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An update to Azure Maps Lite for UWP

An update to Azure Maps Lite for UWP

Azure Maps Lite for UWP SDK was released more than a year ago. Over the year, there is new capabilities expose thought REST APIs and it’s time to update this SDK. You can install the latest Azure Maps Lite SDK for UWP thru nuget CLI PM> Install-Package AzureMapsLite -Version 1.0.0 What’s NEW for this release? Azure Maps Lite SDK now support x86, x64, ARM, ARM64.The initial release only support x86 platform, this create the problem for supporting other platforms. With these…

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UWP – Harware Back Button, App View Back Button and Webview

UWP – Harware Back Button, App View Back Button and Webview

To display HTML contents within your Universal Windows Platform applications, Webview is always the best choice. But, when came across while working on the app to navigate the previous page, it became a challenge. By default, if user press on the physical back button on mobile device, virtual back button on desktop (in tablet mode) the app will exit or closed. This brought superb unpleasant experience to users. Of course, developers can always put a set of navigation button to…

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GeoExtension

GeoExtension

Introduction Calculate distance, bearing, mid-point between two geographical points is not an easy job. All the formula that use for calculation is based on the basis of a spherical earth and ignoring ellipsoidal effects of the earth. In fact, the earth is actually oblate spheroidal with a radius varying between 6378KM at equatorial to 6357KM at polar. Local radius of curvature from equatorial meridian to polar is 6336KM and 6399KM respectively. With all of this differences, 6371KM is the generally…

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Developing for Windows 10 for IoT Core with Windows Universal Apps

Developing for Windows 10 for IoT Core with Windows Universal Apps

Developing Windows Universal Apps for Windows 10 IoT Core is no different than develop it for other Windows 10 applications. In this article, I will focus building a Windows Universal Apps that can run on Windows, Tablets and Raspberry Pi 2. This has not related to the GPIO connectors on the board itself, that part will be covered in my later articles. What you need: A machine that run the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview (currently is build 10130) You…

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Disable Tilt Effect on ListView and GridView for Universal Apps

Disable Tilt Effect on ListView and GridView for Universal Apps

During the age of coding for Windows Phone 7 or 8, developers either relied on third parties or self created transition effect for making the controls have some effects, one of them is “Tilt” effect. When the time come to about a year ago, Microsoft introduce the Universal Apps development methods, significant changes were made for Windows Phone and Windows Store controls, not to mention it included a lot of features into it. ListView and GridView are now common controls…

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