Flawless Google Latitude for Windows Phone is available in gMaps 1.15
Posted by Alex | Filed under All, silverlight, wp7
Google latitude is working again and waiting for you!
gMaps Pro v1.15 includes new features as well as various fixes and improvements. We’ve fixed critical issue with latitude authentication, so you can still use latitude on your #windowsphone
What’s new in 1.15:
1. New live tile nearby alert. When somebody in Latitude is nearby (2km or less), [...]
Phone Dialer Maintenance Update 1.5
Posted by Alex | Filed under All, silverlight
Phone Dialer (link to the app) got maintenance update.
What’s inside:
1. Bug fixes to all issues we found with great help of the users.
2. Option to clear history
3. Some effects added
4. Metro UI improvements, thank to the #metrolynch by @kichinsky
5. Updated icon
Download app right now:
Tags: wp7
Новогодний конкурс WP7
Posted by Alex | Filed under contests, silverlight, wp7
Мы с Лешей по старой традиции и привычке тоже решили поучаствовать. После штурма появилось с десяток идей, из реализуемых и реально полезных выбрали одну и …
И после неудачной первой сертификации (уведомление пользователя о использовании данных о его местоположении) вашему взору предстает
Карта елочных ярмарок Москвы
Суть проста. Хотите купить елку? Украшения, сувениры или подарки?
Загрузите наше приложение и [...]
Tags: contest, mango, Map, moscow, NY2012, Windows Phone 7, windowsphone, wp7
Windows Phone 7.0 handling text entry screens and keyboard layouts
Posted by Alex | Filed under All, silverlight, wp7
As it happens sometimes, I had to develop simple page with one textbox at the bottom of the page. Designer put attention on this screen – “page title should be visible even with opened keyboard”.
Pretty easy piece of work.
Tags: development, keyboard, layout, silverlight, Windows Phone 7, windowsphone, wp7, wp7dev, yoohoo
Secondary Tiles in Mango, Wp7
Posted by Alex | Filed under silverlight, wp7
Hi there!
Here is a short howto on creating secondary tiles in mango from XAML-ed controls:
1. Create usercontrol and set there markup for future tile. Do not use OpacityMask with ImageBrush, it just doesn’t work.
(see attached example, just ordinary usercontrol)
2. Render tiles to Isolated storage
internal static StandardTileData PrepareModelTile(ViewModel selectedModel)
[...]
Tags: development, mango, silverlight, tiles, wp7
Mango ScrollViewer Issue
Posted by Alex | Filed under silverlight, wp7
Recently I found out that on Mango Beta 2 Refresh (SDK 7.1 RC) page with simple scrollviewer and long vertical content can be scrolled also horizontally (yay!)
Google didn’t suggest anything so I had to dive into that issue myself.
So, basically, issue is caused by HorizontalScrollBarVisibility=”Hidden” property value of ScrollViewer.
Without it you can do only verticall [...]
Tags: development, mango, scrollviewer, Windows Phone 7, wp7, wp7dev
zTop integration with AppHub
Posted by Alex | Filed under silverlight, wp7, ztop
I’m glad to show you an update to the zTop which brings integration with AppHub reporting.
Tags: .NET, C#, development, MarketPlace, silverlight, silverlight 4, Windows Phone 7, wp7dev, ztop
Great time to be Windows Phone 7 Developer!
Posted by Alex | Filed under MIX, silverlight, wp7
Glad I have time to share my feelings about Keynote, Day 2 at #MIX11
Main things that were presented – Windows Phone 7 Mango update, Kinect and Silverlight 5.
I was inspired mostly by WP7 Mango and Kinect, let me explain why.
Here are topics on Mango update I’m excited:
Opportunities
More countries to develop (+8), more contries to sell [...]
Tags: MIX, mix11, silverlight, Windows Phone 7, wp7
Silverlight – ‘Save Image as’ behavior
Posted by Alex | Filed under silverlight
I was just thinking why Silverlight doesn’t allow saving some parts of UI (even just simple images) as images.
Tags: C#, development, Extension Method, silverlight, silverlight 4, Tips
Итак… МЫ ПОБЕДИЛИ!
Posted by Alex | Filed under All, EcoContest, MIX, silverlight
Друзья, я безмерно благодарен вам за вашу поддержку!!!
http://contest.silverlightshow.net/Gallery.aspx
В данный момент думаю как же отпраздновать сие прекраснейшее событие!
Урааа!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!