HUD Rental Data in UWP
I’m currently looking to sell a rental house and buy another rental house, so I went looking for a data-centric way to find out 1) how much houses in a… Read More »HUD Rental Data in UWP
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Circle Packing Algorithm in C# / XAML
I recently (translation: not very recently) put up an post on circle packing in Processing and completely forgot to follow up with a port of that algorithm porting that to C#.… Read More »Circle Packing Algorithm in C# / XAML
How to use Windows 8 font icons in XAML
As of July, 2104, this works for Windows 8 (and greater) and Windows Phone 8 (and greater). All the icons are listed below in images grabbed from Jonathan Antoine’s WinJS… Read More »How to use Windows 8 font icons in XAML
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:… Read More »Using Vectors in an App Bar (Windows 8 + Windows Phone 8.1)
Windows 8 GridView Cross-Swipe and Tap (multi-selection + single selection)
This is for getting a GridView to use the same drag-down = select, tap = action interaction model that we see on the Windows 8 start screen. In your GridView, create… Read More »Windows 8 GridView Cross-Swipe and Tap (multi-selection + single selection)
Windows 8 Style CheckBox/RadioButton in Windows Phone
I love the “checked” style in Windows 8. Clean, slick, I just like the style. So I implemented it in Windows Phone as a style. The color in the style… Read More »Windows 8 Style CheckBox/RadioButton in Windows Phone
Windows Phone StringFormat Binding And Blend
This is a simple, straight-forward walk-through for doing StringFormat binding in Blend. It is meant to go along with my much more comprehensive post on StringFormat binding for Windows Phone.… Read More »Windows Phone StringFormat Binding And Blend
Azure Microsoft Translation in Windows Phone (The Easy Way)
Windows Phone can use Azure’s Microsoft Translation to bring simple translation access to your app
Uploading an Image to Facebook in Windows Phone 7 (Silverlight)
Full code tutorial on taking, formatting & uploading images to Facebook in Windows Phone 7.x
Fun Theme-Friendly Windows Phone Icon
When designing a “You are here” icon for the map in ShopSavvy (download now on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7. It’s free and super awesome), I decided to try… Read More »Fun Theme-Friendly Windows Phone Icon