I want to create an app, but I don't have any ideas. So I'm open for suggestions.

Hey /r/wpdev, I hate to vent but I'm about to lose my job over this. The startup I'm working at hired me to make the Windows Phone/mobile version of their app. In order to test my proof of concept, I need an unlocked device. My Dev unlock tool doesn't work and I've tried everything from stopping / restarting the IpOverUsb manually to installing the WP8SDK on multiple machines and trying there. I originally thought that it was my test device's fault, but they all are recognized by windows. I've contacted Microsoft repeatedly, only to get redirected to links I already read as research for the issue.

TL;DR : WP8 dev unlock tool doesn't work on multiple machines, tried restarting IpOverUsb services and nothing has changed. Fuck MS, that is all.

I am game and I want to hear my station. I would like some guidance. I have 8.1 now under the app developer strategy.

Thanks.

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If i fix it I get a fatal error from each function - with no other log messages.

This is a friends website.
I think its due to WPBakery stopping free version compatibility but I am not sure.
Any Ideas?

It's a Lights Out game. I added some score and achievement system to it to make it more fun and plan to add online playing to it in the future.

Currently Windows 8.1 version of the game is in the Store (can run on Windows 10 Mobile as well) and the UWP version is awaiting the Store approval.

Here is the Store link: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4rvkm

There are a few points that I'd like to mention here about my journey:

1. When I started, my main goal was to publish it as a mobile phone game. Windows 10 Mobile wasn't getting any love from Microsoft (now dead) and Windows Phone 8.1 has the biggest market-share by far; hence, it's a Windows 8.1 Universal app.

2. Microsoft focus on UWP (at least relatively) meant that Windows 8.1 Universal development isn't getting any love too. It has no support in Visual Studio 2017 in which I write the future backend (ASP.NET Core). This makes it inconvenient to move between 2 solution for the same project.

3. I took me a while to settle on Google Analytics for my simple telemetry (nothing scary; just session and page view count). Microsoft made a big deal when they moved Windows SDK for Google Analytics (https://github.com/dotnet/windows-sdk-for-google-analytics) from CodePlex to GitHub under .NET Foundation earlier this year; however, it only supports UWP apps. So, I had to take the source code, modify it for Windows 8.1 Universal apps, and use it in the game. I would send a pull request to whoever maintains the project, but that GitHub repository hasn't been touched since the announcement of moving it under .NET Foundation.

4. Talking about Google analytics, their data is pretty fine, but there are small things that are not accurate. The main of which is the devices name. It displays Lumia 925 as Blu something, Lumia 550 as Lumia 435, Lumia 930 as some other model. I'm not sure where they get the data from, but it isn't correct and makes it useless.

5. Another thing that took me a while to settle on is SQLite. They pretty much maintain their Windows 8.1 Desktop and Phone Visual Studio extensions, so I'd like to thank them here (thanks). Here also there is nothing from Microsoft that I can use with SQLite, except their ASP.NET Core SQLite library; however, as you might have guessed, it does not support Windows 8.1 Universal apps (it targets .NET Standard 1.3 - Windows 8.1 Universal implements .NET Standard 1.2). Hence, I took the code and ported it (https://github.com/TheBlueSky/Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.WinRT).

6. Windows Dev Center until today does not show any statistics of any kind. I have other apps in the store that are showing statistics, but not this one for whatever reason. Edit: Windows Dev Center started showing the data after a couple of weeks or so.

Overall, I enjoyed making the game and gained tons of experience in the way. I hope you enjoy playing it, and please provide your feedback.

Currently, I've got a Lumia 920 and a Lumia 520, and my girlfriend is getting a Lumia 830 tomorrow. Is it worth it for me to get a WP7 device to test on? I found one for cheap, but I'm not sure if it even makes sense to develop for anymore.

I own a couple of domains (scrn.us and sqwoq.com ) that are up for renewal. I have no plans to use them and thought I would offer them up to a developer.

If your a developer looking for an App Name/Domain combo, then this is for you. Your app name could be "sqwoq" or "scrn" (or scrn.us I see it as Screen Us) and you can have a matching domain. Often times a matching domain/app name is tricky to get.

So pitch me your app idea, rather its not developed or already developed it doesn't matter, I'll pick out a winner and transfer the domain to you.

(A little interesting thought, sqwoq rotated 180 degrees looks like bombs.)

So, I'm creating an electronics app, and it uses a simple XML file as source for all the pinouts. It's rather tedious, so I'm asking anyone willing to help (and get their name in the "about" page, and get the app for free) to create even ONE pinout following this template:

<PinOut Abrev="SATA" Title="Serial Advanced Technology Attachment" category="Computer Hardware">

<Pins>

<Pin nb ="1" name="GND" description="Ground"/>

<Pin nb ="2" name="DRV_RX_P" description="Transmit+"/>

<Pin nb ="3" name="DRV_RX_N" description="Transmit-"/>

<Pin nb ="4" name="GND" description="Ground"/>

<Pin nb ="5" name="DRV_TX_P" description="Receive-"/>

<Pin nb ="6" name="DRV_TX_N" description="Receive+"/>

<Pin nb ="7" name="GND" description="Ground"/>

</Pins>

<Description>I'Il deal with this part</Description>

<Icon>

<Path>The XAML path of the outside of the pin</Path>

<Path pin="1">The XAML path of pin number one</Path>

<Path pin="2">and so on</Path>

<Path pin="3">for each pin</Path>

<Path pin="4"></Path>

<Path pin="5"></Path>

<Path pin="6"></Path>

<Path pin="7"></Path>

</Icon>

</PinOut>

You can design the Paths using a photo which you draw over with blend. One pinout takes between 5 and 10 minutes to do, depending on it's complexity :)

Help would be greatly appreciated, as I could get this app out on the store a LOOOOT faster with your help.

Also, this will be a paying app. By contributing you will get it for free (if the pinout you sent is good, and seriously done. Follow the grid when possible.)

Here is a list of the pinouts that have already been done:

-SATA

-USB 2.0 (Type A & B)

-USB 3.0 (Type A & B)

-S-Video (4 pin)

-VGA

-HDMI

-Jack (mono, stereo, and 4 pin)

-SD Card

-PS/2

-MIDI

-SCART

-RJ-45

-RS-232 DE-9

-DVI-I

-Apple Lightning connector

-FireWire (4, 6, and 9 pin)