Windows 8.1 Universal Store Apps
Questions tagged [windows-8.1-universal]
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How to get store certificate for Win phone 8.1 app?
i have a question about certificate for windows phone 8.1 Universal app.
I passed these steps but certificate wasn't appeare in project:
I open it in Visual Studio 2015.
Right click project and choose Store=>Associate app with store
I log in my…

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Windows desktop to UWP conversion - application w. Python executable, .NET services, tools, using nginx, ffmpeg, etc
I have a native Windows desktop 'application' that consists of
a Python compiled executable
several .NET applications and services
C++ Win32 application and dlls using sockets, libraries like libuv etc.
There's network access, sockets, some tools…

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How do I capture mouse "back" button and cause it to do something else?
I have a Windows 8.1 Universal App I am working on and all of the pages are "inside" a root Frame object.
The landing page is a Home page and the user can select from 5 different pages to go to. When the user goes to one of those pages, the page has…

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How do I use a custom font in my app without setting the font family for each element to the static resource?
I have a Windows 8.1 Universal app for desktop that I am making and the client insists we use the Gotham font. We are using ttf version of the font and I have it in its own "Gotham" folder in the /Assets/Fonts/ folder. I need to "package" this font…

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Get Windows 8.1 universal app state / public variable access from its winrt component
I have an Universal Windows Platform app and for background checkings I use winrt component (separate project in solution). I register it correctly and system launches my winrt class every 15 minutes. The problem is that my app uses the same files…

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How to change Textblock color when the ListViewItem is selected?
How to change the textblock's color when when the ListViewItem is selected in the Windows 8.1 store app?

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Parse error.Primitives.RangeBase.Minimum
I'm trying to put a slider on a windows universal 8.1 and I'm uncertain what is needed. My error is:
Exception thrown: 'Windows.UI.Xaml.Markup.XamlParseException' in Mead Must Maker.Windows.exe
WinRT information: Failed to assign to property…

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XAML Force logout (force page navigation)
I have a helper class containing a method LogOut().
This is supposed to be logging of the user and redirect it to the LoginPage.
For some reason, it ignores the page navigation.
It should be able to be called anywhere in the application at any point…

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Displaying ads on shared WinRT 8.1 page
My universal app (not the new UWP10) has almost all pages shared between Desktop and Phone project. The pages are part of the .Shared project; same namespace as the platform-specific projects.
Now, it wouldn't be difficult to just add an AdControl…

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WIndows 8.1 Universal Get network usage for each app
I made a program to get network usage for windows 10 and windows 10 mobile. I can see a built in data usage in windows 10.
I can get network usage with this code:
connectionProfiles = NetworkInformation.GetConnectionProfiles();
But How can I…

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Developer license alternative in Windows 8.1 store app?
I have a windows store app for Windows 8.1 - it's a specific app that is supposed to run only at one device. I deliver it to client via AppDevPackage and it's installed / updated via Power Shell script.
The app works fine when developer license is…

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DownloadOperation receive zero bytes sometimes
I built a Windows 8.1 Universal application and I have to download some files. I use the DownloadOperation to do this task. The problem is sometimes in Windows Phone 8.1, the Download receive only zero bytes. And the same application on Windows…

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Windows phone 8.1 RT - ViewModel Unit Test - Mocking Framework
I have Windows phone 8.1 RT app. I want to write ViewModel Unit test. So I have created Windows phone Unit test project.
I can't able install any Mocking framework like NSubstitute, Moq..
If i create General Unit test project, I can able to install…

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how to set image in toast notification in windows 8.1 app using c#
I am trying to set an image in notification in windows 8.1 application using c# but unable do so can only see the text.Can someone help with the following code.
Following is code:
ToastTemplateType toastTemplate =…
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Run multiple await at the same time
I have a code that looks something like this:
firstList = await GetFirstListFilesAsync();
textBlock1.Text = "found " + firstList.Count + " first list's results";
secondList = await GetSecondListFilesAsync();
textBlock2.Text = "found " +…

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