Microsoft has announced that with Visual Studio 2015 – Apache Cordova tools will be integrated within the main install bundle. Using Apache Cordova Tools for Visual Studio you will be able to develop cross-platform mobile applications using single codebase for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. With support for native device capabilities (e.g. camera, accelerometer, contact),… Continue reading
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Visual Studio 2013 – Update 2 is available
Microsoft has released the latest update for Visual Studio 2013 with major improvements including support for developing Universal apps for Windows 8.x, Win Phone, and XBOX. Here are the list of improvements included as part of the release(lending from Visual Studio team blog): Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 has many new capabilities as well as… Continue reading
WP8Dev– How to identify the sensors supported on your Windows Phone
This post will give you an overview on how to identify the sensors supported on your Windows Phone. As a developer when you are developing for Windows Phone – and your application would need to interact with certain sensors in windows phone to achieve a certain functionality, you would need to verify whether the sensors… Continue reading
Sending Mobile Push notification using C#/.NET (iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 and Blackberry)
This is an update blog to my earlier blog about Sending Apple iOS Push notifications using C#. With that blog – I introduced you to how to send push notification using Open Source library APNSharp, by the developer John Redth. Redth announced that library is already deprecated. Redth came up with with another open source… Continue reading
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Update for Windows Phone 8.0.10322–Released
Microsoft has released a new Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Update. This update for Windows Phone 8.0.10322 adds four new emulator images to an existing installation of Windows Phone SDK 8.0. This update requires Visual Studio 2012 Update 2. Using this update, you can test how your apps will run on devices that have build 8.0.10322… Continue reading
Windows Phone 8.0 GDR2–Update–What you can expect
Microsoft has updated the windows phone 8 update history page leaving details of features or enhancements included in upcoming update for Windows Phone 8 Platform. As per Microsoft the version number of this update build would be 8.0.10327.77 or 8.0.10328.78 (version number is specific to certain phone model) One interesting feature included among is ‘FM… Continue reading
Visual Studio 2013 Preview and .NET 4.5.1 Preview Now Available
Microsoft has released the preview version of upcoming Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5.1 DOWNLOAD: Visual Studio 2013 Preview and .NET 4.5.1 Preview . Read more about this release from Somasekhar’s blog
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3–Released
Microsoft has released the final of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3. This update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2012. For information about the latest update, see Visual Studio Updates and the Visual Studio Update KB Article. DOWNLOAD: Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 (Online Installer) Also… Continue reading
Windows Phone Toolkit–June 2013–Release – v4.2013.06.11
Windows Phone team has released the latest update(v 4.2013.06.11) for Windows Phone Toolkit available through NuGet. Get it as an NuGet package: https://nuget.org/packages/WPtoolkit/4.2013.06.11 Find what’s new in Release Notes: https://phone.codeplex.com/releases/view/106971
Visual Studio 2012 Update 2(2012.2)–Final Released
Microsoft has released the final version of the Visual Studio 2012 – Update 2. You can get more details on release from Somasekhar’s blog: Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 Now Available. Somasekhar is VP of Developer Division at Microsoft. For information about the latest update, see Visual Studio Updates. Download Visual Studio 2012 Update 2… Continue reading