I'm trying to find a way to view the device log of a Windows 10 Mobile Device.
I have already searched my way through various forums but it seems to be very new topic not many have come across so far.
So my question is:
How do I do this?
I'm looking for something vaguely equivalent to Android Studio's Logcat.
I know my way around in Visual Studio, I hoped there would be some way to do it via the debug console, but as far as I know that thing is limited to the current app you are developing.
Any help would be nice. I'm kind of lost here.
Cheers.
Currently there is no equivalent of Logcat.
But I can advise you some alternatives:
1) Visual Studio Console: you can display information from the code directly on the Visual Studio console. To do it just add below line to the fragment of your code:
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("This is information to be displayed on the VS Console...");
You can also change the color of the font:
a. For example for errors you can set it to be RED:
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
If you need some more complex solution you can try Microsoft HockeyApp.
With this tool you can measure performance of your app. Not only bugs but also how many users use your app (they can even contact you to report errors).
https://www.hockeyapp.net/features/
Third solutuion here is to use this official Logging APIs samples avilable on GitHub:
https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/Samples/Logging
Hope this wil help you.
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I have been trying to begin development for a 'Datalogic Falcon x3+' device, and have had no luck so far even getting started.
The device currently has Windows 2006 C.E installed, and it has the most up-to-date firmware possible.
After doing research I found very little information on this device - specifically to develop for it, and all I have found is from the official website some old documentation and the SDK, which requires Visual Studio 2008. I could only find Visual Studio 2008 Express, and had no luck using the SDK.
I found a few posts relating to this device on SO, however there were no details pertaining to my line of questioning.
Does anybody know how to develop for this device? Is there perhaps any other IDE's I could use, or does anyone know how to perhaps make a simple application without use of the SDK?
You don't state clearly what kind of "development" you want to do. But a scanner is really just a replacement for a keyboard. That is, it scans a barcode and decodes it into a text string, then delivers the string <somewhere>. That text string could just as well have been hand entered by someone using a keyboard; the scanner just does it much more quickly and accurately.
So one solution, given in another stackoverflow topic, is to create a simple web form with a single input field to receive scanned data, then process the data on the back end (web server) with a PHP program, or any other CGI program of your choice.
How could I go about presenting a Windows Phone 7 application with a laptop?
Do I need to install Visual Studio on the laptop with which I will be making the presentation? I've read somewhere about a stand-alone emulator but I haven't found any info on how to load the app to the emulator (total MS-anything newbie here).
Thanks in advance!
If demonstrating via the emulator you'll need to install the tools including VS.
Assuming you have an actual device.
Using an actual phone and a webcam can help give people a better idea about what the app will look like.
If you're showing it to people unfamiliar with the phone then the fact that the UI is so different to what they may have seen on phones before is likley to be a distraction. If you have a real phone then you can better demonstrate your app in context and in comparison with the other apps on the phone.
Tip. Try and use a HD camera if possible as this will make it easier to see the details on the screen.
I would like to be able to show whats happening on my phone, on a computer screen or projector.
This seems like it must be possible since Microsoft does it in all of their demos, but I can't seem to figure out how.
For example, I've build an app, and I want to demo it to a room of prospective clients. I can't really use the emulator very well during a presentation. I'd like the room to be able to see what I'm doing on a big screen instead of all huddling around my phone.
I've asked various people at Microsoft about this and, unfortunately, the response I always get is that Microsoft is not able to load to load the necessary "VGA Patch" externally.
Unless you can do your demo in the emulator, cameras are the only way to go at this point.
What you've seen was done with internal hardware. Perhaps you could approach Microsoft to see if they are willing to assist in any way.
In developing a number of WP7 apps, I have a need to show clients how the app will be when deployed. The clients are a) not in the same location as I am, b) not technical at all, and c) may not even be using a PC. The purpose is to demo, get feedback and make any needed changes.
I'm not finding any realistic options to just simply show them what it would look, feel and run on a Windows Phone 7 (using the ApplicationBar, etc.). I found this link - http://www.redmondpie.com/standalone-windows-phone-7-series-emulator-9140536/ - but it's rather hacky for me to ask someone to do to set up an emulator on their machine without also installing VS Express, etc.
Does anyone know of any links to an official emulator that can be run on a PC, has a simple install and can load WP7 apps?
Have you considered using a product such as Citrix GoTo. Clients do not need to be particularly technical to join such a meeting, you can then take them through a demo. This will cost you though.
A free alternative would be to set aside a PC running the emulator with your software loaded. Create a VPN for you clients to connect to and let them use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to the PC. They can then play around with it remotely.
Have you considered using SketchFlow? Although by default the UI is "sketchy" (sorry), you can apply styles to the controls you drop on your pages, including the very same styles that are used by Windows Phone controls.
If you use a Silverlight SketchFlow project, you can deploy the content to a web server and provide a link that can be consumed on any machine that will render Silverlight content...they can go through the navigation, provide feedback, etc.
Christian Schormann has a writeup on what is required to use it in the pre-release tools... http://electricbeach.org/?p=573
You should take a look at this: http://justinangel.net/WindowsPhone7EmulatorAutomation. I believe it will answer your question exactly.
i have search high and low on the internet and it does not exist. i cant find a single website that shows a few applications created with realbasic. i saw a video that shows the user going to realbasic.com/community/ and it shows a load of applications created using realbasic. would anyone know where i can find this information. that link that i gave doesnt even work by them.
The Made with REALbasic section at the Association of REALbasic Developers contains a list of many applications created with REALbasic:
http://www.arbpmembers.org/index.php?option=com_resource&view=list&category_id=10&Itemid=49
(Disclaimer: I am a board member of ARBP)
My site, RBDevZone, also has a community section:
http://www.rbdevzone.com/community/
There is also a fairly lengthy thread on the REALbasic Forums. Direct link: http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25866