stephen-m / my-2-bits

Collection of snippets and lessons learned. This project is where I'll be dumping code, which I think could, even remotely, be useful to someone.

My 2 Bits

Collection of snippets and lessons learned. This project is where I'll be dumping code, which I think could, even remotely, be useful to someone.

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BLE Beacon Sample

At any moment now. The seas were stormy the dark night. Then, finally, he saw a speck of light in the distance. The old, faithful beacon!

Description: A sample project demonstrating how to scan for Bluetooth LE (BLE) beacons and how to turn a Windows device into a beacon. No background functionality included.

Supported platforms: Windows 10 (Technical Preview)

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Sliding Panel Sample

"You had to give it to him: he had a plan. And it started to make sense, in a Tyler sort of way. No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide."

   

Description: A self-contained, custom user control, a panel that can be dragged and animated. Provides a performance optimization trick for Windows Phone Silverlight. The trick is not needed on newer platforms.

Supported platforms: Windows Universal (Windows Store Apps and Windows Phone 8.1), Windows Phone Silverlight

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Tick Tick

He committed to complete a software project only to find himself without one essential user interface component. He had no choice but to create one himself, but the time was running out...

Three text ticker controls in StackPanel

Description: A custom text ticker user control: A text component, which scrolls to display the full text, if the text does not fit on a single line without wrapping.

Supported platforms: Windows Universal (Windows Store Apps and Windows Phone 8.1), Windows Phone Silverlight

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