Nov 6, 2012
One word. Beautiful. That is what comes to mind when we start up our IDE after installing the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK with the Express version of Visual Studio 2012. We have yet to delve in and get our hands dirty but we want everyone to see how sexy the new IDE is. Careful, geeks such as ourselves started salivating uncontrollably at this new IDE so keep the...
Oct 26, 2012
This has been troubling me for the past few hours and after some hardcore Googling returning nothing I think this is something that would benefit the developer community. The situation was as follows. I wanted to be able to check if a user had met a certain condition and based on the returned result, I would either make the Delete or Select button visible,...
Jun 16, 2012
For those who value security in their applications then this code post is for you. In this application we are designing, we will take the Textbox Text value and encrypt it using the methods provided by C# and Windows Phone 7. We will want to show the user the value after converting the byte array to a base64 string and then the value after it has been...
Apr 11, 2012
Well, it has finally come down to it, Windows Phone 7 “Mango” Development 201 is finally complete. This usually means that you can take a break, grab a coffee and possibly go outside for some fresh air. Binary Wasteland enjoys bringing you the latest and greatest in programming development tutorials. We strive to make these development tutorials as...
Apr 9, 2012
In this development tutorial series we are going to cover another new feature given to developers with the “Mango” SDK; Background Agents. Background agents give the ability for an application to run code in the background. This can be a reminder, toast notifications, or file transfers just to name a few. These background agents come in two flavors, either...
Apr 2, 2012
In this Windows Phone 7 Development article we are going to cover a very exciting and interesting concept; Push Notifications. We find these exciting and interesting for the pure fact that with one click of a button or a timed event, we can notify an number of users that have downloaded our app of whatever we like. The level of communication is limited only by...
Mar 26, 2012
In this windows phone 7 development 201 article we are going to cover live tiles. Live tiles have become a staple mark in the Windows Phone 7 OS arsenal as it distinguishes itself from the rest of the competition. In addition, it also gives developers a little more real-estate when it comes to getting pertinent information to the end user. This information...
