Live Tiles and Push Notifications allow developers to provide timely updates and notifications to users through Windows Phone's Live Tile functionality and push notifications, even when apps are not running. Live Tiles display dynamic content and app shortcuts. Updates can come from the app itself or through push notifications from a backend server. Notifications can update tiles, display toasts, or be delivered directly to the app. This provides a way for developers to engage users with relevant information on the home screen.
在2014 年 4 月 //learn/ - Global Community Webcast Event 微軟全球線上廣播活動中,所講述到有關 Tiles, badges and toasts and action center 的課程。
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/twmvp/Tiles-badges-and-toasts-and-action-center
sample code: http://goo.gl/ydh1tk
Presentation about Windows Presentation Foundation - that appeared in the .NET Framework 3.0. The technology gives us ability to create outstanding UI for our applications.
I gave that lecture for IT Academic Days at my University.
在2014 年 4 月 //learn/ - Global Community Webcast Event 微軟全球線上廣播活動中,所講述到有關 Tiles, badges and toasts and action center 的課程。
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/twmvp/Tiles-badges-and-toasts-and-action-center
sample code: http://goo.gl/ydh1tk
Presentation about Windows Presentation Foundation - that appeared in the .NET Framework 3.0. The technology gives us ability to create outstanding UI for our applications.
I gave that lecture for IT Academic Days at my University.
Presentation on sending push notifications with Zend Framework based on work to create Zend_Mobile_Push. Currently handles APNs (iPhone/iPad/iTouch), C2DM (Android) and MPNS (Windows Mobile). Additionally mentions of sending push notifications with WAP PAP (BlackBerry).
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Developing Interactive Applications Using Windows Live Robots, Activities, an...goodfriday
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Developing Apps for Windows Phone 8 - The 5th seminar in public seminar series from KMS Technology which have been delivering from 2011 in every two months
Cross Platform Mobile Push Notifications with Azure Notifications HubSukriti Sharma
This presentation walks you how Azure Notifications Hub works and how you can leverage it to target the right audiences for sending push notifications from your Mobile app across any platform
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This presentation was delivered as part of the MSDN Events series of technical seminars and provides a deep dive into cloud computing and the Windows Azure Platform. It starts with a developer-focused overview of the Windows Azure Platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build highly scalable applications. From there, the discussion explores data storage, SQL Azure, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure.
Internet Explorer 8 Developer Overview was presented at a series of MSDN Unleashed events hosted by the Microsoft Central Region Evangelism team from April 28 - June 12, 2009. You can find more information at http://msdnevents.com/unleashed.
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This is a session I delivered at Indy TechFest '08 on Oct. 4, 2008. It serves as an introduction to building Windows Presentation Foundation applications using Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
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DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
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What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
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Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
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2. Topics
• End-User Experience
• Tile 101
• Multiple Live Tiles
• Updating a Live Tile from a background process
• Push Notifications
Windows Phone
3. Consumer Experience
Notifications offer
Windows phone has
developers a way to
the unique ability to
send timely
provide the end
information to the
user glanceable
end user’s device
access to the
even when the
information they
application is not
care most about, via
running, including
Live Tiles
Tile updates
Windows Phone
4. Tiles 101
• Shortcuts to apps
• Static or dynamic
• 2 sizes: small & large
– Large only for 1st party
apps
• End-user is in control
Windows Phone
5. Data Driven Template Model
• A fixed set of data properties
• Each property corresponds to a UI element
• Each UI element has a fixed position on screen
• Not all elements need to be used
• Animations are not extensible
Background Title Count
Image
(173 x 173 .png)
Windows Phone
6. Scenarios/Popular Applications
Weather Apps Send to WP7
Weather Tile Link Tile
Warning Toast Link Toast
Chess by Post AlphaJax
Turn Tile Turn Tile
Move Toast Move Toast
Beezz Seattle Traffic Map
Unread Tile Traffic Tile
Direct Toast
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7. Primary and Secondary Tiles
• Application Tile Fron
t
– Pinned from App List
– Properties are set initially in the Application
Manifest
Ba
• Secondary Tile ck
– New in Windows Phone 7.5!
– Created as a result of user input in an
application
Windows Phone
8. Live Tiles – Local Tile API
• Local tile updates (these are *not* push)
– Full control of all properties when your app
is in the foreground or background
– Calorie counter, sticky notes
• Multi-Tile!
