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Re: Developing open apps

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»28-Feb-16 22:48

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

28-Feb-16 22:48

Yes, phonegap is another option to try.

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Major difference between ios and android

royalex8-Dec-15 19:44

royalex

8-Dec-15 19:44

Hi all, I have just joined ios development course in Toronto in Cestar College of Business, Health and Technology. In my knowledge core java is basic for these both. What is the major difference between both these courses. I mean what are the main modules included in these courses. Expecting your replies. Thank you.

Re: Major difference between ios and android

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter8-Dec-15 20:13

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

8-Dec-15 20:13

You joined a course that didn't started with pointing out the different approaches of different platforms? Demand your money back! Now!

In iOS the main development is based on Objective-C or Swift (both C-like languages) and not on Java. Even in Android Java used as a language and not as a platform (means no Java libraries presented as part of the development environment).
If you want to target all (most) mobile platforms you should look for cross-platform development tools, like Xamarin Studio or Cordova...

However - I would advise you to take slow steps if this is your first time as developer...Learn basic things unrelated to platform, and then target a single platform and only then go multi-platform...

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Re: Major difference between ios and android

Richard MacCutchan8-Dec-15 23:18

Richard MacCutchan

8-Dec-15 23:18

The course details are all listed at http://www.cestarcollege.com/courses/technology/mobile-application-developer/[^]. However, be warned, colleges claiming that you can earn large amounts of money on completion of their courses rarely deliver.

Application Test in Window phone

sanket1643-Dec-15 20:39

sanket164

3-Dec-15 20:39

Hello All,

I have question about testing my web application in window phone. i was made one application in Asp.net(c#) in this application i use Canvas Control for users digital signature. my application working fine in Android and i-phone application . Now i want to test this application on window phone . so there is any way to test application in window phone from my Visual Studio 2012 or any Emulator for that.

Thanks
Sanket

Re: Application Test in Window phone

David Crow4-Dec-15 5:19

David Crow

4-Dec-15 5:19

See if this helps.

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Re: Application Test in Window phone

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»28-Feb-16 19:47

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

28-Feb-16 19:47

Hi Sanket,

If you are looking for a way to check how your website looks in different browsers (including mobile), checkout https://dev.windows.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/screenshots/[^] and enter the public version of your web address.

Also, you can load your webapp in mobile browser to test it. If you don't have the required device, you can install the Visual Studio Community Edition (FREE)[^] and try directly in the emulator. Hope this helps.

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How to take responsive test on local host?

Member 1216584325-Nov-15 1:33

Member 12165843

25-Nov-15 1:33

VB.NET

I’m developing a responsive website to one of my client, while working in local host is there any tool to test responsiveness instead of checking responsive after website is hosted in server.

Also provide method of testing.

Re: How to take responsive test on local host?

Richard MacCutchan25-Nov-15 2:18

Richard MacCutchan

25-Nov-15 2:18

Is this anything to do with Mobile development?

software development cost

Christos green22-Nov-15 2:39

Christos green

22-Nov-15 2:39

Does anyone have an estimation for software development cost for mobile gps system?

Re: software development cost

Richard MacCutchan22-Nov-15 2:42

Richard MacCutchan

22-Nov-15 2:42

Anything from 1 to 1,000,000,000 (dollars, pounds, euros, dinars ...), or maybe even more.

Re: software development cost

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»28-Feb-16 19:51

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

28-Feb-16 19:51

I agree with your answer, Richard. This can be anything.

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Re: software development cost

Preston Berger14-Jun-16 6:32

Preston Berger

14-Jun-16 6:32

Simple, table based app – $1,000-4,000 – you provide all the content, clear direction, and example apps of what you want it to do. If you know your way around Photoshop, you can probably supply the graphics which will cap this project at $1,500. The additional costs are when you want to GPS locators, Social media integration or bells and whistles like that. Also check out How Much Does It Cost to Build a Mobile App? | Archer Software[^]

Decode QR

Tirumaleswara Reddy.K20-Nov-15 22:58

Tirumaleswara Reddy.K

20-Nov-15 22:58

Hi, here i am tring to decode my QR using ZXing but i am not able to decode it. Can any one help me.
Thanks in advance.....

public static String readQRImage(Bitmap bMap)
{
int[] intArray = new int[bMap.Width * bMap.Height];
bMap.GetPixels(intArray, 0, bMap.Width, 0, 0, bMap.Width,bMap.Height);
byte[] bmpresult = intArray.SelectMany(v => BitConverter.GetBytes(v)).ToArray();
LuminanceSource source = new RGBLuminanceSource(bmpresult, bMap.Width, bMap.Height);
BinaryBitmap bitmap = new BinaryBitmap(new HybridBinarizer(source));
Reader reader = new MultiFormatReader();

ZXing.Result result = reader.decode(bitmap);
return result;
}

here result is getting null value.
for encode i have used
ZXing.Mobile.BarcodeWriter writer = new ZXing.Mobile.BarcodeWriter

I wonder how phone trace working?

JOE Heart Under Blade16-Nov-15 21:29

JOE Heart Under Blade

16-Nov-15 21:29

i thinking how the phone trace working, just require the phone number so we can trace someone in real time,just like what police or FBI trace the criminal.

Re: I wonder how phone trace working?

Richard MacCutchan16-Nov-15 22:14

Richard MacCutchan

16-Nov-15 22:14

You have been watching too much TV.

Re: I wonder how phone trace working?

