Coding4Fun Toolkit v1.5.0 released
A new version of Coding4Fun Toolkit with the version number v1.5.0 is released and is available for download from codeplex website . What is Coding4Fun Toolkit ? Coding4Fun is one of the free and popular projects that offers additional controls for Windows Phone Development . Some of these controls include About Prompt Color Picker Color Sider Input Prompt Message Prompt Password Prompt Round Button and more ̷ Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Coding4Fun Toolkit, Windows Phone
PhoneGap 1.3 with full Windows Phone 7 support released
The PhoneGap Team has announced the release of PhoneGap 1.3 that brings some significant progress in BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 Support for building Phone applications using HTML5 and JavaScript. Good news for the Windows Phone Developers who can now get access to the following PhoneGap API Getting Started Guide Update to the Visual Studio templates New plugins like FaceBook connect , ChildBrowser , PGSocialS Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: HTML5, PhoneGap, Windows Phone
Custom Themes for Windows Phone
Every Windows Phone users know that you cannot set the Custom Themes for Windows Phone 7 . All that you can do is change its accent color or change the Theme ( Dark or Light ) . Here’s an opportunity for the users with Developer Unlocked device to try Custom Themes for Windows Phone especially for the Start Screen . The App is called “Themes for Windows Phone” from Windowsphonehacker.com which is Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Custom Themes for Windows Phone, developer, Windows Phone
How to write data to a file in Isolated Storage in Windows Phone ?
An Windows Phone Application might need to store and access data . One of the ways to store the data is the Isolated Storage . An Windows Phone Application cannot access the data stored by another Windows Phone Application and hence the name “Isolated” . A typical use of the Isolated Storage will be to store the Application settings or some Data for the App . You can create a file and store it in the Is Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: App, Data, GetUserStoreForApplication, Isolated Storage, IsolatedStorageFile, StreamWriter, Windows Phone
How to read data from a text file in Isolated Storage in Windows Phone ?
In my previous blog post , i explained How to write data to a file in Isolated Storage in Windows Phone ? In this blog post , will show you How to read data from a text file in Isolated Storage in Windows Phone that was written to the Isolated Storage . How to read data from a text file in Isolated Storage in Windows Phone ? 1. Add the namespace IsolatedStorage using System.IO.IsolatedStorage; 2. Retreive the users Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Isolated Storage, Isolated Storage in Windows Phone, Windows Phone, Windows Phone Rocks
How to enable or disable Bluetooth in Windows Phone using C# ?
If you are a Developer and have an task to change or access the Bluetooth Settings via some user interaction , you can use the Launcher “ConnectionSettingsTask” to achieve it. Just use the ConnectionSettingsType to Bluetooth and call the show method of the ConnectionSettingsTask . This will Launch the Bluetooth Settings Window and lets the user to change the Bluetooth settings or even enable or disable the Blue Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: bluetooth, c#, Launchers, Windows Phone
Windows Phone Programming in C# (Windows Phone Version 7.5) eBook now Available
The Windows Phone Programming in C# ( Windows Phone Version 7.5 ) is a material created by Rob Miles that includes the ebook , demos and instructions on creating Windows Phone 7 Applications . var infolink_pid = 373515; var infolink_wsid = 1; The Book includes 10 chapters Windows Phone Introduction to Silverlight Visual Studio Solution Management Constructing a Program with Silverlight Isolated Stor Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: c#, ebook, programming, RobMiles, Windows Phone
Convert your Windows 7 UI to Metro UI with Windows Phone Mango Skin Pack
Are you a Windows 7 user and wish you have your Windows 7 PC look like Windows Phone Mango ( Metro UI ) ? What is Metro UI ? Wikipedia states that “Metro is an internal code name for a typography-based design language created by Microsoft, originally for use in Windows Phone 7. Here’s an Windows Phone Mango Skin Pack from the Devian Art user hameddanger . Convert your Windows 7 UI to Metro UI with Win Read More....Categories: General, Others, Windows Phone 7 Tags: DevianArt, Skin, theme, Windows Phone, Windows Phone Mango Skin Pack
Win a Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone offer from Telerik
Telerik is introducing a brand new control that simulates the behaviour of the Metro UI . Telerik will also introduce the multi-touch support for the while RadControls for Windows Phone . Telerik still havn’t named this control and would require the developers to come up with the name . Just send your suggestion via Twitter or throught comments in the Telerik’s Blog before November 10 , 2011 and geta Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Mango, MetroUI, RadControls, Telerik, Windows Phone
How to get the list of Songs,Genres,Albums from the Windows Phone MediaLibrary ?
