Monthly Archives: October 2013

Allowing Windows Phone App to change lockscreen background

Posted on October 30, 2013 by LZH

In order for the app to change the lockscreen background, your app need to tell the OS that it is a lockscreen background app provider. To do this, you need to add the below extension right after the token area … Continue reading →

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Navigation Service in App.xaml.cs C#/XAML

Posted on October 27, 2013 by LZH

Any attempt to do the below in App.xaml.cs will result in “An object reference is required for the non-static field, method or property System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationService.Navigate(System.Uri)” Thus to ensure proper navigation within App.xaml.cs page, below is the right way. The reason for … Continue reading →

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Building URL point to object in AWS S3 Bucket

Posted on October 26, 2013 by LZH

In response to Adding item to AWS S3 Bucket After adding an object to AWS S3 Bucket, you would want to have a easy method of retrieving back the object. As such below is a snippet on the building of … Continue reading →

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Checking for Internet Connectivity in Windows 8 C#/winrt

Posted on October 26, 2013 by LZH

To prevent winrt app from crashing while doing web method due to the lack of Internet Connectivity, always use the below code to check for Internet Connectivity. Declaring the method in App.cs would ease the usage. Ideally the app should … Continue reading →

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Checking for Internet Connectivity in Windows Phone C#

Posted on October 26, 2013 by LZH

To prevent app from crashing while doing web method due to the lack of Internet Connectivity, always use the below code to check for Internet Connectivity. Ideally the app should inform the user to check its internet connection before trying … Continue reading →

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OS X Mavericks Bootable USB Drive

Posted on October 25, 2013 by LZH

OS X Mavericks was officially launched on 22 October 2013. The installation package is a massive 5.31GB and that is bothering almost anyone with more than one Mac. As such below are the step to creating a bootable USB Drive … Continue reading →

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Adding item to AWS S3 Bucket

Posted on October 22, 2013 by LZH

Refer to Building URL point to object in AWS S3 Bucket on how to retrieve the object in AWS S3 Bucket.

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