Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/7e13/ce6ea97c-e233-4e7c-a74d-ee1c81e37e13/WP8JumpStart04_220.jpg Channel 9 - Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 This module covers new storage concepts for Windows Phone 8. The concepts covered in this module include accessing the Installation folder or the Local folder using the Windows Phone Runtime Windows.Storage APIs. Additionally, Andy and Rob focus on background file transfers, Special Folders (Shared/Media, Shared/ShellContent, Shared/Transfers), and exploring the local folder with ISET Using Removable SD cards. [03:32] - Persistent storage in WP8 [10:13] - Using Windows Phone runtime storage [26:02] - Special folders [31:34] - Exploring the local folder Full course outline: Mod 01a: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 1 Mod 01b: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 2 Mod 02: Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps Mod 03: Building Windows Phone 8 Apps Mod 04: Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 Mod 05: Windows Phone 8 Application Lifecycle Mod 06: Background Agents Mod 07: Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications Mod 08: Push Notifications Mod 09: Using Phone Resources in Windows Phone 8 Mod 10: App to App Communication in Windows Phone 8 Mod 11: Network Communication in Windows Phone 8 Mod 12: Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth in Windows Phone 8 Mod 13: Speech Input in Windows Phone 8 Mod 14: Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8 Mod 15: Wallet Support Mod 16: In-App Purchasing Mod 17: The Windows Phone Store Mod 18: Enterprise App Architecture Mod 19: Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Cross Platform Development Mod 20: Mobile Web en Tue, 21 May 2013 09:33:13 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 09:33:13 GMT Rev9 Re: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 I have a question regarding the usage of WinRT functions for file access. You show us at 13:53 a method to load aynchronous a string from a file. If I try to use this code, Visual Studio says that the return type of this method must be void, Task or Task<T>. This would mean that I cannot get that easily information out of async marked methods.

 

And another question: For me it seems easier to use the above mentioned method to access files with WinRT. Is there any good reason to use the other version using ms-appdata:// or ms-appx:// instead? It seems more uncomfortable and insecure, if there is no included check for file existance.

posted by rudelm

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634907441236568378 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:48:43 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634907441236568378 rudelm Re: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 Great videos! Thank you.

posted by payini

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634908659217221787 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:38:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634908659217221787 payini Re: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 @rudelm: Check out the sample code at http://aka.ms/eyoq3p - that includes that particular demo.

posted by AndyCW

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634935083617825703 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:39:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634935083617825703 AndyCW Re: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
as per reports emerging, there is a folder named "OTHER" in the windows 8 phone which takes up a huge amount of data in terms of GB's and cannot be cleared nor opened nor deleted.

all apps, games, photos etc when stored or installed leads to exponential increase in this folder and on deletion not much change to the previous values.

kindly look into the matter

Cheers!

posted by anonymous

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634939237934596035 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:03:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634939237934596035 anonymous Re: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (04) Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8 posted by Razvan

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634952690044779119 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:43:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start-04-Files-and-Storage-on-Windows-Phone-8#c634952690044779119 Razvan