Portable Class Libraries Contrib

New Post: NuGet

AArnott — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:28:24 GMT

I'd sure like to see this available on NuGet.
Upvoted https://pclcontrib.codeplex.com/workitem/12627

Created Issue: Data Annotations in Data.Linq.Mapping [12877]

OmegaMan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:32:51 GMT

I ran into an issue where I wanted to use the Data Annotation attributes (found in System.Data.Linq.Mapping) over a _shared_ class in a PCL library but was blocked because the PCL does not have those; hence my suggestion to add those attributes.

New Post: FileNoFoundException when trying to sign OAuth call with HMACSHA1

davkean — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:01:41 GMT

This is an expected "first-chance exception" and can be ignored. It is not unhandled. If it bothers you, uncheck Thrown from the Exception dialog (Debug -> Exceptions).

The reason you don't see this on other platforms, is because their debuggers support differentiating between user code and other code. They don't show first-change exceptions from other code.

New Post: FileNoFoundException when trying to sign OAuth call with HMACSHA1

EvanBasalik — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:48:38 GMT

I have a PCL project that I am trying to use with a WP7 application. I have referenced Portal.Runtime and Portable.Security.Cryptography in the PCL library and then Portal.Phone, but I am still getting a FileNotFoundException as below.

A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.ni.dll
An exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.ni.dll and wasn't handled before a managed/native boundary

I have verified that the same code works in a console application (with the exception of having to reference Portable.Desktop instead of Portable.Phone), so I don't think it is my code. Am I perhaps referencing the incorrect assemblies in the each project type?

Any other suggestions on what to check?

Commented Issue: Portable.Store is not called because of a wrong PlateformName [12776]

davkean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:30:57 GMT

In Portable.Runtime project in file PlateFormAdapter.cs I changed :

```
private static readonly string[] KnownPlatformNames = new[] { "Desktop", "Silverlight", "Phone", "WindowsStore" };
```
to

```
private static readonly string[] KnownPlatformNames = new[] { "Desktop", "Silverlight", "Phone", "Store" };
```
Comments: ** Comment from web user: davkean **

Thanks for the very astute bug reports - very helpful.

Closed Issue: Portable.Store.dll is not generated [12761]

davkean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:26:23 GMT

In the Portable.Store project the build path is set to \bin\Debug and it should be like in other projects : ..\..\bin\Debug\
Due to this misconfiguration the Portable.Store.dll is not present aside others
Comments: Resolved with changeset 84777.

Source code checked in, #84777

davkean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:26:23 GMT

Closed Issue: Portable.Store is not called because of a wrong PlateformName [12776]

davkean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:24:06 GMT

Source code checked in, #84776

davkean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:24:05 GMT

Created Issue: Portable.Store Cryptography TransformFinalBlock not implemented return empty buffer [12777]

cedos14 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:13:25 GMT

In order tu use encryption from a Store App you need to implement TransformFinalBlock like this in CryptoTransformAdapter.cs :
```
public byte[] TransformFinalBlock(byte[] inputBuffer, int inputOffset, int inputCount)
{
IBuffer transformed =Transform(inputBuffer.AsBuffer(inputOffset, inputCount));

return transformed.ToArray();
}
```

But I have an error with the first 16 decrypted bytes not correctly decrypted

Created Issue: Portable.Store is not called because of a wrong PlateformName [12776]

cedos14 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:43:59 GMT

Created Issue: Portable.Store.dll is not generated [12761]

cedos14 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:12:41 GMT

Created Issue: Create a NuGet Package [12627]

mabster — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:31:33 GMT

Need a PclContrib NuGet package with the smarts to be able to add references to platform-specific assemblies depending on the project.

New Post: CollectionViews

onovotny — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:25:52 GMT

Looking at existing MVVM code, it seems like ICollectionView, CollectionViewSource and the related classes/enums/interfaces would be good candidates for PCLContrib.

Silverlight, WP and .NETCore each support the basics of ICollectionView, though possibly in a different namespace (for .NETCore).

