I am developing an application and have create two resources for arabic and english. The problem we are facing is, when I install the app with the device connected to visual studio and launch the application, and change language of the application, it works fine and changes the language.
But when I am creating the application package and install the application with the package, it does not change the language with the same code that is working when installed through visual studio.
Any idea why that might be happening? that's how i am changing the culture.
public void ChangeEnglishToArabicCulture() {
var culture = new CultureInfo("ar-SA");
Windows.Globalization.ApplicationLanguages.PrimaryLanguageOverride = culture.Name;
CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
(Window.Current.Content as Frame).FlowDirection = Windows.UI.Xaml.FlowDirection.RightToLeft;
}
public void ChangeArabicToEnglishCulture() {
var culture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
Windows.Globalization.ApplicationLanguages.PrimaryLanguageOverride = culture.Name;
CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentCulture = culture;
CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = culture;
(Window.Current.Content as Frame).FlowDirection = Windows.UI.Xaml.FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
}
I've recently had the same issues.
When debugging my code I could change the application language without any issues. However, applications deployed would only work with the default language.
This turned out to be a deployment issue.
Generate an APPX file, rather than an APPXBUNDLE file, and deploy that (using Add-AppxPackage).
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I started developing my game few years ago, with big pauses. There was no gradle back then, just simple java installation app. How can I find what is the version of LibGDX used?
Here you go:
Gdx.app.log("Gdx version", com.badlogic.gdx.Version.VERSION);
The answer of Xoppa is correct but I find it a very uncomfortable way of checking versions. It would be nice if the LibGDX setup tool and the big website download button showed the version number since currently (as far as I am aware of) the only way to know the version is to create a project first and I find that rather obscure.
A way to know without executing any code is to check the build.gradle file which "should" display the correct version number at line gdxVersion = 'x.x.x'.
In any I.D.E., e.g. IntelliJ, AndroidStudio etc., create a temporary class to run System.out.printf()
public class printGdxVersion{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.printf(com.badlogic.gdx.Version.VERSION);
}
}
You can also find it in the project build.gradle file under:
allprojects {
apply plugin: "eclipse"
version = '1.0'
ext {
appName = "BibleQuiz"
gdxVersion = '1.9.12'
roboVMVersion = '2.3.11'
box2DLightsVersion = '1.5'
ashleyVersion = '1.7.3'
aiVersion = '1.8.2'
}
In my windows store app using the Visual Studio 2012 designer I want to be able to load some model objects for the designer. I've done this plenty of times before where I supply a xaml file using the ms-appx:/// uri without error. However, for this project I need to be able to instantiate a class and have it convert raw xml of a different format into my model objects.
I'm using the following xaml to instantiate my class for the designer:
d:DataContext="{Binding Source={d:DesignInstance Type=model:Walkthroughs, IsDesignTimeCreatable=True}}"
In my Walkthroughs class had code that did this initially:
public Walkthroughs()
{
if (Windows.ApplicationModel.DesignMode.DesignModeEnabled)
AppDataLoader.LoadWalkthroughs(this, XDocument.Load("ms-appx:///SampleData/walkthroughs.xml"));
}
I first ran into an issue where the XDocument.Load did not understand the ms-appx:/// uri so I modified my code to something very simplistic:
AppDataLoader.LoadWalkthroughs(this, XDocument.Load(#"C:\walkthroughs.xml"));
Now I get access to path '' is denied.
I've tried several directories as well to no avail. I'm even running Visual Studio as an Administrator. If I remove the prefix altogether I get the following error:
Could not find file 'C:\Users\{me}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Designer\ShadowCache\omxyijbu.m4y\yofsmg1x.avh\walkthroughs.xml'.
Has anyone been able to load files from the file system when the designer instantiates objects?
