Tag: Windows Phone 8
How to Get the List of Appointments from the Calendar App in Windows Phone using C# ?
If you want to programmatically get the list of appointments from the calendar application of your Windows Phone device programmatically , you can use the Microsoft.Phone.UserData.Appointments. How to Get the List of Appointments from the Calender App in Windows Phone using C# ? Enable the ID_CAP_APPOINTMENTS in the WMAppManifest file and then create an instance of the Appointments class and call the SearchAsync method with…
How to Detect the App returning from Dormant or Tombstoned State in Windows Phone 8?
When the Windows Phone is deactivated, the application enters the dormant state. Some of the scenario when the application can go to the dormant state are User uses the start button to navigate to different application. User receives a call when using the application User launches the launcher or chooser. etc. How to Detect the App if returning from Dormant or Tombstoned State in Windows…
How to animate page navigation in Windows Phone 8?
In Windows Phone 8, the developers generally use the NavigationService.Navigate method to navigate from one page to another. By default, this does not include any kind of animation or transition when navigating. How to animate page navigation in Windows Phone 8? To animate page navigation in windows phone 8, you should download the Windows Phone Toolkit which is available for download from phone.codeplex.com The Windows…
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…
Launch URL in Web Browser using LaunchUriAsync in Windows Phone 8
The Windows.System namespace provides the Launcher class which exposes the method LaunchUriAsync which can be used to launch the Web Browser and navigate to the external Uri as described below. Launch URL in Web Browser using LaunchUriAsync in Windows Phone 8 Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to Launch URL in Web Browser using LaunchUriAsync in Windows Phone 8
How to Load an Image from a URL in Windows Phone 8?
Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating in simple steps on how to load an image on to an Image control in Windows Phone 8 using C#? How to Load an Image from a URL in Windows Phone 8?
Launch the Bluetooth Settings App using URI Scheme in Windows Phone 8
Below is a sample code snippet demonstrating how launch the Bluetooth Settings app via the URI Scheme and LaunchUriAsync method in Windows Phone using C#. Launch the Bluetooth Settings App using URI Scheme in Windows Phone 8
How to Set the Windows Phone 8 icons in Visual Studio 2012?
You can set the icons for your Windows Phone 8 app in Visual Studio 2012 using the WMAppManifest.xml manifest file. The Visual Studio 2012 includes a GUI editor for editing WMAppManifest.xml manifest file. How to Set the Windows Phone 8 icons in Visual Studio 2012? You can find the WMAppManifest.xml, under the properties node of the project in the Visual Studio solution explorer. Just double…
Can i get the SMS or incoming Call information Programatically from a Windows Phone 8 App ?
Most of the developers have this question on whether they can access the SMS or incoming call information programmatically from a Windows Phone app . Can i get the SMS or incoming Call information Programatically from a Windows Phone 8 App ? Currently , the Windows Phone 8 SDK does not provide API’s to perform this.
Can Cycle Tile with Remote Images be created in Windows Phone 8?
For the Windows Phone developers who are looking for integrating the Tile feature in their Windows Phone Apps might be aware of this cool feature called “CycleTile template”. There are times when the developers may want to use the remote images for the cyclic tiles in their Windows Phone App. Can Cycle Tile with Remote Images be created in Windows Phone 8? The Cycle Tile…
Application States in Windows Phone 8
The Windows Phone 8 supports 2 different types of Application states Transient Persistent The transient state is stored at the application level and is discarded when the application is terminated. The developers can utilize the PhoneApplicationService.State and PhoneApplicationPage.State to store the transient state data. The Persistent State is generally saved to the isolated storage and is available when the application launches.
Can Mail be sent in Background in Windows Phone 8 using Launcher?
In one of the previous article, we explained about sending email in Windows Phone 8 using EmailComposeTask which invokes the UI for the user with the content of the email. When the user taps on the send button , the email is sent to the user. Can Mail be sent in Background in Windows Phone 8 using Launcher? Currently , the Windows Phone 8 SDK…