Who knows if we can reference Microsoft.Phone.DeviceManufacturers component within official windows phone 8 sdk? I want to develop a background service using ServiceAgent class.
From MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj208461(v=vs.105).aspx)
"This API is not intended to be used directly from your code."
So, no you can't use this for a normal SDK app which you distribute via the Store - this is a restricted API. You may be able to use this in an app which you load on a dev-unlocked phone.
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I have an application built with the Titanium SDK that runs fine on iOS and Android. Now that Windows Phone can be targeted using Appcelerator Studio, I tried to publish the app to this platform. It published and ran but the app looks horrible and behaves unexpected and clearly needs some work.
When I search through Appcelerator's documentation for the Titanium SDK, the properties and methods for say "Ti.UI.View" do not have the Windows supported logo next to them? How do I know what properties and methods of the various classes are supported / I can use? I will post an example link below. It is for Ti.UI.View
http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/api/Titanium.UI.View-property-touchEnabled
Is there another source of documentation I am missing? Does anyone know if Appcelerator plan on updating their docs?
If the property does not clarify anything supports all e.g: BackgroundColor, but if the property supported only some are shown as follows: e.g BackgroundDisabledColor (Windows and Android)
I'm not sure if the documentation is up-to 100%
Documentation for windows:
Windows Phone specific UI capabilities
Windows UI Components and Conventions
Windows Phone API has the namespace DataTransferManager to share files from internal storage.
I'm trying to use this feature on my Xamarin App.
I got a WP8 XAML page displayed via Xamarin's PageRenderer. Inside this page I call DataTransferManager.GetForCurrentView() like described in many tutorials. But at runtime the App crashes with NotSupportedException.
Please help me on how I can share files (no pictures) from my App.
Thanks
I found a solution: Upgrading the WinPhone Project to WP8.1.
So far there are no errors with PCL and 8.1.
As above. Will I be able to publish the app to Windows Phone which is using Javascript inside Unity project?
unity is a cross platform engine so what you code inside it can be used all across platforms . no matter what language you use
I'm writing an app, it can list all apps in user device, is there have a way to know which apps were installed to the phone via wp8.1 public API currently? Can I get the app list?
I believe those two answers: first and second are still actual.
Looking here at MSDN, PackageManager class is available only for desktop applications, not phone:
Minimum supported phone - None supported
Thought for Enterprise Deployment you can use on Phone InstallationManager.FindPackagesForCurrentPublisher method - as written in first reference.
I'd like to start work on a Windows Store App client for Spotify, using LibSpotify. However, it seems that I'm unable to use the libspotify dll from inside a Metro app, presumably because it uses parts of the win32 api that are off-limits to the Metro Sandbox.
Loading in my own simple test dll using LoadPackagedLibrary works ok, but loading in libspotify gives error 1114 - ERROR_DLL_INIT_FAILED.
Is there any hope for me?
Thanks
Tom
If you are trying to create a Metro-Style-App - you have no hope until Spotify releases an updated library or someone reverse engineers their library to make it work in WinRT.
If you want to create a Metro style app that is not WinRT - based - there are WPF libraries that let you theme your application to look Metro, but you won't be able to sell it in Windows Store unless you work for Spotify and get into a deal with Microsoft.
You can only use the WinRT library in Windows 8 Metro Apps, not Win32.