Async programming is key today. Making the user wait while you process data is passé ,not acceptable to the modern user and against all usability principles!! But the user does want to be informed when the processing is over and what was the outcome! So how do we inform the user from asynchronous method? A […]
Category Archives: Mobile Apps
Creating a Resolution Independent Metro App with the ViewBox!
Recently, while working on a Windows Metro App, we faced some issues with Adaptive Layout. The requirement was that our app should support all resolutions (Minimum:-1024*768, Maximum:- 2560*1440)and maintain aspect ratios when it came to images. We solved the issue using a ViewBox but had to learn a few tricks about the Viewbox first! This […]
Reading values from the Dimens file!
One of our Android apps demanded an infinite carousel with images overlapping each other. Surprisingly enough there are not too many examples out there on how to do this! We used a ViewPager to create the carousel taking inspiration from https://github.com/mrleolink/SimpleInfiniteCarousel. We had to make some changes here( another post on our carousel and maybe […]