Questions tagged [windows-8.1-universal]

Windows 8.1 Universal Store Apps

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font size scaling in Windows Store Universal App (W8.1 + WP8.1)

How do i scale text in Windows Store Universal App (W8.1 + WP8.1)? Basically, the app should look the same regardless which device/resolution is used. The current situation is that layout (dynamic grid based layout) and images scale well except of…
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Get Device Info using C# in Windows Universal App (Windows 10)

I was wondering how to get device-specific information programmatically using C# in the new Universal Windows app platform. This is to get a simplistic PC Toolbox I have from existing C# code for an old Windows Form project onto the UAP in Windows…
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UWP MediaCapture Denied Access to Camera

I am trying to make a project that allows me to pull up a camera, but I am told that I was denied access to the camera every time the program ran. I read through the tutorial from the following link…
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Error while drawing shape on Canvas Windows 10 Universal Apps

I am creating an app that draws shapes on canvas and those shapes are recognized as letters using https://github.com/phatware/WritePadSDK sdk for writing pad. but the problem is that this api code works fine when it is used in windows 8.1 project…
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Windows Store app is currently not available in Windows Store

I uploaded one app called 'Smartflow' to the Windows Store and it passed all the certification and published in Windows Store. But when I navigate to Windows Store through the link it says Smartflow is currently not available. I don't have any idea…
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Unexpected Error: -2147483638 while deploying windows8.1 application to me device

I'm currently working on Windows8.1 Phone Application Development. Application runs fine on the emulator but when i try to deploy it on my Lumia 535, It gives this strange error message (Snapshot). "Debug using ARM" is selected and my device is…
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value struct not initialized in WinRT

For whatever reason, the initialized value of a value struct defined in Windows Runtime Component is ignored in the app (C#). CX/C++: namespace RuntimeComponent1 { public value struct Foo { bool flag1 = true; bool flag2 =…
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Copied Windows Phone 8.1 Project in new Windows 8.1 Universal Project

I am making a Windows 8.1 Universal app from an existing Windows Phone 8.1 App and an existing Windows 8.1 App. By copying the files and putting all the common files in the Shared folder correctly, the Universal.Windows app worked correctly. But the…
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How to make some ListView items 'greyed-out' and unselectable?

Some items in the ListView control will be selectable and have normal text. Some items however, although included in the ListView as items, will be unselectable/unclickable and 'greyed-out'. In Windows-Store-Apps we have the ability to select…
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Windows 8.1 App to support TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2

We have a windows 8.1 store app. For file upload/download with the server that supports TLS 1.1 & TLS 1.2, its not working. What library we can use to have it work using below or similar code. System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol =…
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How to run a java applet on windows 8 mobile application using Phonegap / WinJs / C#

I am developing one windows application for mobile and tablet devices. I want to run one applet in the background or on web view and need to read some data from card reader (no other options or SDK available for this custom reader to read the…
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How to launch netflix app with specific movie in windows 10 externally?

I am able to launch netflix app in windows 10 from my own app using launcher (Netflix://), but its failed to launch a specific movie using launcher like netflix://www.netflix.com/watch/70021664).
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How to Upload Screenshots to Microsoft Store for Windows 8.1 Universal App

I published one Windows 10 app to the store with the respective screen shots. I have now developed the same app for Windows 8.1 universal and the screenshots are different from the Windows 10 app. How can I upload Windows 8.1 universal app…
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Why the default windows 8 universal app created in VS 2015 has a dark background

I'm creating a windows 8 universal app using C# in Visual Studio 2015. I followed this path to create an empty project: Visual C#->Windows->Windows 8->Universal->Blank App(Universal Windows 8.1). I'm surprised to find out that the empty app start…
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Build ionic windows 10 app in VS 2015: Exception Module 'ngLocale' is not available

I tried to build my ionic app with VS 2015 in order to deploy it on windows 10 devices. I got the project setup and everything ist basically working fine but on app start i always get the following exception. Exception was thrown at line 10594,…
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