Peter Foot

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• Launching PDF Documents

  In Windows Phone 8 the Windows.System.Launcher class allows you to open files with apps which are registered to handle them. On Windows Phone you have built in support for Office documents and audio and video formats. Lets say you want to open a PDF either... Posted Apr 16 2013, 11:12 PM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Prototyping with Infragistics Indigo

  I recently needed to create a prototype for a Windows Phone application and having recently discovered it I decided to use Indigo Studio to build it. The application is not particularly designed for Windows Phone however it has enough standard UI controls... Posted Apr 13 2013, 12:41 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Working with .png Images

  In my previous post I discovered a limitation with using the Share... extension point in the Photos app. The good news is that from within your own app you can open .png files. For this you can use the PhotoChooserTask which has been available since Windows... Posted Feb 28 2013, 01:30 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Photos Extra Share and .png

  On Windows Phone 8 it is possible to register your app with the Share... extension point on the photo viewer. This allows your app to receive an image file and process it whether that is sending it to an online service or manipulating it on the device... Posted Feb 26 2013, 11:32 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• 32feet.NET for Windows Phone

  With the recent announcement of Windows Embedded Handheld 8 it seems fitting to discuss something related to industrial and line-of-business applications which you can develop now on the Windows Phone platform. I've released the first drop of 32feet... Posted Jan 16 2013, 08:34 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Phone

• Persist Bluetooth Addresses on Windows Phone 8

  The Bluetooth API on Windows Phone 8 is based around some customisations to the Proximity APIs which are part of the Windows API introduced with Windows 8. When you "discover" devices you can retrieve a collection of device identifiers for paired... Posted Dec 05 2012, 05:05 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Bluetooth, Windows Phone

• iCalendar Files on Windows Phone 8

  iCalendar files are based on the set of data exchange specifications which also includes vCards. You may come across them either in emails or from a website. For example some sites which sell travel tickets allow you to download your itinerary in an iCalendar... Posted Nov 03 2012, 06:30 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1

  At MWC today Nokia announced the Lumia 610 which is a lower spec device designed for emerging markets. This is running an updated Windows Phone OS which supports devices with just 256MB of RAM. To enable developers to create apps which support the new... Posted Feb 27 2012, 11:49 PM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Tasks v1.19

  The latest update to Tasks is now available in the Marketplace. This release continues the improvements to the sync experience by providing more resilience in situations where the network drops out during a sync. It also improves the reminders feature... Posted Feb 23 2012, 02:28 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Follow Up from Windows Phone Camp Bristol

  A few of you who attended the Windows Phone Camp in Bristol asked about the slides and code from the Storing Data and Cloud/Networking session. I've uploaded the latest versions of these slides and the additional Sockets code project to the FTP site... Posted Feb 12 2012, 05:58 PM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Events, Windows Phone

• Windows Phone Update due shortly

  Microsoft have published details of a new update (7.10.8107.79) which adds a number of fixes to the Mango release. It fixes the issue where the on screen keyboard will randomly hide itself which I've been finding frustrating recently and also a fix... Posted Jan 06 2012, 08:32 PM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Developer Unlock Expiry

  When you've developer unlocked your Windows Phone you can merrily deploy and debug on it and everything is great. If you've upgraded to Mango you had to run the Unlock tool again but this is fairly painless. What is not obvious is that the developer... Posted Dec 22 2011, 06:35 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Submitting Apps to Marketplace with Background Tasks

  I've been working on an update to the Tasks application which adds in background synchronisation using the new background task support in Windows Phone 7.5. As with any app when you submit your XAP static analysis is performed on it to check, for... Posted Dec 08 2011, 06:38 PM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Showing Mango Features on Marketplace

  The Windows Phone team have posted to their blog about application updates with a couple of useful points:- From October you will again be able to publish updates to your 7.0 apps independently from 7.5 (previously once you had published a Mango update... Posted Sep 21 2011, 04:30 AM by PeterFoot with Filed under: Windows Phone

• Showing Mango Features on Marketplace

  The Windows Phone team have posted to their blog about application updates with a couple of useful points:- From October you will again be able to publish updates to your 7.0 apps independently from 7.5 (previously once you had published a Mango update... Posted Sep 20 2011, 04:30 PM by Peter Foot Filed under: Windows Phone