Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
When submitting an App to the Windows 8 store I am repeatedly getting an error that relates to the failure of the native image generator. There are a number of suggestions around this issue in this article which having worked through, and submitted an issue via Connect (see here) I have finally implemented the suggested... Continue Reading →
After around 10 days in the submission process my first Windows 8 App has failed with the following report: 6.11 The app's category and subcategory must correspond to the character or purpose of your app Presently the Apps’ category and sub-category are: Which is as I intended (there is no sub category for ‘Productivity’ Apps).... Continue Reading →
The success of Live Tile News for Windows Phone (see review from BBC Click below) has lead to the early development of a version for Windows 8. Sharing the same back end this App provides at-a-glance and in depth news based on News feeds. available from the BBC. The App is currently undergoing QA testing... Continue Reading →
Semantic Zoom was initially implemented in “Live Tile Browser” to collapse down the A-Z listing of Live Tilesto a simple alphabet (see blow) Semantic Zoom – (a–z listing of available Live tiles) This worked fine but it did present a small problem when I decided to offer a different method for sorting the live tiles... Continue Reading →
Live Tiles: ‘Get the important facts at a glance’ As owners of a Windows Phone we love our Live Tiles. Apart from the convenience they can save us valuable time when its simply not an option to stop what you are doing and fire up an App. But as an early adopter of Windows Phone... Continue Reading →
We have all been is situations where we have seen code implemented in an unnecessarily complex way or where the number of features in an app has gotten out of control. I like to think that the use of “KISS” (“Keep it simple – stupid”) is one of the main stays of all the projects... Continue Reading →
By default Bitmap Images are cached by WinRT with no intervention required by the developer. Often times this is a good thing but there are some occasions where this is undesirable. Although there doesn’t appear to be any obvious control in the API reference I have found that adding a dummy querystring to the BitMapImage... Continue Reading →
Following a gruelling (OK, not really that gruelling) 2 days in the Labs at Microsoft a couple of weeks ago am happy to say that “Live Tile Browser” has received certification for submission to the Windows 8 store. (I understand that this is one of the first, if not the very first app in the... Continue Reading →
I’m not going to labour the point but the installation of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is a lot easier than my earlier post relating to the Dell Duo! That said, the steps are essentially the same: Back up the supplied Windows 7 installation if desired* Install Windows 8 Run Windows Update Download Windows 7... Continue Reading →
A quick interim post to show progress on porting this app to Windows 8. Still much to do but have made good progress in a couple of days. Plan on adding filters for Live Tile types which will re-arrange the screen accordingly. UI is very responsive so am pleased thus far. I have added... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 