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Cocossharp Template not working

I'm new to cocossharp. I installed cocossharp templates for visual studio, when i select a new cocossharp android game, and run the application, all I get is a black screen with a logo at the top. From the code, I believe i am supposed to get a blue screen with a label written
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
{
base.OnCreate(bundle);
// Set our view from the "main" layout resource
SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
// Get our game view from the layout resource,
// and attach the view created event to it
CCGameView gameView = (CCGameView)FindViewById(Resource.Id.GameView);
gameView.ViewCreated += LoadGame;
}
void LoadGame(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CCGameView gameView = sender as CCGameView;
if (gameView != null)
{
var contentSearchPaths = new List<string>() { "Fonts", "Sounds" };
CCSizeI viewSize = gameView.ViewSize;
int width = 1024;
int height = 768;
// Set world dimensions
gameView.DesignResolution = new CCSizeI(width, height);
// Determine whether to use the high or low def versions of our images
// Make sure the default texel to content size ratio is set correctly
// Of course you're free to have a finer set of image resolutions e.g (ld, hd, super-hd)
if (width < viewSize.Width)
{
contentSearchPaths.Add("Images/Hd");
CCSprite.DefaultTexelToContentSizeRatio = 2.0f;
}
else
{
contentSearchPaths.Add("Images/Ld");
CCSprite.DefaultTexelToContentSizeRatio = 1.0f;
}
gameView.ContentManager.SearchPaths = contentSearchPaths;
CCScene gameScene = new CCScene(gameView);
gameScene.AddLayer(new GameLayer());
gameView.RunWithScene(gameScene);
}
}
public class GameLayer : CCLayerColor
{
// Define a label variable
CCLabel label;
public GameLayer() : base(CCColor4B.Blue)
{
// create and initialize a Label
label = new CCLabel("Hello CocosSharp", "Fonts/MarkerFelt", 22, CCLabelFormat.SpriteFont);
// add the label as a child to this Layer
AddChild(label);
}
protected override void AddedToScene()
{
base.AddedToScene();
// Use the bounds to layout the positioning of our drawable assets
var bounds = VisibleBoundsWorldspace;
// position the label on the center of the screen
label.Position = bounds.Center;
// Register for touch events
var touchListener = new CCEventListenerTouchAllAtOnce();
touchListener.OnTouchesEnded = OnTouchesEnded;
AddEventListener(touchListener, this);
}
void OnTouchesEnded(List<CCTouch> touches, CCEvent touchEvent)
{
if (touches.Count > 0)
{
// Perform touch handling here
}
}
}
I put a break point in the method thats called when the event ViewCreated is fired, the breakpoint is never hit. I tried creating the CCGameView first then then registering the eventhandler because I thought the event was firing before registering
CCGameView gameView = new CCGameView(this);
gameView.ViewCreated += LoadGame;
gameView = (CCGameView)FindViewById(Resource.Id.GameView);
then I tried calling the LoadGame method directly
CCGameView gameView = (CCGameView)FindViewById(Resource.Id.GameView);
gameView.ViewCreated += LoadGame;
LoadGame(gameView, EventArgs.Empty);
but this resulted in a null exception for the gameView.ContentManager.
My only other suspicion is the emulator itself, perhaps it needs something installed extra, however for a normal xamarin android project it works perfectly. Iv also tried looking at the various examples on Xamarin but they all use Application Delegate, which if i'm not mistaken, was the old way of doing thing. If anyone can help, Id appreciate it. Thanks

It was an emulator issue, had to check the Use Host GPU option on the emulator. On the Android Virtual Device Manager where I can select my created emulators, I selected an emulator I had created, then instead of starting it, I first Edited it, that's where I found the option (Since I had already created some emulators). The answer is here

Unable to update MapCenter in windows phone 8.1 WinRT App with MyMap.Mapcenter

Please help me.
the scenario is there are two pages in my app one is map page(MainPage.xaml) and other is map location search page(LocationSearch.xaml) when i run the app on my phone map center location is update as i want but when i go to second page and searching the location and back to the map page with the new location co-ordinates the map center location is not updating
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
// TODO: Prepare page for display here.
// TODO: If your application contains multiple pages, ensure that you are
// handling the hardware Back button by registering for the
// Windows.Phone.UI.Input.HardwareButtons.BackPressed event.
// If you are using the NavigationHelper provided by some templates,
// this event is handled for you.
if (e.Parameter != null)
{
BinMapPins.AppData.Resultclass myobject = e.Parameter as BinMapPins.AppData.Resultclass;
BasicGeoposition locPos = new BasicGeoposition();
if (myobject != null)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("lat " + myobject.address);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("lat " + myobject.lat);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("lang " + myobject.lang);
locPos.Latitude = myobject.lat;
locPos.Longitude = myobject.lang;
areaInfo.Text = myobject.address;
MyMap.Children.Clear();
Geopoint gopoints = new Geopoint(locPos);
MyMap.Center = gopoints;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("geo point val: " + gopoints.Position.Latitude);
MyMap.ZoomLevel = 16;
}
}
else
{
callMap();
}
}

