Since November 18, 2010, the W3C announced that Web SQL database(Sqlite) is a deprecated specification. This is a recommendation for web developers to no longer use the technology as effectively, the spec will receive no new updates and browser vendors aren’t encouraged to support this technology. The new alternative is IndexedDB which is already available… Continue reading
Category: Mobile-Development
An early update on Windows Phone 7.8 release–coming in Q1-2013
Yesterday Microsoft Windows Phone Team announced the availability of Windows Phone 7.8 to existing Windows Phone 7.x family of devices by early 2013. Some of the interesting features announced are: New Customizable start screen with resizable Live Tiles. It doubles the number of theme and accent colors—to 20—so you can make your phone even more… Continue reading
WP8 Developer Series–Getting to know Common API’s for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8
[ Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 logos are trademarks of Microsoft ] Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system by Microsoft, officially announced the release to manufacture on 29th OCT 2012. Previous Windows Phone versions were all based on old CE kernel and with Windows Phone… Continue reading
Windows Phone Power Tools–a must have extension for all Windows Phone developers
The Windows Phone Power Tools are a natural extension to the developer tools that come with the Windows Phone SDK. Instead of allowing you to only install developer xaps the Power Tools let you test update scenarios by allowing you to update an existing developer app. Instead of having to step through the IsolatedStorage file… Continue reading
Windows Phone Toolkit–October 2012 with WP8 SDK support
Windows Phone Toolkit is an additional set of controls for Windows Phone Development released by Microsoft Windows Phone developer platform team through Codeplex.com. Windows Phone Toolkit provides the developer community with new components, functionality, and an efficient way to help shape product development. Windows Phone Toolkit – October 2012 includes additional support for using the… Continue reading
Microsoft SharePoint SDK for Windows Phone 7.1
This SDK installs SharePoint client libraries and templates for Windows Phone 7.1 DOWNLOAD: Microsoft SharePoint SDK for Windows Phone 7.1
Windows Phone 8 – Internet Explorer 10 support for Mobile Websites–UserAgent(UA) details for IE10-WP8
Earlier Microsoft has announced that upcoming Windows Phone 8 will have Mobile version of Internet Explorer 10. IE10 have lots of improvements in terms of HTML5, JavaScript/ECMAScript support etc. If you want your existing mobile websites to compatible to IE10 and you are using any User Agent(UA) detection logic to provide UA specific User Experience… Continue reading
How to–Install Windows Phone 7.1 SDK in Windows 8
I have seen people keep complaining that they are unable to install Windows Phone SDK 7.1 on Windows 8 and they ended up unable to develop Windows Phone applications using Visual Studio 2010. I am going to give you some tips in getting Windows Phone SDK installed on your Windows 8 PC along with Visual… Continue reading
Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services – Cloud Backend Solution For Mobile Apps
Microsoft has introduced a new service in Windows Azure platform – Windows Azure Mobile Services makes it incredibly easy to connect a scalable cloud backend to your client and mobile applications. It allows you to easily store structured data in the cloud that can span both devices and users, integrate it with user authentication, as… Continue reading
Windows Phone 7.8 Feature set Leaked
Recently leaked Windows Phone 7.8 feature list indicates some of the interesting features you can expect as part of Windows. Windows Phone 7.8 is an incremental update to existing Windows Phone 7.x platform, as upcoming Windows Phone 8 will not work on existing windows phone 7.x devices, because hardware signature and kernel might change as… Continue reading