Tidbits of programming Windows Phone 8

  • Basic tile tasks can be set in WMAppManifest.xml. However tasks such as setting back background image animating between front and back have to be done in code.
  • AdControl is problematic.  One had better to use other ad services to replace Microsoft's pubCenter ads.
  • AssemblyName obtained by new AssemblyName(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().FullName) does not have CultureInfo anymore, but static members of CultureInfo (e.g. CurrentCulture) may provide sufficient information.
  • WP does not support the option of "Generate task-based operations" for service references (Add Service Reference dialog > Advanced...), therefor ?await task" cannot be used for WP.

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