I'm debugging some windows phone 8 location tracking application and I want to purchase gps-receiver and connect it to my notebook for reality test of application with real location data. Will it work? Can the application running in the emulator get these real data?
Thank you.
I'm not sure if the emulator can communicate with the GPS receiver. You can, however, use the emulator location data to simulator it. Take a look at the MSDN guide to learn more.
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I'd like to create a Windows Phone 8.1 app to connect to a TV and have basic controls (change channels, turn on/off).
I know It's hard to have an universal remote for every TV, but I'm just testing so It could work to a specific model/maker.
My first guess is to connect to a smart tv over wifi connection, but I can't find any site to describe how to do this or how do I start researching. I only got links to apps already made, but not on how to build it.
Anyone knows how this connection works?
Thanks!
i dont think this is really related to Windows phone specific. but here is what you can do:
find out what kind of API the TV has. it's probably some Rest or SOAP based webservice you can call. if there are existing apps (maybe for other platforms) you can use Fiddler to check the network traffic from these apps to the TV if you set your pc as "man in the middle" with fiddler.
as soon as you have what you need look into HttpClient examples on how to send these requests toward your TV.
fiddler :http://www.telerik.com/fiddler
HttpClient: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/dn298639
I need to do reliable streaming of video from a Windows Phone 8 app to a Windows Store app. Currently I am doing this via sockets over Wi-Fi with a wireless router in the middle like this SO solution suggests:
How to stream video from PC to Windows Phone 8 mobile phone through internet
I can no longer use a solution like this because the production environment for the apps will not have a wireless router available so the Windows Phone device will need to talk directly to the Windows Store app running on a laptop or tablet. I've heard of something called Wi-Fi direct but I am having trouble finding the information I need in this context. Here are my questions:
Can I use Wi-Fi direct? If so, is there a decent sample or document that covers my app context of streaming video from a Windows Phone 8 app to a Windows Store app?
If I can't, is Bluetooth reliable enough to stream video smoothly? If so, any examples that show how to do this would be appreciated.
If both are viable solutions, which is the better one using smooth frame rate and reliability as a the criteria for judging?
If I turn the tablet/PC or Windows Phone into a hotspot, would that allow me to establish socket connections from my apps?
Hotspot questions extended. Will the hotspot solution, either phone or tablet/laptop, still work if the device providing the hotspot does not currently have access to a network? For example, if the phone can't access a 3G/4G network, can it still act as a hotspot for the tablet/laptop? I know there won't be Internet/Web access, but can the devices still talk to each other?
I found this SO post on Wi-Fi direct but it covers Android:
Wi-Fi Direct technology
I found this SO post on Bluetooth streaming but it covers Android and iOS:
Bluetooth video streaming in WiFiCameraApp
Would turning my laptop/tablet running the Windows Store app into a hot-spot work for my context?:
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/2207-accessing-files-over-wifi-without-a-router-android-pc
Why don't you use the phone as a hot spot by enabling internet sharing? Remove the router.
Is it possible to tap a windows phone to a NFC reader connected to a windows laptop running a windows store app?
what I want to achieve is to send a message from windows phone to windows store app, and trigger a registration action.
any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Yes, it's fully supported through the Windows.Networking.Proximity APIs. However, the problem you may hit is that it's difficult to find desktop/laptops that support NFC proximity. You can easily find NFC readers that can read smart cards and tags, but most of these don't support proximity.
The only USB dongle I've seen that supports proximity is this Sony one, however I've also heard that there are reliability problems with it: http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/business/products/RC-S380.html
I Have windows phone 8 And I want to Develop apps and Deploy it Freely.is this possible.
Ya, max 10 developer app or unsigned apps are allowed to install in your phone.
I assume what you want to do is sideload the apps . For that you need to developer unlock you lumia620 first , which obviously is going to cost you.Please check price for developer unlocking you phone with microsoft.
Other than that it is impossible to load apps freely ,if it is not through App store.
Hope my answer helped you.
It is possible to load any number of unsigned xap files onto a Windows Phone device provided it is fully unlocked (interop unlock). How you go about getting your device to that state presents a challenge. So far, only the Samsung ATIV S has been unlocked to that level for Windows Phone 8.
Once you have fully unlocked your phone you effectively have free reign over your device being able to fully access components such as the registry or file system.
Both Samsung and LG have provided back door diagnostic tools on their phones that facilitate making the needed registry changes to completely unlock their phones. Whether such features are available on other brands has yet to be discovered.
If you are a software developer, you will probably want to get your hands on an ATIV S before they disappear.
Is there any way a Windows Phone 8 app can make phone calls, sending SMS, and perform other cellular network activities without user interaction?
According to this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/7342769 it is somehow possible to perform AT commands to directly access the cellular functionality on Windows Phone 7 (in an inofficial way). Since the Windows Phone 8 SDK supports native code, my question is if you can make use of this to send the required AT commands or access the RIL layer somehow.
In case anyone is wondering why I need this: it's not about an app wich is going to get published but it is needed for an automated testing process.
You cannot do that, this is not possible in windows phone