Windows Phone 8 SDK is now available
Today during the Build keynote the Windows Phone 8 SDK was announced. Using the SDK you can build both Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8 apps in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8. The SDK is...
View ArticleTiles and Notifications in Windows Phone 8
The tile is the front door to your app. A nice tile can mean the world to your app and the usage of it. Some developers/companies manage to use this opportunity and make great static and living tiles....
View ArticleUsing the ProgressIndicator in the SystemTray in Windows Phone
In many cases Windows Phone developers implement and place their own progress indicators in Windows Phone apps. When you add a new PhoneApplicationPage to the app it will by default set the IsVisible...
View ArticleWhere is the Skype app for Windows Phone?
Yesterday I wrote a blog post asking about the missing Build app for Windows 8. Rumors says the app is built but failed certification hence not available for the attendees – it has not been confirmed...
View ArticleInstallation Folder in Windows Phone 8
The installation folders for Windows Phone apps (also known as appdata) are read-only and reading data from files in the folders hasn’t always been the best experience. We have been able to use...
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