Using the PCLContrib's platform adapter, these types could be wrapped/exposed via a core set of interfaces. The resulting "view" could be returned as an object so the correct unwrapped instance is used for binding.

This would really help MVVM scenarios drive the UI.

Commented Issue: Add System.Threading.Timer for .NET 4.5 & Windows Store apps [12513]

Blakomen — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:32:53 GMT

Targeting just .NET 4.5 and Windows Store apps, causes Timer to disappear. We should add support for it.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: Blakomen **

This also happens if you target .NET 4.5, Windows Store + Windows Phone 8

New Post: NuGet

davkean — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:59:22 GMT

NuGet does have better support and does support the scenario you called out. You would put Portable.Runtime, etc in the portable folders indicating that they are supported for WP7.5, NET 4.0, Store apps and Silverlight. And then have platform-specific folders for the platform-specific libraries (Portable.Desktop, etc).

The platform-specific projects shouldn't get any references to the Portable.Runtime, etc as these are not meant to be consumable by them.

Commented Issue: What about Windows Phone 8? [12553]

davkean — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:43:57 GMT

Hi David,
are there specialties for Windows Phone 8 that can be in included in PCL or PCL Contrib?
Thanks,
Thomas
Comments: ** Comment from web user: davkean **

I haven't tested it, but the Portable.Phone *should* just work.

Created Issue: What about Windows Phone 8? [12553]

t_sch — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:43:34 GMT

Hi David,
are there specialties for Windows Phone 8 that can be in included in PCL or PCL Contrib?
Thanks,
Thomas

Updated Wiki: Home

davkean — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:49:20 GMT

Project Description
Portable Class Libraries Contrib (PclContrib) provides portable adapters and APIs that help bridge the gap between different .NET platforms when using the new Portable Class Library feature. This makes it easier to convert existing platform-specific projects over to use portable APIs.

The Portable Class Library feature, available as an add-on for Visual Studio 2010 and in the box for Visual Studio 2012, enables you to share common code between platforms using a single "portable" project.

When converting existing projects over to portable projects, you will likely run into APIs that aren't available because they are not provided by every platform. This is where PclContrib comes in; it provides platform-agnostic versions and adapters of these APIs enabling them to be consumed by portable projects.

Using PclContrib is easy:

From your 'portable' project, add a reference to Portable.Runtime, and optionally one or more of the Portable.* assemblies from below
From .NET Framework (WPF, Windows Forms, or ASP.NET) projects, add a reference to Portable.Desktop
From Silverlight projects, add a reference to Portable.Silverlight
From Windows Phone projects, add a reference to Portable.Phone
From Windows Store apps, add a reference to Portable.Store.

That's it.

PclContrib currently provides the following assemblies:

Portable.Runtime
System.Net.WebUtility (for encoding/decoding HTML)
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch
Extension 'Close' methods for IDisposable types

Portable.Reflection
Provides extension methods for retrieving a ICustomAttributeProvider from reflection objects, such as Type, MemberInfo, etc.

Portable.ComponentModel.Async
System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker
System.ComponentModel.AsyncOperation
System.ComponentModel.AsyncOperationManager

Portable.Security.Cryptography
System.Security.Cryptography.AesManaged
System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1
System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256
System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1Managed
System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Managed
System.Security.Cryptography.Rfc2898DeriveBytes

Portable.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData (.NET 4.x, Windows Store and Windows Phone 7.5 only)
System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData

We will continue to add support for new APIs as we find more gaps. If you would like to see something added, feel free to file a bug.

Also, check out our frequentely asked questions.

Updated Wiki: Home

davkean — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:49:12 GMT

From your 'portable' project, add a reference to Portable.Runtime, and optionally one or more of the Portable.* assemblies from below
From .NET Framework (WPF, Windows Forms, or ASP.NET) projects, add a reference to Portable.Desktop
From Silverlight projects, add a reference to Portable.Silverlight
From Windows Phone projects, add a reference to Portable.Phone
From Windows Store apps, add a reference to Portable.WindowsStore.