Category Archives: Mobile Development

Windows 8 – Cannot Link to Facebook

Posted on March 18, 2013 by BusinessEntropy

So there is this whole ‘charms’ interface in Windows 8 (hover your pointer in the upper left corner) with a nice ‘Share’ button. However, since Facebook doesn’t have an official Windows 8 app, it doesn’t show up as an option … Continue reading →

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It’s not me, it’s you

Posted on September 1, 2012 by BusinessEntropy

I just finished my annual pilgrimage of the mind…the one where I contemplate NOT renewing my iOS developer license because once again, I procrastinated a year away of nothing but a few minor updates…and, as usual I rationalize myself into … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 – Copy file from Assets to Local Folder

Posted on May 9, 2012 by BusinessEntropy

When porting mobile apps to Windows 8, I immediately came across the same issue as each of the previous platforms, namely, how to copy my ‘starting’ data files into local storage where they can be modified. In this case, I … Continue reading →

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The new Android Market Developer agreement…

Posted on December 11, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

So I logged in to my Android Market publisher account, because it’s been a while, and I’m thinking of updating some apps, and trying again to see if I can reproduce some of the fairly major (I admit it) bugs … Continue reading →

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Back in the [iOS] saddle again.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

I thought I would take this opportunity to inform the world that, yes, I have relicensed MonoTouch [now by XAMARIN!] after a brief foray into Objective-C. MonoTouch is far too nice a crutch to give up now, especially given that … Continue reading →

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The longest days…

Posted on September 2, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

Are spent waiting for mobile application marketplaces to process… Full disclosure, I submitted an app to the WP7 marketplace that had a fairly glaring bug, that I myself never came across. This is all my own fault at the core. … Continue reading →

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How do you know you’ve been developing for Android for a year?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

“Debug certificate expired on 8/11/11 5:08 PM” – if you see this, go to your %USERHOME%/.android folder (Windows) and delete the debug.keystore file. Then try to clean and build your Android app again from Eclipse. Should be good to go!

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Quick note on WP7 Advertising platform

Posted on August 20, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

I didn’t really see this clearly documented anywhere, I was probably looking in the wrong place, but when you are testing WP7 advertising, use ApplicationId = “test_client” and AdUnitId=”TextAd” instead of your ‘real’ pubCenter adunit/application id’s. Also, I seem to … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye App Store (for me)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

As much as I enjoyed the elusive achievement of getting published in the App Store, I got my thirty-day notice of my Apple Developer membership expiration…and I don’t think I’m going to renew. In no particular order, here is the … Continue reading →

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Files and local storage – Windows Phone 7

Posted on July 16, 2011 by BusinessEntropy

Every mobile platform seems to have its own nuances for application data storage on the device. Typically I use some sort of file or database to store application data, and so there are three primary things I need to do. … Continue reading →

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