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Windows (RT and Phone) and Sqlite (Part 2)
In part 2 of this series we’re going to look at the second option that I presented on the use of sqlite which was to use the sqlite-net wrapper.Just to recap, here is my list of goals:- Blendable: My...
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Windows (RT and Phone) and Sqlite (Part 3)
This is the third part in a series on using Sqlite across both Windows RT and Windows Phone. To catch up I suggest you take a look at parts 1 and 2:Windows (RT and Phone) and Sqlite (Part 1)Windows (RT...
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Windows (RT and Phone) and Sqlite (Part 4)
This is the fourth (and final) part in a series on using Sqlite across both Windows RT and Windows Phone. To catch up I suggest you take a look at parts 1, 2 and 3:Windows (RT and Phone) and Sqlite...
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Windows Azure Mobile Service to SQLite Data Sync for Windows Phone and...
Following my 4 part series on using two different forms of SQLite across Windows Phone and Windows RT I thought I’d take a couple of hours to see how hard it would be to build a generic synchronisation...
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Windows Azure Mobile Service to SQLite Data Sync for Windows Phone and...
In my previous post, Windows Azure Mobile Service to SQLite Data Sync…, I covered a simple framework for synchronising entities between Windows Azure Mobile Service (WAMS) and SQLite. Anyone familiar...
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Some great SQLite for Windows Phone posts
SQLite WinRTSQLite WinRT wrapper for Windows Phonehttp://sqlwinrt.codeplex.com/SQLite-WinRT: Database programming on Windows Phone and Windows 8A new SQLite wrapper for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 –...
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Introduction To Data Binding for Windows and Windows Phone (part 1)
Introduction To Data Binding for Windows and Windows Phone (part 2)>>Given how long Microsoft has been using XAML in one shape or another across a range of technologies (WPF, Silverlight, Windows...
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Introduction To Data Binding for Windows and Windows Phone (part 2)
<< Introduction To Data Binding for Windows and Windows Phone (part 1)In the first part of this series we introduced the concept of data binding and how it can be used to associated an attribute...
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Downloading data using a Portable Class Library for Windows Phone and Windows 8
We’re going to take a bit of a side trip before we return to the data binding series. In this post we’re going to look at how to download data from a remote service. We’ll be using a json feed but this...
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TTF Font with Windows Phone 8
This is the story of a stubborn font (.ttf) that refused to work in a Windows Phone 8 application…. It all starts with a simple Windows Phone 7 application where the font works fine. Let’s just recall...
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3D Motion, a Bogus iOS7 Feature, implemented in 50 lines of code on Windows...
After playing with iOS7 for a little, I was curious about the new 3D effect they have going on the home screen. For those familiar with Windows Phone you’ll already be familiar with the parallax effect...
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Revisiting the Windows Phone Font Issue
In my previous post, TTF Font with Windows Phone 8, I thought I’d solved the issue with a TTF font not appearing in Windows Phone 8. Having never really worked with the inner workings of a font I...
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Windows Phone – Design/Develop Days
Over on the Pixel and Sons website Shane’s already called out the first of three design and developer days on Windows Phone being held in Sydney this Friday and Saturday. The good news is that if you...
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Databinding with the Windows 8.1 Hub control
One of the controls that was introduced with Windows 8.1 is the Hub control. This control is fantastic as it provides a great starting point for application developers to build applications that use...
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App Generators: Windows Phone App Studio and Project Siena
With all the recent interest in app generators by Microsoft, I’m wondering whether there is going to be a run on app-kiddies (kick back to “script kiddies” who plagued the internet a decade or so ago):...
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Conditional Includes with Visual Studio Project Files
Often during development your application may be set to connect to a dev or test set of services. When you go to release your application you’ll then switch to point to the production or live set of...
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Windows Phone Application Testing
Here’s a couple of useful links on testing for Windows Phone applications:Unit testing for Windows Phone appsOptions for publishing Windows Phone beta apps and testing in-app purchaseNokia: Remote...
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Windows Phone goes BIG with 1080p resolution
Windows Phone 8 applications will, out of the box, automatically scale on these high resolution devices. But what if you want to make use of this extra resolution, particularly on larger devices such...
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Windows Phone Dev Fusion
Some of the Windows Phone MVPs are putting together some awesome online content later this month“Along with Christmas we have a little gift from the Windows Phone development community for you: The...
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Windows Store In App Purchase ArgumentException when calling...
When you couple poor API documentation with dumb developer decisions you can cause developers to waste hours trying to diagnose issues with their apps. We’ve just tracked down an issue with calling...
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