Refresh a WP7 PhoneApplicationPage
Here is a quick a dirty way to refresh a WP7 page. We use the NavigationService to navigate to the current page. There's a catch though (in fact there are two but we'll get to the second in a moment),...
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Loading Data when the User Scrolls to the End of a List in Windows Phone 7
Most phone users are concerned about network usage. Network traffic comes at a premium, and a user's perception of the quality of your app depends a lot on its responsiveness. When it comes to fetching...
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A Batch File for Closing Zune and Launching the WPConnect Tool
In a post from late last year, I looked at using a .bat file to detect the platform and launch the WPConnect tool using the path appropriate to the OS (32bit or 64 bit).I've since updated the batch...
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Binding the WP7 ProgressIndicator in XAML
Update:Since first posting this article, a later version of the WP FCL the ProgressIndicator gained binding support. You can bind it in a page like so:<shell:SystemTray.ProgressIndicator>...
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Using T4 to Generate Windows Phone WMAppManifest Files
Recently, Eric Schoenholzer began an interesting discussion on the Windows Phone Experts group on linkedin centred around techniques for effectively monetizing your apps on the Windows Phone...
View ArticleResolving the Issue: Windows Phone Emulator wasn't able to connect to the...
The Windows Phone 8.0 SDK is out, and while most sink their teeth into its cavalcade of new features, a few may encounter a small road bump when moving to the RTW version; as I did.After moving from a...
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Intellicam Released to Windows Phone Marketplace
Katka has done a short and sweet write-up of our new app, Intellicam, which was just released to the Windows Phone Marketplace.There's a lot of buzz around Intellicam:AAWP, Windows Phone News,...
View ArticleWork-Around for a Windows Phone Voice Command Region Localizability Issue
With the latest release of Surfy for Windows Phone 8 I’ve been getting more deeply acquainted with the intricacies of Windows Phone Voice Command localizability. In the process I have uncovered some...
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Introducing Calcium for Xamarin.Forms
Over the last few weeks I've been busy porting Calcium to Xamarin.Forms. Today I've released the first of 6 articles demonstrating some of its key features. In this series you learn how to do things...
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Using MVVM to create Tabbed Interfaces with Calcium for Xamarin Forms
In this second part of my Calcium for Xamarin Forms series you look you see how to extend beyond current Xamarin Forms API capabilities to create a tabbed page or carousel page by binding to a...
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