I found myself typing the page title and thought I'd write some simple code and share with everyone. Below is a snapshot of a post to Facebook that automatically added the page title to the post.

Windows Phone 7.5 - Using advanced tiles API

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:00:26 GMT

There is not any doubt, the first thing you meet when you use Windows Phone are the tiles. These are the large squares on the home screen that identifies some applications and they are also a distinguishable character that make your Windows Phone unique. As you know for sure, the tiles can be attached or detached from the home screen and some particular software can take advantage of double size tiles. While this is not a feature available to developers, in OS7.5, the tiles gained new features and a new set of APIs that you can use to enrich your applications. As an example you are now able to update your tiles from inside the application and you can use double faced tiles to improve information to the user. In this article I would like to explore these new features and show how to take advantage of them, while porting your software to the new operating system.

[WP7] Quick tip : how to set 32 bits per pixel for your app.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:05:24 GMT

Something new which came with Mango is the ability for the developers to set the number of bits per pixel our app use. By doing this, your app will have shiny graphics! This increase the color depth and then the gradient are rendered really more smoothly. I have found a really great example picture on this web forum to show this :

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #5 - Displaying MessageBox part2

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:02:27 GMT

In my previous post , i explained about displaying MessageBox in Windows Phone using PhoneGap that had only the OK button . In this blog post , i will show you how to create a MessageBox with confirmation ( OK and Cancel ) using PhoneGap

Let me out - Facebook Logout in a Windows Phone App

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:43:30 GMT

This post describes how to logout from Facebook using the Facebook API, which isn't as straightforward as one might think it is.

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #3 - No Script Engine Error

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:29 GMT

This was one of the errors that i received when compiling my first Windows Phone Application using PhoneGap .

Adding an Easter Egg to your WP7 Application

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:24:58 GMT

Introduction I was asked the other day how to detect if a user has touched a certain part of the screen. I created some sample code for them but decided that it might make a fun Easter egg as well. It does this by comparing the X and Y axis of the users current touch point to the location that the "M" exists. Basically, this application will detect if your user is touching the letter M as shown below.

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #2 - Installing PhoneGap

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:19:13 GMT

The Installation of PhoneGap is pretty simple and infact its just about copying the files to the Visual Studio template folder to kick start your Windows Phone Development using PhoneGap ....

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #1 - Introduction

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:37:36 GMT

With the recent release of PhoneGap 1.3 that includes full Windows Phone 7 support , it looks like we got another way to develop Windows Phone App but using HTML5 and PhoneGap . In the current and the next few posts , i will explain how the Windows Phone 7 Developers can use PhoneGap t...

WriteableBitmapEx 1.0 Coming Soon, Test it Now!

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:57:41 GMT

The upcoming release of the WriteableBitmapEx library 1.0 will be easier portable and have full maintained WPF support.

Free Whitepaper: How to Promote Your Windows Phone App

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:45:13 GMT

You've built your WP7 app, uploaded it on the marketplace and now you are probably out of your comfort zone wondering what comes next? What should you do to get your download numbers up? Most probably you do not have a marketer at your disposal or an advertising budget.

SkyDrive usage through Live SDK on Windows Phone

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:10:54 GMT

In this article, we talk about how to leverage the new Live Connect APIs, in particular, the Live SDK in our Windows Phone applications. We'll see the usage of the Sign-in control to ask for user's authentication & seeking permission to use specific resources through the Live API. SkyDrive access is now handy, with full support to traverse, read & manipulate content in user's SkyDrive directories.