Windows App Developer Links - 2012-12-11

Windows Store App Development

• Debugging on your Windows RT Device without a Network Connection (Visual Studio ALM + TFS Blog)

  • "In this blog post you will learn how to achieve remote debugging even in that situation by making a physical connection and configuring the project properties correctly..."

• Walkthrough: Implementing SnapView in your Windows 8 App (Jerry Nixon)

  • "In order to get your app into the Windows Store, you must support the Full, Snap and Fill view. And to support them, XAML uses ViewStates that easily execute custom animations and show your tailored content..."

• From the MVPs: Put your Windows Store apps on cloud 9 (David Pallman)

  • "You can bring an added dimension of usefulness to your Windows Store Apps on by leveraging Microsoft cloud services including SkyDrive and Windows Azure. Your Windows 8 users can benefit in many ways when your app integrates with the cloud..."

• Sharing Content in Windows Store App (XAML) (Diptimaya Patra)

  • "In this article we would see how we could share content by using Windows 8 Share feature..."

Windows Phone App Development

• Updating my Windows Phone App to Windows Phone 8 (Scott Hanselman)

  • "Earlier this year I wrote a small Windows Phone 7 application in a day called Lost Phone Screen. ... Recently I got a Nokia Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8 and since there's a number of new APIs and features I could exploit ... I figured it was time to update it..."

• Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development: Part 1 (Rob Tiffany)

  • "This is the first part of a two-part module and covers the new app platform in Windows Phone 8, application development models, the Windows Phone 8 version of WinRT, supported application models and a "getting started with WP8 app development" section..."

• Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development: Part 2 (Rob Tiffany)

  • "This section provides a broad new features overview (details of these new features are covered in later modules), Windows Phone 7x compatibility, and using the Windows Phone Developer Tools..."

• Windows Phone 8: Developer Tools (Peter Kuhn)

  • "In the last part of the series [1], we talked about the new screen resolutions that have been introduced with Windows Phone 8. ... However, one thing we didn't see was how the development eco system enables you to actually test your apps with these different device features. Time to get our hands on the improved developer tools..."

• Key Resources for Windows Phone Development (Jim O'Neil)

  • "As a new owner of an HTC 8X (red), I'm setting aside some time during the upcoming holidays to get my first Windows Phone app on the market. ... Given that, I thought I'd share my primary resources thus far, and I suspect they'll serve you well too..."

Apps to Look At

• Playing with Windows Store apps apps (aka ListView layout generator) (Mariano Vazquez)

  • "I've created a Windows Store app that can help you for designing ListView layouts (specifically GridLayouts). It still needs a lot of work, but the basic functionality is there. Currently, it supports the following ListView modifications..."