Windows 8 Metro applications introduces new (for desktop version of Windows) philosophy behind application execution - when application runs and when it is terminated. In this post I will overview this process also known as Process Lifetime ... המשך לקרוא>

Windows 8 provides interesting way to “interact” with user even when application is not active anymore.   Push Notifications Windows Push Notifications (WNS) in Windows 8 is quite similar to the Windows Phone 7 Push Notification (MPNS) ... המשך לקרוא>

Windows 8 Metro applications are distributed by Windows Store. The store handles all installation tasks, updating to the new versions when published by developer. Also it handles purchasing the application, supporting trial mode (if application ... המשך לקרוא>

Windows 8 supports multiple sensors. Some of them could be installed on your device, some of them not. When I planned this series, I had pretty hard choice to make about the sensor – which one to use. Accelerometer/Gyrometer/Compass/Inclinometer ... המשך לקרוא>

In previous post (Settings – LINK) I explained how to create application’s settings screed and customize it with application specific UI and data. In this post I will explain how to preserve application settings and other application data. Wind8 ... המשך לקרוא>

Before Windows 8 every application invented its own way to present application settings. Here are very few of them: Some apps even provided standalone applications to manage settings. Also from settings storage perspective every developer had ... המשך לקרוא>

Windows 8 enables data exchange between applications. This was possible in the past, but to make it happen two applications must have knowledge about each other which was always not possible especially for applications developed by different ... המשך לקרוא>

This post is about proximity devices and scenarios enabled by using this functionality. WinRT supports Near Field Communication (NFC) scenarios by providing native support using Windows.Networking.Proximity namespace. This namespace enable working ... המשך לקרוא>