Category Archives: Windows Phone

How to override the theme of a custom Application Bar

Posted on May 3, 2013 by qmatteoq

I recently published a big update for an application I’ve developed a long time ago and that I “abandoned” until today: Speaker Timer. It’s a simple application for speakers, that can be used to track the time of your speech … Continue reading →

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How to manage orientation in Windows Phone using VisualStateManager

Posted on April 29, 2013 by qmatteoq

When I started to play with Windows Store apps development for Windows 8, one of the things I liked most was the base LayoutAwarePage class, from which every page inherits from. This class introduces a built in support for managing … Continue reading →

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First steps with Caliburn Micro in Windows Phone 8 – The complete series

Posted on April 23, 2013 by qmatteoq

This post is simply a collector of all the blog posts I wrote about using Caliburn Micro, a very powerfull Model-View-ViewModel framework, in Windows Phone 8. The posts are listed in chronological order, so it will be easier for you … Continue reading →

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Backup and restore on Skydrive in Windows Phone 7

Posted on April 9, 2013 by qmatteoq

I’m working on a big update for my Speaker Timer application and one of the features I’m implementing is Skydrive’s support, to create a backup of the data and restore it in case the user buys a new phone or … Continue reading →

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First steps with Caliburn Micro in Windows Phone 8 – Lazy loading with Pivot

Posted on April 2, 2013 by qmatteoq

After that, in the previous posts, we’ve talked about using the Panorama and Pivot controls in a Windows Phone application with Caliburn Micro, we’re ready to face the lazy loading topic. What is lazy loading? This approach is commonly used … Continue reading →

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