JOE Heart Under Blade16-Nov-15 22:15

JOE Heart Under Blade

16-Nov-15 22:15

haha.. i think so

[WP8.1] How to scale a background image of a button?

Dr Miroslav Stimac6-Nov-15 11:02

Dr Miroslav Stimac

6-Nov-15 11:02

Hello,

I am developing an app for Windows Phone 8.1 by using XALM and C# within a Windows Universal Project.
My problem is that the background images of the buttons do not correctly scale.

I want to use an image as the background of a button and the image should always scale to maximum size of the button, but keep the correct ratio (a circle shall always look like a circle and not like an ellipse!).

I tried this:

XML

<Grid.RowDefinitions>
          <RowDefinition Height="17.3*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="4.2*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="1*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="6.025*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="4.95*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="6.025*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="6.5*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="1*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="6.5*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="30*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="8*" />
          <RowDefinition Height="8.5*" />
      </Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
          <ColumnDefinition Width="12*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="9.5*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="16.5*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="15*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="16.5*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="9.5*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="1.0*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="10.0*" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="1.0*" />
      </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>


      <TextBox x:Name="textBox1" Grid.Row="8" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" TextAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,0,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" BorderThickness="0" />


      <Button x:Name="buttonMeasurement" Grid.Row="9" Grid.Column="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Content="" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" BorderThickness="0" Click="buttonMeasurement_Click" >
          <Button.Background>
              <ImageBrush ImageSource="Images/Screen3/START.png" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
          </Button.Background>
      </Button>

But the background image of the button is cut at the top and the bottom!
It seems that there is not enough vertical space (height) for the image.

If I use

XML

<ImageBrush ImageSource="Images/Screen3/START.png" Stretch="Uniform"/>

instead of

XML

<ImageBrush ImageSource="Images/Screen3/START.png" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>

then the image is not cut and looks OK, but only on 16:9 devices such as Lumia 640 XL.
On 15:9 devices auch as Lumia 520 there is a distortion: a circle looks like an elipse!
The image is not correctly scaled: the aspect ratio is not perserved!

What did I wrong?

Thanks for any hints!

Best wishes,

Miroslav

lost focus on form in Windows-Mobile

goldsoft2-Nov-15 22:37

goldsoft

2-Nov-15 22:37

i have C# Windows-Mobile program, that open frmWork form - from Main form.

my Forms Directed for:

WindowStat = Maximized
TopMost = True
FormBorderStyle = None

from Form1 to Form2 i do something like this:

this.TopMost = false;
Form FG = new frmWork();
FG.ShowDialog();
this.TopMost = true ;

i try allso do this:

Form FG = new frmWork();
FG.ShowDialog();

i try on frmWork to do something like this:

this.BringToFront();
this.TopMost = true;

But unfortunately nothing helps, Sometimes the form is opened below the main form and can not see it.

I'd love to get direction to solve the problem

[REPOST] lost focus on form in Windows-Mobile

Richard Deeming3-Nov-15 3:14

Richard Deeming

3-Nov-15 3:14

You have posted exactly the same question in the Windows Forms forum:
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5153578/lost-focus-on-form-in-Windows-Mobile.aspx[^]

Posting the same question in multiple places on the same site duplicates work and annoys people. Stop doing it!

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How to use printer in the universal windows 10 app in Visual Studio c#

Anjani Rajdev30-Oct-15 4:20

Anjani Rajdev

30-Oct-15 4:20

Hello,

Could anyone please let me know on urgent basis that how should I use the printer in the Universal windows 10 app in the visual studio 2015.

Thanks in advance

Re: How to use printer in the universal windows 10 app in Visual Studio c#

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan30-Oct-15 5:33

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

30-Oct-15 5:33

Actually Windows 10 supports 3D as well as 2D graphics, so if you are considering going into 3D printing you should go to this URL on MSDN. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.devices.printers.aspx[^]

Now, the printing is a very broad topic as you might know, so start by going through Windows.Graphics.Printing[^] namespace and learn the concept yourself. Smile | :)

Visual Studio 2015 would work also.

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Is using images for buttons in Mobile app development is a common thing?

Member 1189244119-Oct-15 21:55

Member 11892441

19-Oct-15 21:55

I'm a designer and web developer. I have worked with 3-4 mobile app developers and all had the same issue. They want images for everything.

So If I have a rounded button, they need image for that. If button has corners, then they can do it via code. Can't rounded button created using code.

I haven't done mobile app development, so I'm not sure about it. But I think, we should avoid using images for Buttons, etc. as much as possible.

My android developer even needs, images of Shadows, borders. Why they can't create shadows with code.

If I ask, Why are you using images? They give a silly excuse, we are using Controls. And controls needs images.

They are not using any advanced practices like using Fonts for Icons, SVG, latest material design interactions.

But at the same time I do think, that 3-4 developers saying same thing, they can't be wrong.

What's the truth guys? Please enlighten me on this.

modified 21-Oct-15 7:26am.

Re: Is using images for buttons in Mobile app development is a common thing?

Richard MacCutchan20-Oct-15 3:59

Richard MacCutchan

20-Oct-15 3:59

Member 11892441 wrote:
What's the truth

Whatever you want it to be.

Re: Is using images for buttons in Mobile app development is a common thing?

Member 1189244120-Oct-15 20:11

Member 11892441

20-Oct-15 20:11

LOL

I know its bad practice but 4-5 mobile developers can't be wrong! That's why I was asking some experts regarding this!

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