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Several developers have been confused recently because they created new UWP apps using .Net Standard...

Date: 02/14/2018

Several developers have asked why a ComboBox on a Flyout attached to an AppBarButton ignores mouse...

Date: 09/14/2016

Problem A few people have noticed that their Windows Store app projects stopped generating the...

Date: 01/08/2016

The title says it all: when you make a network connection from your Windows Store app to a resource...

Date: 06/24/2015

function CopyCode(elemName) { var obj = document.getElementById(elemName);...

Date: 06/17/2015

Windows Phone Silverlight apps had a MarketplaceReviewTask to prompt users to review an app. Windows...

Date: 06/11/2015

Windows Phone 8.1 devices have a number of different audio output options. Most of the time the...

Date: 05/29/2015

// Recently I was writing a simple HttpClient to interface with a REST API. Typically I just pass...

Date: 05/21/2015

When helping customers implement MDM solutions for Windows 8.1, we frequently encounter scenarios...

Date: 05/14/2015

In one of the previous posts published on this blog we’ve learned how to integrate Facebook in a...

Date: 04/30/2015

I worked a support case recently where the customer had a Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0 background...

Date: 04/23/2015

In Update 1 for Windows Phone 8.1, the ability to use the sharedUserCertificates capability was...

Date: 03/26/2015

Recently I worked with a customer who was implementing a MDM solution and was running into an issue...

Date: 03/18/2015

WebView's NavigateToLocalStreamUri is a method used by developers who want to locally host content...

Date: 02/27/2015

Our support team over at Microsoft is really getting into cross platform development. ...

Date: 02/16/2015

When it comes to develop a mobile application, a common requirement is the integration with...

Date: 02/12/2015

Problem Windows Phone 8 users without the 8.1 Update may experience issues accessing certain secured...

Date: 01/26/2015

One of the challenges of writing Windows Runtime apps with .NET is that they use a simplified...

Date: 01/22/2015

We often get asked by customers about how they can manage non-admin users using MDM. This blog...

Date: 01/14/2015

Problem The WebView control itself does not scroll when the HTML Body exceeds the size of the view....

Date: 01/06/2015

Visual Studio 2013 comes with the Behaviors SDK that can be used when developing Windows 8.1 Store...

Date: 12/10/2014

I recently helped a customer configure a Wi-Fi profile through MDM. The issue that they were running...

Date: 11/19/2014

I've seen support cases and forum posts asking this question:  "Why doesn't the Windows...

Date: 11/10/2014

There are a number of different audio capture and playback APIs on Windows Phone 8.x. Unfortunately...

Date: 10/31/2014

If you are writing a Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 application and using Windows Notification...

Date: 10/17/2014

// Working in developer support at Microsoft we see a lot of cases in the forums and customers that...

Date: 10/16/2014

I was helping customers with deploying Company apps to Windows Phone 8.1 through MDM and here are...

Date: 10/09/2014

Universal apps are a great way to share code between your Windows and Windows Phone versions of your...

Date: 10/02/2014

The Windows 8.1 Enterprise Device Management Protocol document talks about the different contexts...

Date: 09/25/2014

I'm Confused I'm a big fan of simplicity. There are times that I look at sample code and cannot...

Date: 09/18/2014

This walkthrough creates a Mobile Service locally.  It in no way is connected to your Azure...

Date: 09/11/2014

Since the release of Windows 8 Developer Preview I have been pushing our Multimedia group to add...

Date: 09/04/2014

I recently investigated a Windows Phone problem, reported by one of our forum contributors, in which...

Date: 08/25/2014

Here is an attempt to provide a brief overview of Windows Phone 8.1 MDM Push functionality. In...

Date: 08/21/2014

Differences between Windows Phone Silverlight apps and Windows Phone Store apps are a recurring...

Date: 08/07/2014

Often there is a need in your Windows Store app (including Windows Phone 8.1) to access resources...

Date: 07/31/2014

The MSDN documentation on “How to handle file activation”, for Windows and Windows Phone...

Date: 07/25/2014

function CopyCode(elemName) { var obj = document.getElementById(elemName);...

Date: 07/17/2014

We get quite a few questions in the forums about how to handle playlists when using the...

Date: 07/11/2014

If you are a developer with applications published in the Windows Store for Windows or Windows...

Date: 06/26/2014

Scenario A forum post recently asked about navigating to a page that that contains images that are...

Date: 06/20/2014

Touch screens are cool. Being able to drag and manipulate pictures and objects on the screen is fun,...

Date: 06/10/2014

The concept of Universal apps lets you share common code targeting the Windows Runtime between a...

Date: 06/05/2014

Hello everyone, Recently the .NET Native Preview has been announced. I was thrilled to read the...

Date: 05/22/2014

function CopyCode(elemName) { var obj = document.getElementById(elemName);...

Date: 05/08/2014

This is a companion text blog to the video blog that will be released on Channel 9 next week. I...

Date: 05/02/2014

// You can very easily have your app Poll for Live Tiles. What is cool about that is that you don't...

Date: 04/30/2014

A musical score is a great way to add zip to your app, but many people are stumped because the Xaml...

Date: 04/24/2014

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