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PatrickC
PatrickC

Reputation: 33

Windows Phone Emulator messing up..?

I'm trying to get into Windows Phone 7.5/8 application development. I'm having an issue with my emulator, mainly it is showing up weird when I launch my app for debugging, and now is throwing errors like this (my code is working, I know that, not sure why it's showing that error):

Old Screenshot

Sorry, I found an error in my code that was keeping it from displaying the typed text, but it still is messing up the emulator after I fixed the code. See the new screenshot:

New Screenshot

Basically, when I click on any keyboard buttons on the OSK, the button sticks (doesn't keep typing, but sticks visually). Also, as you can see, the entire application doesn't show up, only places where there is an element on the screen. Any idea(s)?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Ok, so here is a few more images of the issue, with a different app that doesn't use the TextBox controller. If still needed, I can supply both the code for the TextBox app and the new one. Thanks! before-click after-click

Upvotes: 0

Views: 267

Answers (1)

stealthmode
stealthmode

Reputation: 423

I'm pretty sure that you are running on a system that has the Intel GMA 4000. The problem is with the graphics driver and I don't think they have been updated. There's a work around for you to take the screenshots of the app properly:

  1. Download the Silverlight Windows Phone Toolkit here: http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/75888
  2. Install it.

  3. In your project, add the reference to the file Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit.dll located in:

  4. In the App.xaml.cs (under the App.xaml), go to the line

RootFrame = new PhoneApplicationFrame();

and change it to:

RootFrame = new TransitionFrame();
5. Run the emulator, and the glitch graphics are off.

When you want to publish your app, or test in other ambient or device, you must restore the line that we change to its original state. (I don’t know what it does, but certainly, it is in a region that the users should not touch).

Upvotes: 1

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