Swapped a ListBox for a LongListSelector and now the items don't show?

If you're not too distracted by all the announcements coming from MWC at the moment I thought I'd share this little gotcha that cost me more time than it should have. I'm updating an app for a client at the moment and for one of the visual tweaks that I wanted to add meant I wanted to replace a ListBox with a LongListSelector. All should be simple enough. It should just be a case of replacing this: <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Sessions}">     <ListBox.ItemTemplate>         <DataTemplate>             // ...         </DataTemplate>     </ListBox.ItemTemplate> </ListBox> with...

The Windows Phone app store is full of apps, but also full of possibilities

Over on the DVLUP blog they've just announced that they've given away design and UX consultations to 30 apps in the store. While that's all well and good this phrase caught my eye: "popular apps with many positive reviews and good ratings are not necessarily doing well because of a great UX or...

An app developers guide to patent demand letters

My normal blogging activities are on hold at the moment while I try and prioritise some long overdue projects. I did think, however, that it was worth breaking my temporary silence to draw your attention to some great resources around software patents. This is all prompted by a recent show on .Net...