Windows Phone Series: Image Caching Library - JetImageLoader Paid Members Public
Recently on a client project, I had a requirement to cache images locally on the phone and then load it from there from subsequent requests. Initially I had plans for custom implementing this using sqlite and custom code. While googling for this, I came across an awesome custom library that
Review: Two Months and Counting - Android and Nexus 5 Paid Members Public
Gadgets, especially mobile phones have always been of interest to me and so is it even today. Its been over two months since I have moved over to Android on Nexus 5. I have been a loyal, hardcore Windows phone fan for over 3 years before that and it did
Windows Phone Series: Bing Maps and Turn-by-Turn Navigation Paid Members Public
Many applications today provide features that integrate with users location and provide information on a map based on that. In this blog will see how we can use the Bing maps to show a users current location, search for destination and show route to that location. For this will use
Getting Started with PhoneGap: Developing for Windows Phone and Android Paid Members Public
With lots of devices and operating systems out there, developing a native application for each of these platforms might not always be an option for many businesses, because of the time, effort and money that would be required to be on all platforms. PhoneGap is one option that could be
Setting up the Development Environment for PhoneGap on Android Paid Members Public
I have been working on Microsoft stack for over a long time, in fact almost my entire career. Now that with all the platforms out there and cross platform being a very important factor in any application development, knowing about other platforms and developing for them is very important . Since
Staying Organized: Finding a system to manage it all Paid Members Public
In our busy lives, with multiple roles to play at home and work, everyone needs to have some kind of system to keep things organized and stay on top - **to have control. **I've been always amazed on how my father stays organized with all the things with
Thanks to Everyone Who Attended My First Public Talk At C#Corner Hyderabad UG Paid Members Public
Thanks to everyone who attended my very first public talk, at the C#Corner Hyderabad Chapter User Group(UG) on February 1, Saturday on Windows Phone Development. Summary of the event is available here. It was a very good experience speaking for the first time in front of a large
Windows Phone Series – Incremental Loading multiple data sources inside a Pivot Paid Members Public
We had seen on how incremental loading can be done in a Windows phone, so that data can be fetched as user scrolls down the available data. This is important for data sources that have a large amount of data and when all of these cannot be loaded at once.