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Easily Adding Vector Graphics to your Windows XAML UI
Images vs. Vector Graphics Nowadays, there are a lot of different device types with extremely varying pixel densities. When drawing images pixel-perfect they appear large on devices with low pixel densities and small on devices with high pixel densities.
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WebView JavaScript Native Interoperation in Windows 8.1
Changes in Window 8.1 First it should be mentioned, that there were a few changes in the JavaScript Native Interoperation for Windows 8.1. So the AllowedScriptNotifyUris are no longer supported. Instead you must include the page’s URL in the ApplicationContentUriRules section of the app manifests, for both of them, the Windows App and the Windows Phone App.
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Shared XAML Layouts for Windows Universal Apps
There are many different devices out there with different form factors and different screens pixels densities. In order to ease the development with different pixel densities one works with logical pixels.
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How to Build a Continuous Integration Environment for Java with Jenkins, Maven, SVN, and IntelliJ IDEA
Continuous Integration is a practice that does not necessarily require specialized CI server software. You know for sure some magicians, who are able to write amazing shell scripts in less than a few hours, that calls the build, makes the tests, deploys status emails with links to nicely formatted reports and run it periodically at fixed times as Cron job.
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Creating a Beacon App for Android in Less Than 10 Minutes from Scratch
Before starting to create a Beacon app for Android a few words about Bluetooth. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Compared to classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy consumes much less power (e.
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Using Auto Layout to add a Comments Section to your iOS 8 App
Below there is a complete series of 4 screencasts (38 minutes total) to show how to add a comments section to your app. It uses Auto Layout, the cell height is calculated automatically, it runs on iPhone and iPad, and it moves the transparent comments section automatically when the onscreen keyboard is shown.
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Programmatically query specific DNS servers on iOS
DNS servers handle the mapping of hostnames to IP addresses. This happens under the hood automatically, unless you want to access some non-public resources that are managed by a non-public DNS server.
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Developing a HTTP Live Streaming App for iOS
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) allows you to send audio and video without special server software to iOS-based devices. It supports multiple streams at different bit rates allowing the client to choose the one that fits the current bandwith the best.
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Unity Shadows on Windows Phone 8
Due to a driver issue Unity offers currently no realtime shadows on Windows Phone 8 devices. But you don’t have to give up shadows on WP8. You can use a combination of
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Unity Custom Fog Shader on Windows Phone 8
Unity doesn’t support Standard fog on all Windows Phone 8 devices. So if you switch on fog in render settings fog is shown in the editor but not on the actual device.
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