Handle 1080p in Windows Phone like a Pro!
The change log for Windows Phone 8 update 3 (also known as GDR3) has been known for a few weeks and one of the new features is the added support for bigger, higher-resolution screens This is obviously...
View ArticleCreating PNG image files in Windows Phone
Windows Phone image processing and format support has always been lacking a bit, especially when compared with all the GDI+ capabilities one has available in the full .NET Framework. For instance, you...
View ArticleThe Windows Phone apps on my phone!
So you got a brand new Windows Phone device for Christmas and still don’t know what to install on it? Then look no further: here is the list of the best apps I have installed on my own phone! Social...
View ArticleDisabling screenshot functionality in a Windows Phone app
Update: Kudos to Murat and Rudy Huyn for pointing me out on a missing return; that would cause the NotSupportedException to be raised all the time… I’ve fixed the code by inverting the if condition....
View ArticleWant to meet the Cimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit?
The next W&W WAG (Wales and West Windows Application Group) meeting will be help tomorrow, February 26th, at Nokia Bristol office, and will feature me talking about the Cimbalino Windows Phone...
View ArticlePoll: What are your plans for #wp7dev
As I am about to start adding Windows Phone “Blue” support to Cimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit, I’m planning to stopping the WP7 support on the 3.x! The upcoming 4.x would have WP8 and WP Blue support,...
View ArticleWrapPanel is great, so please, stop using it!
The WrapPanel control (part of the Windows Phone Toolkit) is a really useful control container. Having said that, you should definitely avoid using it in your apps if you are planing to use in...
View ArticleCimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit Updated to v3.2.3
Version 3.2.3 of Cimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit is now available! As previously indicated, this will probably be the last version still supporting Windows Phone 7… Here’s the change log starting from...
View ArticleCimbalino Toolkit 1.0.0
In case you missed it, there is a new and improved Cimbalino Toolkit now available, supporting the following platforms: Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0 and 8.1 apps (WP8) Windows Phone 8.1 apps (WPA81)...
View ArticleUpgrading from the IsolatedStorageSettings to ApplicationData.LocalSettings
When Windows Phone 7 came out, the SDK provided a really easy class to maintain the app settings: the IsolatedStorageSettings. Basically, the class is an IDictionary<string, object> with a Save()...
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