– Deep-link to specific application sections
– Launch directly to page/experience
Windows Phone
9. Live Tiles – Local Tile API
Continued…
• Back of tile updates
– Full control of all properties when your app
is in the foreground or background
– Content, Title, Background
Content Content
string is Background
bigger
Title Title
– Flips from front to back at random interval
– Smart logic to make flips asynchronous
Windows Phone
11. Tile Schedule
• Periodically updates the tile image without pushing
message though
• Updates images only from the web, not from the app
local store
• Sets up notification channel and binds it to a tile
notification
• Few limitations
– Image size must be less than 80 KB
– Download time must not exceed 60 seconds
– Lowest update time resolution is 60 minutes
– If the schedule for an indefinite or finite number of updates
fails too many times, OS will cancel it
• Update recurrence can by Onetime, EveryHour,
Windows Phone
12. Scheduling Tile Update
public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage {
private ShellTileSchedule _mySchedule;
public MainPage() {
InitializeComponent();
ScheduleTile();
}
private void ScheduleTile() {
_mySchedule = new ShellTileSchedule();
_mySchedule.Recurrence = UpdateRecurrence.Onetime;
_mySchedule.StartTime = DateTime.Now;
_mySchedule.RemoteImageUri = new
Uri("http://cdn3.afterdawn.fi/news/small/windows-phone-7-series.png");
_mySchedule.Start();
}
}
Windows Phone
13. Updating Tiles from a
Background Agent
• In Windows Phone OS 7.0, only way of updating Live Tiles
was from a Tile Schedule or from Notifications
– Tile Schedule needs to fetch images from a web URI
– Notifications require you to implement a backend
service
• To have control of shell tiles when the app is not running
without using Push Notifications, a good solution is a
Background Agent
– Use the ShellTile API to locate and update tiles
Windows Phone
15. Push Notifications
• Server-initiated communication
• Enable key background scenarios
• Preserve battery life and user experience
• Prevent polling for updates
Windows Phone
16. Push Notification Data Flow
2 URI to the service:
"http://notify.live.com/throttledthirdparty/01.00/AAFRQH 3rd party
Push enabled giiMWNTYrRDXAHQtz- service
AgrNpzcDAwAAAAQOMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA
applications "
3
Notifications
service HTTP POST the
4 message
Send PN
Message
1
Push endpoint is established. URI is
created for the endpoint.
Microsoft
hosted
server
Windows Phone
17. Three Kinds of Notifications
• Raw
– Notification message content is application-specific
– Delivered directly to app only if it is running
• Toast
– Specific XML schema
– Content delivered to app if it is running
– If app is not running, system displays Toast popup using notification
message content
• Tile
– Specific XML schema
– Never delivered to app
– If user has pinned app tile to Start screen, system updates it using
notification message content
Windows Phone
18. Push Notifications – New
Features
• Multi-Tile/Back of Tile Support
– Multiple weather locations, news categories, sports
team scores, twitter favorites
– Can update all tiles belonging to your application
• No API Change for binding tiles
– BindToShellTile now binds you to all tiles
– Send Tile ID to service and use new attribute to direct
update
• Three new elements for back of tile properties
Windows Phone
19. Toast Notification
• App icon and two text fields
• Time critical and personally relevant
• Users must opt-in via app UI
Windows Phone
21. Response Custom Headers
• Response Code: HTTP status code (200 OK)
• Notification Status
– Notification received by the Push Notification Service
– For example: “X-NotificationStatus:Received”
• DeviceConnectionStatus
– The connection status of the device
– //For example: X-DeviceConnectionStatus:Connected
• SubscriptionStatus
– The subscription status
– //For example: X-SubscriptionStatus:Active
• More information
– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402545(v=VS.92).aspx
Windows Phone
22. Security Technical Details
Two levels of trust
Authentication:
– Phone Client – MS server :
– TLS + WL Device ID
– MS Server – 3rd party service:
– HTTPs (for third-party)
– Throttling for unauthenticated services
Authorization:
– Token (notification URI) validated with each PUSH
notification
Windows Phone
23. Summary
• In this session we covered how tiles work, live
tiles, shell tiles as well as how to support multiple
tiles from a single application.
• We also covered updating a Live Tile from a
Background Application as well as via Push
Notifications
Windows Phone