Tag: App
Preventing the Orientation from being changed in Windows Phone App
The PhoneApplicationPage has the property Supported Orientation which is used to restrict the orientation of the page in a Windows Phone App. It accepts the values Portrait Landscape PortraitOrLandScape How to Prevent the Orientation from being changed in Windows Phone App? Setting the Supported Orientation to Portrait, Landscape will restrict the orientation from being changed when the windows phone device is rotated. If the Supported…
Launching the Location Settings App using URI Scheme in Windows Phone 8
Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating on how to launch the Location Settings App via the URI Scheme and LaunchUriAsync method in Windows Phone using C#. Launching the Location Settings App using URI Scheme in Windows Phone 8
Creating Namespace in WinJS for Windows Store App ?
When developing Windows Store App using WinJS library , there are times when you want to create a namespace . You can use the WinJS.Namespace.define() method to create a namespace. Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to create a namespace in WinJS for Windows Store App using WinJS. Creating Namespace in WinJS for Windows Store App ?
Sending SMS from a Windows Phone 8.1 App
Do you want to send SMS from your Windows Phone 8.1 App ? . You can use the ChatMessage class in Windows Runtime to do it. Sending SMS from a Windows Phone 8.1 App Here’s a code that demonstrates how to send SMS from a Windows Phone 8.1 App .
How to Launch the Device Cellular Settings App from the Windows Phone 8 App?
Below is a sample code snippet that demonstrated how the developers can use the ConnectionSettingsTask launcher to launch the windows phone device’s Cellular settings app from the Windows Phone 8 App. How to Launch the Device Cellular Settings App from the Windows Phone 8 App?
How to Search for an App in Windows Phone Store using URI Scheme from WP8 App?
Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating Search for an App in Windows Phone Store using URI Scheme from WP8 App How to Search for an App in Windows Phone Store using URI Scheme from WP8 App?
How to Get a developer license to develop Windows Phone store app ?
When you installed the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK and try to create and run the first Windows Phone application . You will be prompted to get a free developer license which is necessary to develop and test the windows phone store app on the Windows 8.1 PC before publishing and getting it certified in the store . How to Get a developer license to develop…
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…