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Measuring memory usage in Windows Phone

One of the biggest gaps in performance counters is the lack of information about current memory usage. One of the requirements for the certification of applications on Windows Phone 7 is limitation to 90 MB memory usage by an application for phones with less memory than 256 MB. At the moment there is no phone on the market that meet this condition. Theoretically, we should not worry. However, according to the information from Microsoft the next generation operating system Windows Phone Tango should already allow for the production of low-budget phones with less memory. […]

By Michał Jankowski|2013-06-10T13:55:40+02:0012 March 2012 |Categories: Testing|Tags: c#, memory, performance, Windows Phone|3 Comments

How to create Metro style applications?

Today, there will be not much text. I want to invite you to familiarize yourself with the presentation "Developing Applications Using Microsoft's Metro for Windows Phone”. The author discusses how to create compatible applications with Metro UI for platform Windows Phone 7. I hope, that you will not regret the hours spent to the presentation.

By Michał Jankowski|2012-06-18T21:43:11+02:0012 March 2012 |Categories: Software development|Tags: Metro, UI, video, Windows Phone|0 Comments

Windows Phone performance counters

When you are creating application you should always remember about its performance. Application should run smoothly, information about the change progress, response to user actions, etc. In the case of mobile platforms, this problem is even more serious. We are used now, that computers have more powerful multi-core processors, large amount of memory, or fast disk. What was once important in the software development process – the effectiveness of proposed solutions – are often not taken into account. Now, shortcomings in the code are being compensated for by efficient equipment. […]

By Michał Jankowski|2012-05-26T12:07:01+02:004 March 2012 |Categories: Software development|Tags: c#, performance, Windows Phone|2 Comments

Windows Phone 7 – Emulator shortcuts

Working every day with the emulator system Windows Phone 7 You can save time using keyboard shortcuts. Shortcuts are created for the basic functions and simulate the buttons, in which the phone is equipped with. […]

By Michał Jankowski|2012-05-25T07:41:13+02:006 February 2012 |Categories: Software development|Tags: emulator, Windows Phone|0 Comments

Premier of Nokia Lumia 800

4 February 2012 - this was the day of Poland premiere of Nokia Lumia 800. On this occasion Nokia presented a light show, whose background was the Palace of Science and Technology in Warsaw. From my point of view the idea for the promotion was super. Check it out!

By Michał Jankowski|2019-03-10T17:08:59+01:005 February 2012 |Categories: Software development|Tags: video, Windows Phone|0 Comments

Windows Phone applications testing

Testing is a wide topic. Each developer has own point of view on this issue. Therefore, I do not want to take part in topics related to the ideology. But I want to share a little discovery. Recently reviewing my tracked resources I found a solution, which enables the automation of tests on the platform Windows Phone 7. One drawback of this solution is limited to testing only on the emulator, but on the other hand, during the automatic testing that are made on build server the phone will probably not be connected. The second drawback is the use of [...]

By Michał Jankowski|2020-12-20T23:38:43+01:003 February 2012 |Categories: Testing|Tags: automation, tests, Windows Phone|1 Comment

SpeedDial 1.1

Since yesterday there is a new version of program for the platform Windows Phone 7 – SpeedDial. In the version 1.1 the following changes have been introduced: start of application has been speeded up, after starting the dialling keyboard is displayed automatically, added ability to send text messages to unknown numbers, added ability to attaching to the start screen unknown number

By Michał Jankowski|2012-06-04T23:07:47+02:003 February 2012 |Categories: Projects|Tags: marketplace, Windows Phone|0 Comments

Vibrations in the application

Some small things, which are not needed in application, can add little charm to it. One of such a thing are vibrations. Vibration can be used in different ways. Vibrations can be used for example as: acceptance of user’s actions by the program’s activities, notification , that something has changed on the phone, sounds replacement, etc. This little things can cause, that the application will evaluate better. And as it turns out, adding this functionality is very easy. […]

By Michał Jankowski|2012-05-24T21:55:04+02:004 January 2012 |Categories: Software development|Tags: vibrations, Windows Phone|0 Comments

End of ChevronWp7 Labs

1 January 2012 was the last day with possibility to legally unlock phones with Windows Phone 7 with ChevronWP7 Labs. That day has been sold the last of the 10000 Tokens, which allowed to unlock phone for only 9$. Thus, the only legal way to unlock your phone is in an account on AppHub. Unfortunately, such an account cost 99$. At the moment there are no plans to reactivate the project.

By Michał Jankowski|2012-05-24T21:46:06+02:002 January 2012 |Categories: Software development|Tags: apphub, Windows Phone|2 Comments

Windows Phone Fast Application Switching

With the new version of Windows Phone – Mango the program management model has been changed. Until now there were only four states in which the application could be. At the time of restarting the application developers had to take care every time, that all data have been re-loaded. This idea was to ensure that mobile phone will be high-performance device and it will work long on batteries. The idea was and still is very correct, but has been slightly modified. […]

By Michał Jankowski|2012-05-24T20:08:18+02:0013 December 2011 |Categories: Software development|Tags: dormant, Fast Application Switching, Running, tombstoned, Windows Phone|0 Comments