May, 2014 | Developer Publish

Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Runtime Apps How to #6 – How to Detect the Current device Platform in Windows Universal App ?

May 25, 2014 no comments

When working with the Windows Universal App , it may be necessary for the developers sometimes to check if the target device is phone or windows 8 tablet and write the platform dependent code based o...

Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Runtime Apps How to #5 – How to Pass Objects when Navigating between pages in Windows Phone 8.1 XAML App ?

May 25, 2014 1 comment

In Windows Phone 8.0 and earlier version , the developers could use the NavigationService.Navigate method to navigate from one page to another . For example , below code snippet could be used to navi...

Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Runtime Apps How to #4 – How to Hide Status Bar in Windows Phone 8.1 XAML App ?

May 23, 2014 4 comments

In Windows Phone 8.0 , the developer could use the SystemTray.IsVisible property to hide or show the System Tray / Status bar . When the developers target the Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 , they cou...

Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Runtime Apps How to #3 – How to make a Phone Call in Windows Phone 8.1 XAML App ?

May 23, 2014 2 comments

In the Windows Phone 8.0 and earlier versions , the developers could use the PhoneCallTask which allows the use to make a phone call. If you are targeting Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight App model , th...

How to Delete the Current Line in Visual Studio 2013 ?

May 18, 2014 no comments

Here’s a simple keyboard shortcut that can be used to delete the Current Line in Visual Studio 2013 Code Editor. How to Delete the Current Line in Visual Studio 2013 ? Place the mouse cursor on...

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8.1 Jumpstart Videos Now Available in Channel 9 MSDN Website

May 4, 2014 no comments

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8.1 Jumpstart was held from April 29 – May 1 which provided the Windows Phone developers the opportunity learn and build Windows Phone 8.1 apps using XAML and C#...