Thanks,
-jeff
XDocument.Load(string uri) seems to have problems with loading Project resources from ms-appx:/
Regarding your second approach: Direct access to "C:" is not permitted. Ther is only a handful of special folders that you can access. Check out my workaround for this (my xml file is within the Assets folder of my project:
var storageFolder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;
storageFolder = await storageFolder.GetFolderAsync("Assets");
var xmlFile = await storageFolder.GetFileAsync("data.xml");
var stream = await xmlFile.OpenReadAsync();
var rdr = new StreamReader(stream.AsStream(), System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("ISO-8859-1")); //needed if you have "ä,ß..." in your xml file
var doc = XDocument.Load(rdr);
Is it possible to use the following SDK for a Web Application:
https://github.com/box/box-windows-sdk-v2
The specs say it is targeted for the .NET framework for Windows and Windows Phone applications, but I wasn't able to figure it out for a Web .NET project. Is this SDK strictly for native Windows and Windows phones applications?
I've never used await/async functions in C# and that's possibly where I can't figure it out. I've been able to successfully get an oauth2 token/refresh token, but don't know where to go from here. Could anyone take a look or provide a sample of how to retrieve folder details?
Thanks !
It is absolutely possible to use the Box Windows SDK in an ASP.NET web application.
I've recently updated the readme documentation to mention that the SDK supports the .NET 4.0 framework, so as long as your project is targeting that framework or above you should be good to go. If you are running an express version of Visual Studio, you unfortunately will not be able to open the SDK source project as it's built as a PCL (Portable Class Library). You can, however, still get the binaries through nuget.
One important thing you have to remember when using async/await calls in ASP.NET is that you have to include the Async="true" attribute in your Page declaration:
<%# Page Language="C#" Async="true" %>
You mentioned that you were able to successfully get OAuth2 tokens/refresh tokens. I'm not sure if you wrote your own workflow to retrieve those tokens, but the SDK supports handling the second step of exchanging an auth code for tokens as follows:
public async Task Authenticate(string authCode)
{
BoxConfig config = new BoxConfig("YOUR_CLIENT_KEY", "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET", new Uri("YOUR_REDIRECT"));
BoxClient client = new BoxClient(config);
await client.Auth.AuthenticateAsync("authCode");
}
Note that when using async/await, you must decorate your method signature with the "async" keyword. Microsoft has written great articles on further understanding the async/await keywords.
In the case that you built your own OAuth2 workflow, the SDK also accepts a completed OAuth Session. Here's a full sample of that, and an example of getting items in your root level folder:
public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
BoxClient _client;
protected async void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
BoxConfig config = new BoxConfig("YOUR_CLIENT_KEY", "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET", new Uri("https://YOUR_REDIRECT"));
BoxClient client = new BoxClient(config);
OAuthSession session = new OAuthSession("YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN", "YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN", 3600, "bearer");
_client = new BoxClient(config, session);
}
protected async void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
BoxFolder folder = await _client.FoldersManager.GetItemsAsync("0", 10);
string test = folder.Name;
}
}
From Miguel de Icaza:
We use a library profile that is better suited for mobile devices, so we removed features that are not necessary (like the entire System.Configuration stack, just like Silverlight does).
After years of .NET development, I'm accustomed to storing configuration settings in web.config and app.config files.
When using Mono for Android, where should I put my configuration settings?
If it matters, I'd like to store different configuration settings for different build configurations as well.
I would probably recommend using shared preferences and compilation symbols to manage different configurations. Below is an example of how you can use a preferences file to add or change keys based on the compilation symbols. Additionally, you could create a separate preferences file that is only available for a particular configuration. Because these keys are not available on all configurations, make sure to always perform checks for them before using.
var prefs = this.GetSharedPreferences("Config File Name", FileCreationMode.Private);
var editor = prefs.Edit();
#if MonoRelease
editor.PutString("MyKey", "My Release Value");
editor.PutString("ReleaseKey", "My Release Value");
#else
editor.PutString("MyKey", "My Debug Value");
editor.PutString("DebugKey", "My Debug Value");
#endif
editor.PutString("CommonKey", "Common Value");
editor.Commit();
We have had exactly the same problem in our current project.
