Robert MacLean

This page is a list of the blog posts in my series of small articles related to things I am learning while building Windows Store apps. Existing snacks are listed below:

• A better architecture diagram
• Why is the store showing the wrong currency?
• Being a sharing target while your app is running
• Secondary tiles with text
• InvalidOperationException for Share & Settings
• Localised Resources & the Store
• Lock screen image pain
• Where is Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI exactly?
• Publishing your app, what has to be done before you publish?
• What is in a name?
• Knowing your (memory) limits, will avoid problems in the store!
• What the age restriction for apps means to developers.
• Stop asking for the SMS code when going to the dashboard
• Debugging a background task
• What do you get from being a lock screen app?
• Async & Sharing
• Feedback links in your app
• Simulator tips & tricks
• Changing the application theme from dark to light
• Debugging Share Target experiences
• Dealing with Async warnings
• Side loading apps for development purposes!
• The vastness of CPU time
• Background Colour
• File Type Association Icons
• Compress your images