Mysterious “Not enough quota is available to process this command” in WinRT port of DataGrid

OK, with some critical input from Tim Heuer [MSFT], I figured out what was going on and how to get around this problem. Surprisingly, none of my three initial guesses were correct. This wasn’t about memory, threading, or system resources. Instead, it was about limitations in the Windows messaging system. Apparently it is a little … Read more

Hide Status bar in Windows Phone 8.1 Universal Apps

With the release of Windows Phone 8.1 SDK comes a new StatusBar. The StatusBar replaces the SystemTray from Windows Phone Silverlight Apps. Unlike the SystemTray, the StausBar can only be accessed via code and some functionality has changed. StatusBar statusBar = Windows.UI.ViewManagement.StatusBar.GetForCurrentView(); // Hide the status bar await statusBar.HideAsync(); //Show the status bar await statusBar.ShowAsync(); … Read more