UWP Samples generate hundred of errors?

For the past few months I have had problems trying to run any of the Windows 10 UWP samples. Each attempt resulted in hundreds of errors.  Yesterday, thanks to Colin Melia and a little Google spelunking I may have found the issue and the solution. The Googling turned up https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/issues/182 which indicates the same issues andContinue reading “UWP Samples generate hundred of errors?”

WP7 Multilingual AppBar.

The current phone app I am working on is based around a pivot and to get the most out of the pivot I want to use a different appbar for each pivot item. Luckily, Microsoft has a good article on how to do it. How to use different app bars in a single Pivot controlContinue reading “WP7 Multilingual AppBar.”

WP7/8 Mystery of the screen bounce?

I have been working on a new app that required more screen real estate than the phone provided.  All my attempts to get a canvas inside a standard ScrollViewer ended in having the unusual effect that I could not scroll to the bottom or far right. As soon as I took my finger off the screen,Continue reading “WP7/8 Mystery of the screen bounce?”