Unable to set multiple secondary tiles in windows phone 8

I want to be able to pin page from where the user has navigated to, I want to make its content shows dynamically depending on which item the user has selected to pin. The first secondary tile, I could do it, but the problem is that when there are more than one secondary tile at the start menu, all the secondary tiles are link to the page but the content of the page is all the same as the last secondary tile.
Here is what I do:
From where the page is navigated to, I receive the information and set it display on the page like this:
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
if (!IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings.Contains("isolated_image"))
{
IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings.Add("isolated_image", NavigationContext.QueryString["pro_image"] as string);
}
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imageBase = (IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings["isolated_image"] as string);
StreamResourceInfo sri = null;
Uri uri = new Uri(imageBase, UriKind.Relative);
uriString = uri.ToString();
sri = Application.GetResourceStream(uri);
BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage();
bitmap.SetSource(sri.Stream);
base64 = ((App)Application.Current).ImageToBase64(bitmap);
item_image.Source = ((App)Application.Current).ImageFromBase64(base64);
if (!(IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings.Contains("item_name")))
{
IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings.Add("item_name", PhoneApplicationService.Current.State["pro_name"]);
}
ShellTile secondaryTile = this.FindTile(SecondaryTileUriSource);
if (secondaryTile != null)
{
item_image.Source = ((App)Application.Current).ImageFromBase64(base64);
}
txtb_product_name.Text = PhoneApplicationService.Current.State["pro_name"] as string;
}
From information I got, when the user press on pin app bar, I create the secondary tile with the unique uri based on "?image_item="+imageBase
void btnPin_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ShellTile tile = this.FindTile(SecondaryTileUriSource);
if(tile==null)
{
StandardTileData tileData = this.GetSecondaryTileData();
Uri uri = new Uri("/All Files/Product Files/Dry/Product Detail.xaml?item_image=" + imageBase, UriKind.Relative);
MessageBox.Show("the link uri is "+ uri.ToString());
ShellTile.Create(uri, tileData);
}
}
At the end, when I have have multiple secondary tiles at the start menu, the first, and the second secondary tiles will displays the same content on the page like this last secondary tile that I pinned.
I'm sure that the link uri is already unique; otherwise, I could not create multiple secondary tiles. Can anyone help me what's wrong? Thanks

First, I'd change your pinning logic and instead of creating string from your image data use some sort of ID to identify image... You current approach is unnecessary complicated.
It could be as simple as to have: image1,image2, image3 and so on. Then get id from query string and construct image uri like: new Uri("../image" + id)
If you have successfully created multiple secondary tiles, then each must be unique and your problem probably lies in parsing query strings in your OnNavigatedTo()

How to pass value from one page to another page in the context of data binding?

I am creating an app where we have a Data Template list of building names and when clicked on say "Thomas Gosnell Hall", it will go to a new page with the TextBlock changed to that of the selected building name "Thomas Gosnell Hall". I know data binding is used to do this, but how do I do it across two different pages?
MainPage.xaml
<TextBlock Tap="TextBlock_Tap" Text="{Binding LineOne}" TextWrapping="NoWrap" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextExtraLargeStyle}"/>
MainPage.xaml.cs (When a user taps on the building name, it will navigate to new page)
public void TextBlock_Tap(object sender, System.Windows.Input.GestureEventArgs e)
{
var building = ((TextBlock)sender).Text; // gets information based on the tapped building
//perform action based on information about the tapped building
if(building == "Thomas Gosnell Hall")
{
//MessageBox.Show("08 - (GOS)");
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/MapLocation.xaml?building=" + building, UriKind.Relative)); // pass the string value to destination page through Uri parameter
}
else if(building == "Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall")
{
MessageBox.Show("060 - (LBJ)");
}
}
MapLocation.xaml
<TextBlock x:Name="buildingName" Text="Building Name" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
MapLocation.xaml.cs (The new page after the user selected the building name)
/**
* How to: Create the Binding (behind code)
* Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838207%28v=vs.95%29.aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=csharp#code-snippet-1
*/
// Define source object
public class Building
{
public string BuildingName { get; set; }
}
public MapLocation()
{
InitializeComponent();
Loaded += MapLocation_Loaded;
/* // create an instance of the source object
Building bldg = new Building();
bldg.BuildingName = building; // value to change depending on user's click
// create a binding object
Binding MyBinding = new Binding();
// set the binding properties on the binding object
MyBinding.Path = new PropertyPath("BuildingName");
MyBinding.Mode = BindingMode.OneTime;
// set the source of the binding by setting the DataContext property
buildingName.DataContext = bldg;
// attach the binding to the property of the FrameworkElement
buildingName.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, MyBinding);*/
}
private void MapLocation_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
//throw new NotImplementedException();
string building;
if(NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("building", out building))
{
//load information based on building parameter value
buildingName.Text = building;
}
}
/*public MapLocation_Loaded()
{
string building;
if(NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("building", out building))
{
//load information based on building parameter value
}
}*/
The problem lies within this line bldg.BuildingName = building; as it says The name building does not exist in the current context. It exists in the MainPage.xaml.cs, but not in MapLocation.xaml.cs. How do I data bind the building name depending on the user's tapped choice of building onto the next page?

