Learn WinUI 3 2nd Edition
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
4M ago
I received a physical copy of Alvin Ashcraft’s new WinUI book last week. I had the pleasure of being a technical reviewer for the book and it has been great to see it taking shape from the early chapters on WinUI history and core concepts through to delivering your completed app in the Microsoft Store ..read more
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Asking for Permission
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
6M ago
I’ve been asked a number of times about the process to ask for Bluetooth permission for your app. I’ve been meaning to create something reusable for some time but it has languished on the To Do list for rather too long. I recently noticed that as of .NET 8.0, MAUI will incorporate a Bluetooth permission ..read more
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Thy Phone Update 1005
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
6M ago
I finished the week off with another update to Thy Phone. This adds a new call progress dialog with features which didn’t make it into the last update along with a new Fluent design. Fluent Design: Rounded corners, a bigger rounded end call button. Improved display of caller name (when available), number and duration counter ..read more
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Thy Phone Update
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
6M ago
Today I’ve released an update to Thy Phone for Windows 11 which adds a community requested feature and implements a couple of bug fixes. Version 1.1.1002 will be available in the store soon. New: You can now hang up a call by using the Ctrl-Alt-H keyboard shortcut. For simplicity, I chose this combination because it’s ..read more
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Buffered Streams and the Courtesy Flush
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
6M ago
One of the challenges with 32feet.NET is to try to provide as consistent an experience as possible on multiple platforms even though the underlying implementation varies wildly. One such case is with Bluetooth Classic and the stream used to read and write data over an RFCOMM connection. As it turns out each platform has its ..read more
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Improving the Thy Voice AAC Tool
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
7M ago
A month on from its original release, I’ve made a number of significant changes to improve the usability of the app. Firstly the app is now a system-wide AAC tool, not just for phone calls but using local audio to conduct conversations in-person. Secondly, I’ve added the ability to select the voice you use with ..read more
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DependencyService for all
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
7M ago
I was recently looking at migrating some code from Xamarin Forms to Uno Platform and one of the big changes when moving from Xamarin Forms to .NET 6 and later is a move towards using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection on all flavours of .NET. The key difference between this approach and DependencyService is that you have one shot ..read more
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Insert Disc 20 and Press Button to Continue
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
7M ago
I was very honoured to receive the MVP award in July, marking my 20th year. Today I was reminded again as I received the glass disc for this award year. It’s something small but means an awful lot when I add it to the stack and reflect on this milestone. We’ve seen a lot of ..read more
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Going Underground
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
8M ago
Last week I had the opportunity to go on a Hidden London tour of Charing Cross Underground Station ..read more
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Styling WinUI Controls and Staying Fluent
In The Hand Ltd
by Peter Foot
8M ago
In my current Thy Voice app for Windows 11, I wanted to keep the regular Fluent style for controls so that the UI was instantly familiar but I needed to make some changes to differentiate the stored phrases. These are represented by a collection of variable sized buttons, and designed to function like suggested replies ..read more
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