Sometimes things don’t make sense, but bugs in software hardly do. In a new Windows Phone application I am implementing a fully functional trial mode that displays advertisements using Microsoft’s AdControl. I made sure to use the latest version of the AdControl (which is version 6.1.320.0). On one of the pages inside the application has [...]
In the previous part of EvenTiles, you saw that applications running on 256-MB Devices cannot use Periodic Agents. Of course the application is still working, but the content of the backside of a Secondary Tile, when pinned to the start screen, does not alter. Since 256-MB Windows Phone Devices fully support Push Notifications, it is [...]
In part 18 of the continuing story of EvenTiles we will take a look at targeting additional Windows Phone devices that will shortly hit the market in several countries. A few weeks ago, the Windows Phone 7.1.1 SDK Update became available for download. This SDK contains everything you need to develop Windows Phone applications that [...]
In part 17 of EvenTiles we will take a look at Trial Mode. When an application supports trial mode, users can first try the application before buying it. It is up to you as the application developer to determine which functionality is available in the application when running in trial mode. Even though trial mode [...]
During the upcoming weeks I am on the road, making it impossible to add more content to the EvenTiles Windows Phone application development series. Nothing to worry though. Be ready for lots of additional content in a few weeks, including source code and videos. When the series continues, we will cover Trial Mode, the Ad [...]
In the previous episode of this series about how to develop a Windows Phone application from scratch you learned how to create the UI of a more or less typical About Page using Expression Blend. The About Page contains nothing fancy, just a number of TextBlocks and a few Buttons. Right now we are ready [...]
Looking at all the different topics that the EvenTiles series covers, I think it makes sense to at least have a table of contents for the series so far. For instance, if you are interested in reading something about tombstoning, it is not necessary to read through the entire series (although of course I invite [...]
In the previous episode of this series about how to develop a Windows Phone application from scratch you learned how you can transfer data between an application and a PeriodicTask by using a file in IsolatedStorage. With that, the most important functionality of EvenTiles is in place. Today we will add the User Interface for [...]
One of our applications failed certification today because of an issue I should have known about. Even though the scenario in which an exception occurs is fairly easy, solving the problem properly involves a little work and a little thinking. Other blog entries have been written about this particular problem, although suggested solutions did not [...]
In the previous episode of this series about how to develop a Windows Phone application from scratch we found out that special care must be taken when data must be passed between an application and its PeriodicTask. You learned how data can be protected against mutual access by using a Mutex object. You also learned [...]
