I am having an app where I want to use the bing’s scout feature available in Windows Phone 7. Can anyone tell me how can I implement it (what all service/api s are needed) or point me to some resource where I can find enough information.
BingMapsTask will do the job, and you must either declare a SearchTerm or Center parameter for it to work properly.
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Im trying to implement a pdf viewer for Win 8.1 app using https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn532207.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396.
I need search text feature using this. I know Reader for Windows 8 does it, but i dont know how.
Can anyone help me please!
Thx!
check this great blog post with a summary of available components for WinRT.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paulwhit/archive/2013/02/15/pdf-view-components-for-windows-store-apps-winrt-xaml-c.aspx
You might check each component vendor specs as some have been enhanced since the time the article was written (ex : DevExpress PDF component for UWP supports search) BuiltIn PDF component purpose is to render documents, not manipulate. You can contact the dev team for feature requests.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/pdf_api_blog/
I'm developing a windows phone app and want to show the maps app. I know about the uri scheme's ms-drive-to, ms-walk-to and the HERE equivalents, but I don't want navigation. I also don't want to rely on HERE maps, because someone might not have installed that one. The question:
Is there a way of opening the default Map app on windows phone 8?
You could use the MapsTask API;
MapsTask mapsTask = new MapsTask();
//Omit the Center property to use the user's current location.
//mapsTask.Center = new GeoCoordinate(47.6204, -122.3493);
mapsTask.ZoomLevel = 2;
mapsTask.Show();
You should check the sdk.
If you really want to open the apps, you can do it with a trick. Add a brower task an follow steps of this article.
When the user opens my Windows Phone app, he should be shown his current position - either using Google maps or Bing maps.
I tried to integrate Bing maps in my app, but the question is:
How do I locate the exact or nearby location of the user?
The map is just a control, on which you can show your position if you got it from the GeoCoordinateWatcher. You can look for good examples (e.g. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dragoman/archive/2010/09/21/wp7-code-using-the-geolocation-api.aspx ) on the web but if you need I can help to implement it too.
I can't find any information on this because I don't even know what it's called. When someone does a web search on Windows Phone, it will return some app results at the top of the page. What is this called? If I knew the term, I'm sure I could find the info I need to do it. Thanks!
The google term you're looking for is "Search Extensiblity" and it's actually a WP7.5 ("Mango") feature and not a WP8 feature. Basically, You'll need to expose a humongous structured XML document for Bing server to index. Bing will then tell WP8 which apps have relevant results for the current search term based on your structure XML data.
MSDN docs # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202969(VS.92).aspx
MSDN Webcast # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsmobile/hh369941.aspx
i use the admob wp7 sdk for displaying adds in my apps, but i dont see any, it looke like:
<google:BannerAd
xmlns:google="clr-namespace:Google.AdMob.Ads.WindowsPhone7.WPF;assembly=Google.AdMob.Ads.WindowsPhone7"
AdUnitID="MY_AD_UNIT_ID">
of course i insert my adUnitID, when i start my app i dont get anything to see, also when i enable test mode i cant see anything, what could be worng? on the homepage i see that i got requests because it counts up, but nothing to see.
other question:
are there any other add providers instead of smaato and adDuplex which provide a WP7 sdk?
As of today the Microsoft Ad SDK for WP7 can now be used in all territories where the marketplace is available.
Alternatively you could consider AdDuplex
I would recommend looking at the documentation and contacting admob support. Its a third party control so you would be lucky to find someone on here who can offer advice.