You should stick with ChangeView for scrolling animations regardless of whether data virtualization is on or not. Without seeing your code where the ChangeView doesn’t work, it’s a bit hard to guess what’s really going on but there are a couple of things that you can try. First approach is to add a Task.Delay(1) before … Read more
Click is there for backwards compatibility, and is essentially the same as Tapped. Tapped is a “high level gesture” that will translate automatically to a click, tap, pen press, etc. and is what I would recommend to use. PointerPressed is not what you want. Here’s why: if I press and hold, the PointerPressed event will … Read more
The page-level Resources object has the ability to find local, app-level, static, and theme resources. This means you simply do this: foo2.Style = this.Resources[“NavigationBackButtonNormalStyle”] as Style; Best of luck!
OK, with some critical input from Tim Heuer [MSFT], I figured out what was going on and how to get around this problem. Surprisingly, none of my three initial guesses were correct. This wasn’t about memory, threading, or system resources. Instead, it was about limitations in the Windows messaging system. Apparently it is a little … Read more
Use the PowerShell cmdlet add-appxpackage. For example: add-appxpackage C:\myapp.appx See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/uk_faculty_connection/archive/2012/04/03/installing-enterprise-metro-apps-without-using-microsoft-store.aspx for more info.
The .pfx is used at the temporary code certificate to sign your app for deployment to your machine so you can debug. You can remove it, but a new temporary key will need to be generated (via the Packaging tab in the package.appxmanifest dialog). I always leave it in the code I post since it … Read more
With the release of Windows Phone 8.1 SDK comes a new StatusBar. The StatusBar replaces the SystemTray from Windows Phone Silverlight Apps. Unlike the SystemTray, the StausBar can only be accessed via code and some functionality has changed. StatusBar statusBar = Windows.UI.ViewManagement.StatusBar.GetForCurrentView(); // Hide the status bar await statusBar.HideAsync(); //Show the status bar await statusBar.ShowAsync(); … Read more
Try adding the following to your ListView definition <ListView.ItemContainerStyle> <Style TargetType=”ListViewItem”> <Setter Property=”HorizontalContentAlignment” Value=”Stretch” /> </Style> </ListView.ItemContainerStyle>