Using Vectors in an App Bar (Windows 8 + Windows Phone 8.1)

I’m going to do this backwards. I’ll start assuming you already have your vector icon in XAML. Then, how to import your vector icon from Illustrator to XAML. The basics: Your button should look like this: <AppBarButton x:Name=”MyButton”     Label=”do stuff”     Style=”{StaticResource HeadphoneVectorIcons}”/> And the style should look like this: <Style x:Key=”HeadphoneVectorIcons”         TargetType=”ButtonBase”>…

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Missing OpenStreamForWriteAsync on my StorageFile

I have a sample that I use when serializing data in order to save it to a StorageFile in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. It looks a little something (or exactly) like this: StorageFile kittenFile = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(“Kittens4Ever.kittens”, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting); var writeStream = await kittenFile.OpenStreamForWriteAsync(); DataContractSerializer kittenSerial = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(ObservableCollection<Kitten>)); kittenSerial.WriteObject(writeStream, listOfKittens); await writeStream.FlushAsync(); writeStream.Close();…

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