To read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metr0/ WInRT application go here We are getting closer now! We need to add function to add and edit category names. To do this I’ve added a neat field within the edit field that is bound to the selected listview item, [...]
To read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metr0/ WInRT application go here Now lets add our editing field! In our drawing we had a popup dialog, but I’ve been thinking about it, and since we have quite a few fields to edit/fill in it wouldnt be appropriate and [...]
To read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metr/ WInRT application go here Welcome back! As promised we will be working more on the presentation of data today! I’m not sure if you noticed, but the items in the list were not grouped, and we would of course love [...]
To read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metr/ WInRT application go here First! The most important thing! Let’s have some fun. Adding text and coming up with names is tedious and boring. Lets add a few more items to our test data, and add some more text in [...]
To read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metr/ WInRT application go here We have created the project and the basic UI, but something important is missing,- RadControls for WinRT/Metro ! We will be using the controls to achieve a consistent look and feel, and it will save us [...]
I put the word ‘book’ in quotation marks as I don’t think that this resource is meant to be a book, but considering the size – 316 pages, I would call it a book. If you like to develop Metro/WinRT/Windows 8 style apps like I do, you can now download all the guidelines collected here [...]
This was a question that came up on Twitter during the night. Since I’ve done some Windows Phone development and I understand that WP developers might want to do this in WinRT apps. Unfortunately this cant be done. At the moment you cant access the screen background color for usage in the application. The sandboxing [...]
To read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metr/ WInRT application go here Great! So we have talked about the idea now, and it is time to sketch out a plan. Here is the plan: 1. Decide what your app is great at MIH!SP is great at planning and [...]
Today I added a flipview to one of my views. The items displays statistics, and criteria for the different statistics vary depending between piecharts and linecharts. So, I needed to display different options in my appbar, based on the flipviewitem selected. Here is an easy app example I’ve made that you can download. To ge [...]
Continuing on my Metro app, working myself through all the requirements, I’ve made another example and downloadable simple example. Problem: You have to notify the user if he/she is connected to the internet or not, and display metering information (Data limit, approaching data limit etc) if roaming is activated. Some requriements applicable from Application Profile [...]
