'WP7' Tag

• How to detect the dark or light theme in Windows Phone 7

  October 24, 2010

  If the user of the Windows Phone 7 device switches from the default dark theme to the light theme, how do you detect which one is in use? In the MSDN article Theme Resources for Windows Phone, there are two interesting resource keys that you can query. These are the PhoneDarkThemeVisibility and PhoneLightThemeVisibility keys. So [...]

  posted in Code by InsomniacGeek

• Windows Phone 7 Theme Colors

  October 24, 2010

  The Windows Phone 7 has two different background color modes; dark or light. In addition, there are ten accent colors to choose from. There’s currently no simple way of detecting which theme and accent color that the user has selected his or her device. However, since the colors of the current theme is injected into [...]

  posted in Blog by InsomniacGeek

• Upcoming books on Windows Phone 7 development

  July 29, 2010

  Reading a book about Windows Phone 7 development is a great way to get you started on developing on the Windows Phone 7. Here is a list of known upcoming books on the subject. Beginning Windows Phone 7 Development by Henry Lee Published by Apress. More info Pro Windows Phone 7 Development by Rob Cameron [...]

  posted in Blog by InsomniacGeek