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  • Mobile

    Hybrid or Native?

    In their recent Developer Economics 2012 report, VisionMobile calls out (on page 29) the question of HTML or Native. What is the right technology choice when considering the development of a new application? Which is better, HTML5 mobile web or hybrid applications, or native applications. Clearly each have their advantages and disadvantages, right?
    May 27, 2021 3 min read
  • Mobile

    Using LiveTileHelper for WPDev to update a tile with a Background Agent

    In the end of 2011 we enhanced our suite with LiveTileHelper. This component can be very useful when creating Secondary tiles. It extends the StandardTileData with two additional properties: VisualElement and BackVisualElement. Since then we have received a lot of positive feedback about the LiveTileHelper and one of the frequently asked questions was "How to update the tile periodically when some of the data changes?". It is a good question and since it describes a very common scenario we decided to show you how to do it. To update the tile periodically, we are going to use a PeriodicTask. It inherits from ScheduledTask and ScheduledAction and allows...
    July 04, 2012 3 min read
  • Mobile

    HTML5 Forms Support in Kendo UI Mobile

    HTML forms are used to collect data from the user through a series of input and selection elements. Prior to HTML5, the elements and input types defined for user input facilite general purpose scenarios. However, a number of challenges remain - specifically as it relates to...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Mobile

    XAMLflix Video Tutorial: RadContextMenu for Silverlight and WPF

    Introduction Hello everyone! We’re back again with a new set of XAMLflix after taking some time off to prepare for TechEd 2012 and our XAML Q2 2012 release. In today’s installment of XAMLFlix, we are going to cover RadContextMenu for Silverlight and WPF. Let’s go ahead and jump into today’s set of episodes.   What is RadContextMenu? RadContextMenu for Silverlight/WPF provides the power to boost the existing navigation of your application. RadContextMenu allows you create right-click context and pop-up menus. With its advanced features, like CheckBox/RadioButton items, rich Programming and Events model, RadContextMenu gives you the entire control over its behavior. Getting Started with RadContextMenu – In this video,...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
  • Mobile

    Workbench and Advanced Queries

    Highlighting the new additions to the service added in June 2012, most prominently the ability to store specific data in a workbench and generating more advanced queries that will be processed in the background and displayed in the workbench
    May 27, 2021 3 min read