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When customers ask me how they can run Windows Store app from Desktop usually the answer is – You Can’t, but if you really want there is a way to do that. The reason I usually answer is You Can’t is because – In order to run Windows Store app from Desktop you need to install Windows App Certification Kit , this pack contains “ microsoft.windows.softwarelogo.appxlauncher.exe ” file that can run a Windows Store app by his application model id. So if you plan on publishing your app you can’t assume...
The post title maintained Toast Notification but after reading this post we'll be able to perform API calls to WinRT from your Desktop application. As you know WinRT exposing API’s for three developer languages: C#, C++ and JavaScript, this means that from each language you’ll be able to perform WinRT calls. The idea is based on Windows Metadata File (winmd) that expose those APIs that can be consumed across a variety of technologies and languages. Download Demo Project So why not using those...
While working on Windows Store app for a customer he asked me – how I can promote my app on that company web site, I said this is very simple all you need to do is adding a Windows Store protocol link and once the user will click on that link (Only if his using Windows 8), the app page will appear in Windows Store app. Windows Store protocol link So, how do I add a link to my Windows Store app? src or href => ms-windows-store following by the Package Family Name PDP - Open an app listing page...
There is new PhoneGap release called – Cordova or PhoneGap 2.2.0 that supports WinRT features, in this post I’ll demonstrate some of the basics of PhoneGap for Windows Store apps. Download Demo Project What is PhoneGap? PhoneGap is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized web APIs for the platforms you care about. This means that using PhoneGap in your Windows Store app can also be used by other Mobile OS such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry...
Yesterday I did some work on BackgroundTasks (CS) for customer application, while building the structure I faced an unfamiliar error and application crash when the Task was triggered. I’ve look into Windows Event Log and fond a error related to my application: Activation of app fcf446e9-4a89-4d56-b3ae-def1bab41ac2_d824bndbbbqn4!App failed with error: This app does not support the contract specified or is not installed. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information. So...
In this post I’ll demonstrate how to change picture size using JavaScript while constraining the image proportions. Resize image functionality can be used in several scenarios in Windows Store app, for example: if your app allow the user to download images from the web you might want to resize the image to reduce space usage. Also if you whish to share this image using Roaming Storage you need to make sure the image size is small enough so the Roaming sync will not failed. The first steps for this...
When I develop Windows 8 Metro App I usually use Windows Store app samples to see code examples features but sometimes you want more… For example I really want to know how “Mail” metro app works: How getting access to other email account, sending email and more. So in order to to that I had to gain access to “Mail” metro app… Let’s start the Hack: Problem: WindowsApps folder is blocked and by default you can’t open this folder. Solution : First open Windows Explorer and navigate into “C:\Program...
In my previous post I talked about Using Live SDK in Windows 8 – C# , now it’s time to see how you can do the same things using JS. Live SDK provides a set of controls and APIs that enable applications to integrate single sign-on (SSO) with Microsoft accounts and access information from SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Windows Live Messenger on Windows Phone and Windows 8. Live SDK support several platforms such as: iOS, Android and of course Windows Phone and Windows 8 applications using C# and JS. In this...
Tweet Live SDK provides a set of controls and APIs that enable applications to integrate single sign-on (SSO) with Microsoft accounts and access information from SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Windows Live Messenger on Windows Phone and Windows 8. Live SDK support several platforms such as: iOS, Android and of course Windows Phone and Windows 8 applications using C# and JS. In this demo I’ll show how to use Live SDK with Windows 8, so in order to follow this article you need to have the following installed...
Tweet Windows 8 Metro App has couple of wonderful ways to display data, the more common way is Grid and Split Application Template. (You can read more about Windows 8 Project Templates - Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application–Getting Started ). But there are several other ways to display information, in this post I’ll demonstrate a FlipView control, that represents an items control that displays one item at a time, and which enables "flip" behavior for traversing its collection of items...
Tweet I got a question from a friend who wanted to replace Bing Maps Tiles with Google Maps Tiles . You might ask yourself why? If you want Google Tiles just replace Bing Control and work with Google Maps….. In this case I want to work with Bing Map Control because the benefits I get in Metro Applications in Windows 8 for C#, C++, VB.NET and JavaScript. And I also want Google Maps language support . Download Demo Project Currently Bing Maps doesn't support any language except English...
In my last post I talked about Bing Map for C# , but you can also do the same of JavaScript projects using Bing Maps SDK. Download Demo Project Step 1: Maps Developer Account Before you can use Bing Sdk from Windows 8 Metro App you need Maps Developer Account, open http://www.bingmapsportal.com/ , create or enter with existing Windows Live account. Choose “ Create or view keys ” and create new Key for your application. Step 2: Create Bing Maps Metro Application Download the latest bits - Bing Maps...
Tweet In this post I’m going to talk about WinJS.xhr that makes an XMLHttpRequest as a Promise, and how to save and load images and from your local storage. What is a Promise? Promise is a way for Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript , Avoiding synchronous execution in single-threaded languages like JavaScript is necessary in order to create apps that are responsive and high performing. Windows Library for JavaScript provides a consistent and predictable mechanism called a Promise that simplifies...
Tweet Today Windows 8 Consumer Preview is out! , you can read more at Somasegar's WebLog or Jason Zander's WebLog . Over the past couple of months I’ve built Applications and Games for Windows 8. This was an amazing experience especially when I built everything in JavaScript, as you know Windows 8 allow you to build metro application in: C++ C# JavaScript This first part will focus on the main structure and basics of JavaScript Grid Application and over the next posts I’ll drill down...