Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
A Microsoft platform for building and publishing apps for Windows desktop devices.
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Can't debug my UWP app after tried to change language to C# 8
I was happily developing and debugging my UWP app. Project setting were: Min version 1809, Target Version 1903, Nuget Package Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform v6.1.9 Visual Studio version is VS 2019 16.3.10 OS version in my machine is 1903,…
asked 2019-12-01T01:06:10.43+00:00
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Leandro Alsina
1
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commented 2019-12-26T18:57:48.387+00:00
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John Torjo
861
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Windows 8 UWP XAML - Popup Keyboard - Loss of Data
Hi, We have a UWP app (via Window store) that has been production for quite a while. Nothing has changed with the app. Last 6 or 7 months, users have reported that data is not being saved via a TestBox (most of the time it works, but times it…
asked 2019-11-28T02:35:29.06+00:00
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Paul Phillips
1
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commented 2019-12-26T09:43:58.373+00:00
Amy Peng-MSFT
231
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Create multiple connections using Stream Socket
I have two separate uwp apps which run as Server and Client. I installed Server app in one machine and Client app in 3 machines. I need to share a file from Server app to Client app. When I shared the file Sometimes it is not shared to all the…
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UWP Desktop Bridge app and suspend/resume
Hello, How does suspend/resume work with an UWP app that uses Desktop Bridge? Are such apps ever suspended? Desktop Bridge apps don't have suspend/resume based on this API documentation:…
asked 2019-12-10T01:52:17.513+00:00
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DesktopMonkey
11
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commented 2019-12-25T09:32:09.947+00:00
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Fay Wang - MSFT
5,196
Reputation points
2 answers
How to analysis UWP crash log?
My Application is Crash for some UI issue and it shows error - "parameter incorrect" After Crash is want to open some file.. I want to understand how can I get valid crash log in detail and what is the best way to analysis log
asked 2019-12-05T10:59:31.04+00:00
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MangoApps
91
Reputation points
commented 2019-12-25T06:57:19.623+00:00
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Roy Li - MSFT
32,091
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.CurrentAppSimulator.RequestProductPurchaseAsync() no longer works
The following code used to work: Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.PurchaseResults pr = await Windows.ApplicationModel.Store.CurrentAppSimulator.RequestProductPurchaseAsync(_ud.sInAppTokenName); It no longer shows a window. Instead, it returns…
asked 2019-12-22T08:00:01.627+00:00
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Hong
1,051
Reputation points
commented 2019-12-25T06:55:47.06+00:00
Roy Li - MSFT
32,091
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
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How to sideload app on Windows Phone 8.1 now?
The Store app seems to have stopped working on Windows Phone 8.1 devices. In this case, how to sideload an app built with WinRT (.appxupload) on Windows Phone 8.1 devices?
1 answer
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Count PivotItems
I am writing a local app to be used as a wallboard/dashboard tool. The idea is to loop through various WebViews of SSRS reports. A counter is operated via a DespatcherTimer and each time a set interval is hit, the SelectedIndex on the pivot is…
asked 2019-12-05T17:24:16.887+00:00
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Andrew Bryant
21
Reputation points
commented 2019-12-24T07:54:06.517+00:00
Fay Wang - MSFT
5,196
Reputation points
0 answers
[UWP] Getting System.OutOfMemoryException while saving the cropped image using ImageCropper
I am using same code which given in "Windows community toolkit sample App" for cropping the image. For large image file (size 13583x5417, 30mb) I am getting System.OutOfMemoryException while cropping the part of image. But same image works in…
asked 2019-12-24T05:16:09.96+00:00
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Vijay Gawli
21
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commented 2019-12-24T07:40:10.67+00:00
Fay Wang - MSFT
5,196
Reputation points
2 answers
[Bug Report]We still can trigger event behind a popup
We seems like found a bug from our app. Here are the reproduce steps: Create a Page called PopPage, only set it's page's background to yellow,then set the grid: On the calling page create a button and write it's event like this: private void…
asked 2019-11-14T07:01:36.773+00:00
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Barry Wang
61
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commented 2019-12-23T08:14:27.783+00:00
Barry Wang
61
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How to update SQLite for Universal Windows Platform for Visual Studio 2019
A UWP app uses SQLite for Universal Windows Platform. It was built quite a few years ago. Now, I am using VS 2019 and it does not accept SQLite for Universal Windows Platform. How can I use SQL Lite with VS 2019?
