Hmmm I wrote something but I didn’t tested it on mobile device because I don’t have any at the moment but I tested it on my PC and Windows Mobile 10 emulator. public static class AdaptersHelper { const int MAX_ADAPTER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH = 128; const int ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW = 111; const int MAX_ADAPTER_NAME_LENGTH = 256; const int MAX_ADAPTER_ADDRESS_LENGTH … Read more
If you want to read a file from your project you can for example do it like this: string fileContent; StorageFile file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(new Uri(@”ms-appx:///example.txt”)); using (StreamReader sRead = new StreamReader(await file.OpenStreamForReadAsync())) fileContent = await sRead.ReadToEndAsync(); Also please ensure that you have set the Build Action of your file as Content (it should be … Read more
At first you need to declare that your program will be using winRT libraries: Right-click on your yourProject, select Unload Project Right-click on your yourProject(unavailable) and click Edit yourProject.csproj Add a new property group:<targetplatformversion>8.0</targetplatformversion> Reload project Add reference Windows from Windows > Core Now you need to add this code: using Windows.UI.Notifications; and you will … Read more
Be sure to use the Spy++ utility when you want to reverse-engineer something like this. Included with Visual Studio, you need the 64-bit version in Common7\Tools\spyxx_amd64.exe. Use Search > Find Window and drag the bullseye to a UWP app, like Weather. You’ll see the window you’ll find with GetForegroundWindow(), it has at least 3 child … Read more
TLDR A custom (templated) control allows an app to use the Template property to replace the control’s internal element tree. If you don’t need/want your control to have that re-templating feature, then use a UserControl as it’s easier. UserControl A UserControl is a lot easier to create with Visual Studio or Blend giving you a … Read more
I’ve experienced the same problem after updating Visual Studio community to Update 2. Typing in CMD (under admin rights) the following command solved my issue: net start IpOverUsbSvc Thanks to Agrgg for a good tip 😉
Note: These features (blur and the Backdrop brush) require the Anniversary Update to Windows 10. You currently can get a preview of the SDK through the Windows Insider Program Prerequisites Targeting the Windows 10 Anniversary Update A basic understanding of the Visual Layer and how the Visual Tree works. You can find out more here. … Read more
Try wrapping your DataTemplate inside a UserControl like this – <DataTemplate> <UserControl> <Grid> <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups> … </Grid> </UserControl> </DataTemplate> Looks like any Control that has got a Content property will work. That’s why UserControl works, so does a ContentControl. So if you replace the UserControl with a ContentControl and give it an empty Style. It should … Read more
In WP8.1 Runtime (also in Silverlight) you can use MediaCapture. In short: // First you will need to initialize MediaCapture Windows.Media.Capture.MediaCapture takePhotoManager = new Windows.Media.Capture.MediaCapture(); await takePhotoManager.InitializeAsync(); If you need a preview you can use a CaptureElement: // In XAML: <CaptureElement x:Name=”PhotoPreview”/> Then in the code behind you can start/stop previewing like this: // start … Read more
We need to use the CodePagesEncodingProvider to register extended encodings included in that specific provider. See CodePagesEncodingProvider Class Encoding.RegisterProvider(CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance); Encoding.GetEncoding(“windows-1254”); Ref https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.encodingprovider(v=vs.110).aspx The .NET Framework Class Library provides one static property, P:System.Text.CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance, that returns an EncodingProvider object that makes the full set of encodings available on the desktop .NET Framework Class Library available to .NET … Read more