You can get the Get the List of Songs / Albums from the Windows Phone using the MediaLibrary class defined in the Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media Namespace . How to access MediaLibrary ? To access the MediaLibrary Class , you should add the reference of the Microsoft.xna.Framework dll to your Windows Phone Application and add the following Namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media; Add the following code snippet privat Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: c#, Genres, MediaLibrary, songs, Windows Phone, XNA
Free Windows Phone for Students , Developers and Bloggers via ‘I unlock Joy’ Programme
Here’s an interesting news for the students , Developers and Bloggers in india who wish to own a Windows Phone … During a meeting at Microsoft Campus , Bangalore that took place yesterday , Microsoft announced the ‘I unlock Joy’ programme for the Developers and Bloggers for Windows Phone in india called “i unlock Joy” . ‘I unlock Joy’ ? i unlock Joy Windows Phone prog Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Developers, i unlock Joy, microsoft, MVPs, students, Windows Phone
Nokia Lumia WP7 Emulator Skin from Telerik
The Telerik’s Marketing Team in its Blog announces the release of Nokia Lumia WP7 Emulator Skin which skins your Windows Phone Emulator in the smoking hot black or white Nokia Lumia skin . If you are already a Telerik Customer , you should find the download in your Account . The Download contains the zip file which includes Readme.txt that explains the steps to follow to skin your Windows Phone Emulator . The Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Emulator, Nokia Lumia, Skin, Telerik, WP7
Win A Nokia Lumia 800 From the Nokia Facebook Page
Nokia is giving away five Nokia Lumia 800 Phones on their Facebook Page . Nokia Lumia 800 is a Windows Phone from Nokia that comes with 3.7” ClearBlack AMOLED display with WVGA 800×480 resolution Display and 8 MP camera . Know more about the Nokia Lumia 800 Specification in the Nokia’s site How to Participate in the Nokia Lumia 800 GiveAway ? All that you have to do is visit the Nokia’s FanPage i Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: competition, Contest, Facebook Page, microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Lumia 800, Windows Phone
How to enable / disable Wifi in Windows Phone using C# ?
If you are a Developer and have an task to change or access the Wifi Settings via some user interaction , you can use the Launcher “ConnectionSettingsTask” to achieve it. Just use the ConnectionSettingsType to Wifi and call the show method of the ConnectionSettingsTask . This will Launch the Wifi Settings Window and lets the user to change the Wifi settings or even enable or disable the Wifi . Yo use Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Launcher, Mango, Settings, wifi, Windows Phone
Using the BingMapsDirectionsTask in Windows Phone Mango
Do you want to display the direction between 2 locations from your Windows Phone 7 Application ? If yes , BingMapsDirectionsTask launcher in the Windows Phone SDK might help you . The BingMapsDirectionsTask launcher will launch the Bing Maps App on your Windows Phone and shows the driving direction between 2 points . Using the BingMapsDirectionsTask in your Windows Phone App is easier . Add reference to the System. Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: BingMapsDirectionsTask, c#, Mango, Visual Studio, Windows Phone
Screenshot App for Windows Phone Mango
Well , the initial Screenshot tool in Windows Phone did not work in Windows Phone Mango , here comes a new version of the Screenshot App for Windows Phone that works like a charm in the Mango version . This Screenshot tool from the WPXAP Forum and allows you to take the on device screenshots easily . I already tried this App on my Developer Unlocked Windows Phone ( HTC Mozart 7 ) and the app looks great . Note th Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: windows phone mango
How to enable Windows Phone Application Tombstone in Emulator when Debugging ?