asked 2019-12-22T18:55:06.88+00:00
Hong
1,051
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commented 2019-12-23T06:04:10.79+00:00
Ronen Ariely
15,096
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1 answer
Universal app built for Win 8.1 - OAuth 2.0 Azure support
Hi, I have a Universal app built for Windows 8.1 using Visual studio 2015. (This was done before UWP, there are 2 separate projects for phones and others. But we are not actually using the phone version anymore) The client wants to add OAuth…
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How to prevent AppBarButton.Label from wrapping?
Is there a way to prevent AppBarButton.Label from wrapping?
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UWP NOT COMPILING
Since I updated Visual Studio UWP projects aren´t compiling anymore. I get a lot of these errors Could not copy the file "C:\XXXXXX\bin\Release\C1.UWP.Core\C1.UWP.Core.xr.xml" because it was not found. C1.UWP.Calendar It is…
asked 2019-12-12T18:51:00.81+00:00
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Alvaro Rivoir
11
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commented 2019-12-20T10:00:42.513+00:00
Fay Wang - MSFT
5,196
Reputation points
2 answers
UWP Restricted Capability "inputObservation"
Hi Devs, i was looking to inputObservation restricted capability, MSDN doens't have any reference to its implementation. Has anyone succeeded in getting keyboard input without having focus on the app? I managed to bypass the suspended mode of…
asked 2019-12-13T13:30:24.91+00:00
Ross
101
Reputation points
commented 2019-12-20T03:02:47.23+00:00
Roy Li - MSFT
32,091
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
UWP TimerTrigger'd background task doesn't run while in lockscreen
I have a UWP app which registers an in-process background task that must run every 15 minutes. The background task runs effectively every 15..20 minutes after the computer has been started up and the computer remains active. As soon as the computer…
asked 2019-12-14T18:42:27.363+00:00
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Jos Huybrighs
336
Reputation points
commented 2019-12-20T02:56:48.443+00:00
Roy Li - MSFT
32,091
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
My UWP app gets a bad review because it can only be installed through Microsoft Store
Interesting observation: my app gets a bad (1) review because the user doesn't like to provide a Microsoft account in order to install it through the Microsoft Store. What can I do about that? Can I remove such a review (although I actually don't care…
asked 2019-12-16T15:50:47.267+00:00
Jos Huybrighs
336
Reputation points
answered 2019-12-19T04:40:20.59+00:00
Scott Kuhl
1
Reputation point
1 answer
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[cpp][uwp] c++ winrt How to get app width and bind it to a Slider
in I am trying to bind the upper end of a Slider to the current width of the app. It needs to look like, < Slider x:Name="Slider1" Width="200" Minimum="50" Maximum="Page-Width" StepFrequency="10"…
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[UWP][C#] - Datagrid ItemsSource
How can I bind a DataGrid's ItemsSource to list or array when I do not know the structure of the data? I know the column and row counts, but I need to create the object at run time that will bind to the Data grid. Thanks for any suggestions. …
asked 2019-12-10T19:59:34.157+00:00
Paula Morgan
276
Reputation points
accepted 2019-12-17T18:51:34.01+00:00
Paula Morgan
276
Reputation points
1 answer
use button for dictation
Hello @RoyLiWicresoftNorthAmericaLtd-0833 I am using continues dictation in my app, but I have a problem, even though I put the silence time out to 1 day, it will still timeout after a while. What I am trying to do, is that the user press the button…
asked 2019-11-13T04:26:11.89+00:00
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Eduardo Gomez
3,416
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commented 2019-12-17T16:51:44.057+00:00
Eduardo Gomez
3,416
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