PIN Number Password Fields for Windows XAML

22nd of October, 2015 / / No Comments

In Windows XAML world, a bad design decision was made to have PasswordBox and TextBox as different objects, meaning that the PasswordBox does not inherit common properties from the TextBox. As a consequence, you cannot do many of the things that you normally do with a textbox such as customising the appearance of the password textbox (say you want to make the text centre-aligned, or you want to bind the number keypad instead of the alpha keyboard).… [Keep reading] “PIN Number Password Fields for Windows XAML”

Sharing HTTP sessions between WebView requests and HttpClient on Windows Phone

15th of July, 2015 / / 1 Comment

Introduction

I have been working on a hybrid mobile application that requires displaying/containing a few mobile apps in a WebView control. In the background, some HTTP requests need to go through to collect data and do further processing. We need to maintain the same session in all of the web requests going through the mobile app. This means all web (HTTP) requests originated by the Webview as well as our background (HttpClient) requests need to share cookies, cache, etc.… [Keep reading] “Sharing HTTP sessions between WebView requests and HttpClient on Windows Phone”

Command and control with Arduino, Windows Phone and Azure Mobile Services

24th of January, 2015 / / 1 Comment

In most of our posts on the topic of IoT to date we’ve focussed on how to send data emitted from sensors and devices to centralised platforms where we can further process and analyse this data. In this post we’re going to have a look at how we can reverse this model and control our ‘things’ remotely by utilising cloud services. I’m going to demonstrate how to remotely control a light emitting diode (LED) strip with a Windows Phone using Microsoft Azure Mobile Services.… [Keep reading] “Command and control with Arduino, Windows Phone and Azure Mobile Services”

New Windows Intune Features and Policies for Windows Phone 8.1

25th of May, 2014 / / No Comments

The latest release of Windows Intune provides new MDM features and policies for Windows Phone 8.1.

The new features include:

  • device configuration settings
  • software installation (sideloading) enhancements
  • selective wipe
  • support for Web Authentication Broker (WAB) enrolment
  • automatic MDM certificate renewal

 

Here are the new Windows Intune Policies for Windows Phone 8.1:

 

Group Policy
Security / System Allow screen capture
Security / System Allow diagnostic data submission
Applications / Browser Allow web browser
Applications / Apps Allow application store
Device Capabilities / Hardware Allow camera
Device Capabilities / Features Allow copy and paste
Device Capabilities / Features Allow Bluetooth
Device Capabilities / Features Allow Wi-Fi tethering
Device Capabilities / Features Allow NFC
Device Capabilities / Features Allow Wi-Fi
Device Capabilities / Features Allow Wi-Fi hotspot reporting
Device Capabilities / Features Allow automatic connection to free Wi-Fi hotspots

 

If you are looking for assistance managing your corporate owned or personally owned mobile devices, please contact Kloud Solutions at the following URL:

http://www.kloud.com.au/contact-us/… [Keep reading] “New Windows Intune Features and Policies for Windows Phone 8.1”