Ok, so this question is related to Windows Phone 7/Silverlight (updated WP7 Tools, Sept 2010), specifically filtering an underlying ObservableCollection<T>. In mucking about with the WP7 template Pivot control application, I've run into an issue whereby changing an underlying item in an ObservableCollection<T>, does not result in the on...
I have a databound listbox, and when i add new items to the top of the list, the scrollviewer maintains position, but the items i was looking at are pushed further down out of view. Has anyone found a way to maintain the relative viewpoint as items are added? ...
If I build an app for Windows Phone 7 and release V1 they purchase it and download it from the app store. Now let's say there's a bug or I release a new version. How do I publish a new version of the app without them having to pay for downloading a new version of the app? ...
I know that storage is available via Isolated Storage, but I'm not sure I've seen anywhere how much actual storage I have access to for my app. Anyone know? ...
How do I know whether WP7 is in its dark mode or light mode? I would like to show different images depending on which mode is active. ...
Are there any gotchas using mvvm-light and the RTW windows phone 7 tools? There was a hotfix back in July but is there a new one in the pipeline? ...
I'm using a Pivot control with a HeaderTemplate to set the color of the header. However, I haven't found a way to change the color of the unselected pivot items. They default to an opaque version of the header color. Does anyone know how to set the color of the unselected items? ...
I can't get the ApplicationBarIconButton's click event to fire under certain conditions. I tried to simplify the steps required to reproduce it: 1) Create a new Windows Phone Application 2) Add a new Page (Page1.xaml) 3) Add a simple button on MainPage.xaml launching a PhotoChooserTask and navigate to Page1.xaml on the Completed even...
I'm porting an iPhone game to Windows Phone 7, and I'm wondering how I would go about getting the phone's name? Like, on the iPhone it would be the name you had set it to in iTunes, and that's also readable in the API with (obj-c..) [[UIDevice currentDevice] name].. Anyone know the equivalent WP7 .NET methods/properties? I can't find ...
I have a WCF Service set up on my web site with a service. I can access all of the data I am trying to obtain using a web browser. When I navigate around I can filter and get to any part of the data I need, so the feed seems to be set up correctly. When I try to access this data using my auto-generated oData service reference I am runni...
Hey everybody. I'm creating a catalog app where users add/download information on cars. This could result in hundreds, possibly thousands, of cars and their data (make, model, year, image etc...). Seeing as WP7 no database, I'm using XML. My question is, would it be efficient to store every object in a list, then serialize that entire li...
Any body have any luck with ShellTileSchedule? I have followed the Microsoft example and still have gotten no where. "How to: Update Your Tile Without Push Notifications for Windows Phone" Has any one seen a complete example that works on a device or emulator? ...
Does the MVVMLight version that worked before with the WP7 Beta work with WP7 RTM? ...
<Button x:Name="BtnSearch" Height="120" Width="120" Margin="-20,-30,0,0" Click="BtnSearch_Click" BorderThickness="0" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Visibility="Visible" > <Button.Background> <ImageBrush x:Name="searchImage" ImageSource="images\appbar.feature.search.rest.png" Stretch="Fill"/> </...
Hi, I'm working on a windows phone 7 project, with silverlight, and i'm trying to show 4 images in sequence to give the user the feeling of a short movie. I have 4 urls pointing to 4 different jpeg images, and I'm using an Image control to show these jpeg in sequence. The way I'm trying to achieve this is by doing: private void Retrie...
I just recently downloaded the new version of XNA, and trying to follow a tutorial (that I thought was updated with the new version) I am getting a few errors The type or namespace name 'GestureType' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) 'Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.Touch.TouchPanel' does no...
I have a simple input form that consists of a single textbox and an "OK/Cancel" buttons. To save the user some taps, I bring the focus to the text box when the page is shown, so the keyboard pops up. At this point, I want the "Back" button to behave the same as cancel and navigate back if pressed, but what the thing actually does, it jus...
I have a really simple function that I wrote about a million years back that tries to convert a string to another type. Works great for values types, numbers, enums, datetimes etc so I use it all the time when parsing xml file values, web request results - whatever. However my code won't work on the Windows Phone 7 because the "TypeDe...
Hello, I have created a very basic service operation that needs to write content to my database. This service looks like the following: [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)] [ServiceBehavior(IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults = false)] public class myService : ImyService { publ...
I'm having a little trouble getting localized resources files to work on Windows Phone 7. Here's what I'm doing: Create a resource file, say "Strings.resx" (Build Action: Compile) Create a key, say "TestKey" with a default value of empty string Add a English resource file in the same folder with a value of "some English string": Stri...