My first impulse was to put the configuration in a sqlite key-value table but then my internal customer reminded me the main reason for a configuration file - it should support simple editing.
So instead we created an XML file and put it there:
string documentsPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);
And access it using these properties:
public string this[string key]
{
get
{
var document = XDocument.Load(ConfigurationFilePath);
var values = from n in document.Root.Elements()
where n.Name == key
select n.Value;
if(values.Any())
{
return values.First();
}
return null;
}
set
{
var document = XDocument.Load(ConfigurationFilePath);
var values = from n in document.Root.Elements()
where n.Name == key
select n;
if(values.Any())
{
values.First().Value = value;
}
else
{
document.Root.Add(new XElement(key, value));
}
document.Save(ConfigurationFilePath);
}
}
}
via a singleton class we call Configuration so for .NET developers it is very similar to using the app.config files. Might not be the most efficient solution but it gets the job done.
there's a Xamarin centric AppSetting reader: https://www.nuget.org/packages/PCLAppConfig
pretty useful for continuous delivery (so a deployment server such as octopus allows to alter your config file for each environment with values stored on the cd server)
there's a Xamarin centric AppSetting reader available at https://www.nuget.org/packages/PCLAppConfig
it is pretty useful for continuous delivery;
use as per below:
1) Add the nuget package reference to your pcl and platforms projects.
2) Add a app.config file on your PCL project, then as a linked file on all your platform projects. For android, make sure to set the build action to 'AndroidAsset', for UWP set the build action to 'Content'. Add you settings keys/values: <add key="config.text" value="hello from app.settings!" />
3) Initialize the ConfigurationManager.AppSettings on each of your platform project, just after the 'Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init' statement, that's on AppDelegate in iOS, MainActivity.cs in Android, App in UWP/Windows 8.1/WP 8.1:
ConfigurationManager.Initialise(PCLAppConfig.FileSystemStream.PortableStream.Current);
3) Read your settings : ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["config.text"];
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Maybe PCLAppConfig is help you to create and read from app.config in Xamarin.Forms PCL Project or other Xamarin projects.
For different configuration in different build mode such as release and debug you can use Configuration Transform on app.config.
I want to send data generated by a flash module into an external executable in windows. From what I've learnt about interprocess communication, I think it is appropriate to use pipes in this case. I am using Flash professional CS5 and when a 'trace' command is used in actionscript the ouput will be displayed in the output window in flash professional. I think Flash pipes the data into the output window and if so is it possible to obtain the handle to that pipe. Is there a way by which I can write the output from flash player itself when the trace commands are executed or the data generated on an event directly into the buffer of a pipe.
Please help me out.
Thanks in advance.
I did some tricks using a Flash Badge, AIR app. and C# console app..
We can send params to an AIR app. from BADGE and receive it using:
protected function onInit(event:FlexEvent):void{
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.addEventListener(BrowserInvokeEvent.BROWSER_INVOKE, onBrowserInvoke);}
protected function onBrowserInvoke(e:BrowserInvokeEvent):void{
//reading args
var a:String = e.arguments[0];
//Now we can run *.exe from windows using:
if(NativeProcess.isSupported)
{
var nativeProcessStartupInfo:NativeProcessStartupInfo = new NativeProcessStartupInfo();
nativeProcessStartupInfo.executable = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("ExecutableApp.exe");
nativeProcessStartupInfo.arguments.push(a);
var process:NativeProcess = new NativeProcess();
//dispatched when the process will be finished
process.addEventListener(NativeProcessExitEvent.EXIT,onProcessDone);
//run
process.start(nativeProcessStartupInfo);
}
else Alert.show("Native process are not supported\nPrinter settings may be wrong!");
}
It's a long way, but certainly works! At least for me it worked.