Tag Archives: Windows Phone

Saving UI element as jpeg for Windows Phone 8.1

Posted on October 21, 2015 by LZH

This is an follow-up of the Drawing pad for Windows Phone 8.1 Assume that the content that is needed to save into jpeg is in a scrollviewer, the below would be the implementation on saving the content. It works for most … Continue reading →

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Drawing pad for Windows Phone 8.1

Posted on June 24, 2015 by LZH

Many had asked on how do we create a drawing pad for Windows Phone 8.1. It is very simple, in fact the code to get it done is exactly the same as that for Windows 8.1 In the xaml, you … Continue reading →

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Emulator couldn’t determine the host IP address

Posted on April 20, 2014 by LZH

If you encountered the the error “Emulator couldn’t determine the host IP address” when trying to debug windows phone app in the emulator. You may try to head over to Network Connection and ensure that “vEthernet (Internal Ethernet Port Windows … Continue reading →

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‘ParallelOperationThreadCount’ is larger than maximum of ’64’

Posted on February 24, 2014 by LZH

The above exception occur when you upload a blob that is greater than the value specified by the SingleBlobUploadThresholdInBytes property, it is automatically divided into blocks that are uploaded individually and assembled into the complete blob by the service. The … Continue reading →

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Using Google Analytics to your Windows Phone Apps

Posted on December 4, 2013 by LZH

For developers that would like to track the usage of your Windows Phone app that are in the marketplace. Google Analytics is actually a decent choice given that setting up is fairly easy. Simply head over to http://www.google.com/analytics/ and login … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone IP over USB Transport (IpOverUsbSvc) is not running. Retry after starting Windows Phone IP over USB Transport (IpOverUsbSvc) from the services management console.

Posted on November 29, 2013 by LZH

If you encounter the below error message while developing app for Windows Phone. Error Message: “Windows Phone IP over USB Transport (IpOverUsbSvc) is not running. Retry after starting Windows Phone IP over USB Transport (IpOverUsbSvc) from the services management console.” … Continue reading →

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Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path ”, line 0, position 0.

Posted on November 18, 2013 by LZH

You may encounter “Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0." when trying to parse Json result that are downloaded from the WebClient method if the data is compressed in GZip. This is because WebClient … Continue reading →

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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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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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