The Visual Studio 2010 provides the option in the Windows Phone Project to set the Application Tombstone upon deactivation when debugging . You can set this option by following the below steps 1. In Visual Studio 2010 Express / Professional / Ultimate , Right click on the project and select properties var infolink_pid = 373515; var infolink_wsid = 1; 2. In the Debug Page of the Properties Window , s Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Debugger, Debugging, Windows Phone 7
Tiles in Windows Phone Mango – Create and Delete Secondary Tile
This is the 4th part of my series on the Tiles in Windows Phone Mango . In this Blog post , i will explain how one can create Secondary Tiles in Windows Phone . The Secondary Tile is generally created from the App programatically based on the users interaction . A simple scenario where the secondary tiles can be used are the Weather Application or a Chat Application . The Weather Appllication might provide the user Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Create, Delete, Mango, Secondary Tiles, Tiles, Windows Phone
How to Use the BingMapsTask in Windows Phone 7 ?
The BingMapsTask is one of the Launcher that the Windows Phone Developers can use to launch the Bing Maps App . The Search term can be provided to the BingMapsTask object which will be marked on the map . It is also necessary to include the assembly System.Device to the Windows Phone Project and then include the following namespace using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks; using System.Device.Location; var infolink_pid = 37 Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: BingMapsTask, Launcher, Windows Phone 7
Microsoft’s Free Windows Phone Campaign to Students in India
Microsoft has launched a special campaign for students in India to get started with the Windows Phone Development. The campaign is called “i Unlock Joy” and is aimed at students who are enrolled in Microsoft’s Dream Spark Program. If you submit 1 Windows Phone app that gets listed on the Marketplace within the contest period, then you receive a certificate of acknowledgement from Microsoft, a Win Read More....Categories: .NET, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Campaign, India, microsoft, Windows Phone, WP7
Tiles in Windows Phone Mango – Update an Application Tile using ShellTile APIs
In my previous articles, i gave an overview of the Tiles in Windows Phone Mango. In this article, i will explain how developers can use the ShellTile API to update the Application Tile. Note the restriction on using the ShellTile API. This can be used to Update the Application Tile and cannot be used to Create or delete an Application Tile. We should use the ShellTile.ActiveTiles.First () to get the access to the Read More....Categories: .NET, Windows Phone 7 Tags: API, Application Tiles, Mango, ShellTiles, Windows Phone
Tiles in Windows Phone Mango – Part 2 : Tile Properties
In one of my previous post , i gave an overview of the Tiles in Windows Phone . In this Blog Post , i will explain the different properties of the Application and the Secondary Tiles in Windows Phone. If you are thinking that there might be differences in the properties of the Application Tiles and Secondary Tiles . You are wrong The Application Tile and the Secondary tile has the Same Properties . But the proper Read More....Categories: .NET, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Mango, Tiles, Windows Phone, WP7
Provide feedback for Windows Phone 8 Features via Suggestion Box
Do you want to influence the future of Windows Phone ? Here’s an Official Repository of all your Windows Phone Feedback and feature requests called Suggestion Box . “This is something I know many of you have been clamoring for. Now you don’t have to wonder whether your tweets and blog comments are getting through to the team. Suggestion Box not only lets you steer feedback directly to the folks who ac Read More....Categories: .NET, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Apollo, Tango, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 is now available for Download
It was only yesterday that i received the Windows Phone 7 Mango Update for my device and with no surprises here comes the update to the Developer tools . Today , Cliff Simpkins in the Windows Phone Team blog announces the release of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 The Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RTW release is now available for download on the Microsoft Download Center . var infolink_pid = 373515; var infolink_wsid = 1; Read More....Categories: .NET, Windows Phone 7 Tags: 7.1, SDK, Update, Visual Studio, Windows Phone
Tiles in Windows Phone Mango – Part 1 : OverView
By this time , a windows Phone user or a Windows 8 user would have known what is Tiles . Its the shortcut or link to the Application displayes in the Start Screen . The User can Pin the Application to the Start Screen by holding App for few seconds and clicking the Pin to Start Button . The user can later unpin the Tile from the Start Screen or even rearrange it . There are 2 kinds of Tiles in Windows Phone 1. App Read More....Categories: .NET, Windows Phone 7 Tags: Mango, start screen, Tiles, Windows Phone, WP7
