Tag: App
Launching the lock Screen Settings App using URI Scheme in Windows Phone 8
Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating on how to launch the lock Screen App via the URI Scheme and LaunchUriAsync method in Windows Phone using C#? Launching the lock Screen Settings App using URI Scheme in Windows Phone 8
How to Use SpeechRecognizer in Windows Phone App using C#?
Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to use the SpeechRecognizerUI in your Windows Phone app using C#. Note that by default the speech recognizer API uses the default speech grammar accessed via the Microsoft cloud service and hence requires the network connection to be available for the below code snippet to work. How to Use SpeechRecognizer in Windows Phone App using C#? When…
How to Show Status Bar in Windows Phone 8.1 Windows Runtime Apps ?
Below is a sample code snippet that demonstrates how to show the Status Bar in Windows Phone 8.1 Windows Runtime Apps using C# incase if it is hidden. How to Show Status Bar in Windows Phone 8.1 Windows Runtime Apps ?
Is it possible to develop and test Windows Phone 8 Apps with WP7 device ?
If you are developing a Windows Phone 8 App targeting specially the Windows Phone 8 and its features , you will be able to test it on the Windows Phone 8 Emulators . Is it possible to develop and test Windows Phone 8 Apps with WP7 device ? If you already have the Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows Phone 7.8 , you won’t be able…
How to Find if the User has tapped on the Screen in Windows Phone 8 App ?
There are times when you want to find out if the user has tapped on the screen to perform some action . For example , you are developing a game and want the user to tap anywhere on the screen to proceed . In these scenario , one can use the Touch.FrameReported event which lets you capture the position on the screen where the user…
How to Configure Default Application Tile of an App in Windows Phone 8 ?
The Windows Phone 8 SDK provides the developers with the option to configure the default tile template and provide various values for the Tile title , tile images and also select tile template . How to Configure Default Application Tile of an App in Windows Phone 8 ? To configure the default application tile of an app in Windows Phone 8 , follow the below steps….
How to Not Allow Windows Phone devices to install App which don’t meet Requirements ?
There are times when you want to disable or not allows the Windows Phone devices to install the WP8 app that doesn’t meet the specific hardware requirements . How to Not Allow Windows Phone devices to install App which don’t meet Requirements ? You can do it by setting the requirements in the WMAppManifest.xml file. The Windows Phone Application manifest file includes a tab called…
How to Prevent the deployment of Windows Phone 8.1 App in SD Card ?
If you want to prevent the user from deploying your Windows Phone 8.1 app in SD Card , you can do it by updating the WMAppManifest.xml file. How to Prevent the deployment of Windows Phone 8.1 App in SD Card ? Follow the below steps to do it. 1. Double Click and open the WMAppManifest.xml . This will open the WMAppManifest.xml in GUI designer.2. Navigate…