Roaming your app data

re: Roaming your app data

csnazell — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:02:14 GMT

I have an app on WP7 that I'd like to bring to Metro. It uses SQL CE for its storage MS' recommended Metro alternative is SQLite. However, there's a couple of problems with that ...

I'd argue that the data stored in the app is User Data, however Metro's restrictions require that SQLite just be written to AppData.

I'd like the user to be confident that their data was automatically being backed up by File History but they can't since Metro's restrictions require that SQLite just be written to AppData which isn't backed up.

I'd like to enable the user to keep their data sync'd between all their W8 & WP8 devices, however, I can't use Skydrive for this because Metro's restrictions require that SQLite just be written to AppData.

The solution proposed above seems to be that I have to write a web service to do all this myself.

I want to deliver the best possible experience to my users & I do that by focussing my efforts. So when MS starts piling obstacles in my path I go elsewhere.

re: Roaming your app data

Hannes Preishuber — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:10:12 GMT

typically I woud store Settings in complex objects with Inotifypropertychanged Interface implemented. To serialize that data, I have to build a ApplicationDataCompositeValue and code line by line for each property?

re: Roaming your app data

Tim — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:25:29 GMT

And when sharing settings between your WinRT app and your iPhone / Android app you still need some own mechanism. Any OData / REST recommends?

re: Roaming your app data

James Chaldecott — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:15:19 GMT

+1 for what Scott said.

Roaming settings for desktop apps, and some "continuous experience" support between desktop apps and Win 8 "metro" apps (and WP8 apps??) would be great.

re: Roaming your app data

Scott Bussinger — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:18:12 GMT

So the $64K question is ... how do we take advantage of roaming data from non-WinRT applications? I want to be able to do this with desktop applications as well as Metro applications!