I would suggest to pass the string value to destination page through Uri parameter :
public void TextBlock_Tap(object sender, System.Windows.Input.GestureEventArgs e)
{
var building = ((TextBlock)sender).Text;
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/MapLocation.xaml?building=" + building, UriKind.Relative));
}
Then handle loading correct informations in the destination page, for example in page Loaded event handler :
public MapLocation_Loaded()
{
string building;
if(NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("building", out building))
{
//load information based on building parameter value
}
}

One option is to expose the selected value on MainPage as a public property. Then other pages can just read whatever value was set.
The other option is to pass it as state in the navigate method:
NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/MapLocation.xaml", UriKind.Relative), building);
see here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms591042(v=vs.110).aspx

Secondary Tile Navigation Windows Phone 8

i have a problem when i navigate from a secondary tile into my app. The tile is created and has a navigation uri. Now i have a problem:
On "navigateTo" i test the navigationcontext for a specific string. If the string has the number i call this number. The first problem i have is when i navigate to an other page inside the app (after first click on secondary tile) and then return back to mainpage, it also tries to call the number, because the navigationcontext is the same as when i click the secondary tile.
If i clear the navigationcontext after the first click on secondary tile the navigation works. But if i pause the app and than click the secondary tile again the navigationcontext is empty and so no number is called.
Create of tile
IconicTileData tileData = new IconicTileData
{
Title = App.MainViewModel.SelectedPOI.Name,
SmallIconImage = new Uri("/Assets/Images/feature.phone.png", UriKind.Relative),
WideContent1 = App.MainViewModel.SelectedPOI.Name,
WideContent2 = App.MainViewModel.SelectedPOI.Telefonnumber,
WideContent3 = App.MainViewModel.SelectedPOI.Street
};
if (App.MainViewModel.SelectedPOI.Id == -1)
tileData.BackgroundColor = Helper.GetColorFromHexString("#E46D1D");
else
tileData.BackgroundColor = Helper.GetColorFromHexString("#4FAE32");
string SecondaryTileUriSource = String.Format("Source={0}&ID={1}", TILESTATUS, App.MainViewModel.SelectedPOI.Id);
//check if tile exist
ShellTile tile = Helper.FindTile(SecondaryTileUriSource);
if (tile == null)
{
// having a unique NavigationUri is necessary for distinguishing this tile
string tileUri = string.Concat("/MainPage.xaml?", SecondaryTileUriSource);
ShellTile.Create(new Uri(tileUri, UriKind.Relative), tileData, true);
}
OnNavigateTo - MainPage
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
{
string status = String.Empty;
if (NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("Source", out status))
{
MainPivot.SelectedItem = AlarmPivotItem;
//App.MainViewModel.StartAlarm();
//or
//get the number from source/status...
App.MainViewModel.CallNumber(12345);
//NavigationContext.QueryString.Clear();
}
}
Has anybody an example where e.g. a Number is called from a secondary tile and there are maybe at least 2 pages inside the app?
Any other sugestion where the problem can be?
Thank you

Rather than clearing the navigation context, you can use the NavigationMode property to know whether it's a new navigation to the page (for instance, form the secondary tile) or if the user went back from another page:
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
{
if (e.NavigationMode != System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationMode.Back)
{
if (NavigationContext.QueryString.TryGetValue("Source", out status))
{
MainPivot.SelectedItem = AlarmPivotItem;
//App.MainViewModel.StartAlarm();
//or
//get the number from source/status...
App.MainViewModel.CallNumber(12345);
}
}
}