winrt-xaml

In Windows 8, you were able to create your own themes for your application ( here's a tutorial ). In Windows 8.1 Applications, themes are handled differently: you can change them at run-time and set a theme for a specific control in your XAML (if you don't want to apply the theme to the whole Application). For instance: <Grid x:Name="MainGrid" RequestedTheme="Dark"> However, I could not find a way to create my own themes. The property RequestedTheme takes an enumeration (its type is FrameworkElement.RequestedTheme ) and an enumeration by definition cannot be extended (in C#). Also, if I want

We have a Windows Store app that requires the entry of a username and password for accessing a service. When authentication fails connecting to the service we display a popup asking to re-enter their username and password. On a tablet when the user puts the focus on the username or password fields the soft keyboard is displayed correctly. Our login screen is adjusted on detection of the soft keyboard so that all fields and buttons are visible. This all works no problem and when they enter their details and tap on the login button the popup is closed and the app continues. However for some

I am running into the below error the first time my ViewModel is being instantiated by the SimpleIoC. I believe I have setup the container as it should be, but for some reason, I am still getting the below error. Any ideas or assistance would be very much appreciated. Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.ActivationException was unhandled by user code HResult=-2146233088 Message=Type not found in cache: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Frame. Source=GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras StackTrace: at GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Ioc.SimpleIoc.DoGetService(Type serviceType, String key) in c:\Users\Public\Downloads\CodePlex

I have gridview in the gridview and want to implement the mouse wheel scrolling functionality. So I added this block into the internal gridview <GridView.Template> <ControlTemplate > <ItemsPresenter /> </ControlTemplate> </GridView.Template> But in this case swiping doesn't work How manage I to solve this problem? part 2. I'll try to describe this situation more deeply. I have main screen that should realize functionality like on the main screen in Windows 8. It should be zoomed in/out. That's why i use SenaticZoom. In to ZoomIn I put GridView, that contains controls. The control contain own