Tag: Apps

Tools for Developing Windows 8 Apps

AbundantCode 3 weeks ago in Windows 0

You can develop Windows 8 Metro Apps using the Windows 8 Developer Tools/SDK . This includes the necessary tools and SDK for developing the Windows 8 Metro Apps like Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 , Microsoft Expression Blend for Visual Studio 2012 for Windows 8 . At the time of writing this article , the Release Candidate of Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 was…

Will the Windows Phone 7 App run on Windows Phone 8 Devices?

AbundantCode 3 weeks ago in C# 0

This is one of the most frequently asked question by any newbie windows phone developer. Will the developed Windows Phone 7 App run on Windows Phone 8 Devices? The answer to this pretty simple and straight forward. Yes, in most cases, the Windows Phone 7 app will run fine on Windows Phone 8 devices. But the only drawback here is that the apps targeting the…

Developing Windows Phone 8 app using Web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

AbundantCode 3 weeks ago in C# 0

Most of the time, the developers would want to use their existing skills and develop more apps targeting different and multiple platforms. For example, the Web developers might want to develop Windows phone apps using HTML, CSS, Java Script and other Web technologies that they know. Can the Windows Phone 8 app be developed using Web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript? Yes, the Web…

How to use Phrase List Grammars for recognising Speech in Windows Phone Apps?

AbundantCode 3 weeks ago in C# 0

The List grammars is one of the grammars that the developers can use to create their own custom grammars. With this technique, simply create an array or collection of strings which are the phrase list and set it to the grammars list of the SpeechRecognizer Object. How to use Phrase List Grammars for recognizing Speech in Windows Phone Apps? Below is a code snippet demonstrating…

How to Get the Developer License for Evaluating Windows Store Apps ?

AbundantCode 3 weeks ago in Windows 0

One of the advantages that the Windows 8 developer license provides for the dvelopers is that it enables them to easily develop , test and then evaluate the Windows Store (code named “Metro”) App . The Developer license is free and you can get it and later renew it via a Microsoft Account . Note that there is a diffrence between the store account and…