wfoundation/wf.player.winphone

WF.Player implementation for Windows Phone.

WF.Player.WinPhone

WF.Player implementation for Windows Phone

wf.player.winphone's Issues

Fix random stack-less ArgumentException

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7413293/unhandledexception-in-wp7

Export savegames

Or make them to be discoverable from the files explorer.

UI: Undescriptive message box on provider timeout.

Replace "plop" by appropriate message.

Parse & interact with geocoordinates from Thing descriptions

Some cartridges feature cache coordinates as inventory items with no Location set. Instead, the coordinates are provided as text in Thing.Description.

Make geocoordinates from Things descriptions interactive, to support several use cases:

• copy the coordinates to clipboard
• navigate to coordinates using external map app
• pinpoint the coordinates on the map

UI: Blocking feedback for quitting the game

The blocking progress UI does not appear for saving or quitting a cartridge, probably because when Engine.GameState is notified to have changed, the UI Dispatcher is filled with actions to perform (?).

Rename SkyDrive to OneDrive

Map: Improve zone visibility

• Make sure zones can be distinguished at lower zoom levels.
• Improve user understanding of the distance to a target zone (e.g. line to zone). This would require the ability to mark a zone or thing as targeted.

UI: Status text

• Blend a status text bar.
• Implement handler for Engine.ShowStatusTextRequested

UI: Menu and blocking progress info

• Remove the menu while a blocking game operation is happening.
• Remove the menu during a message box (check conformity with guidelines) and make sure it appears again after.

Fix HourlyDateTimeConverter crash

HourlyDateTimeConverter throws "System.NotSupportedException: Invalid argument. Future dates and times are not supported." for some timezones.

Fix described here: http://silverlight.codeplex.com/workitem/9365

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If you are in the UTC-x (east of greenwich) the RelativeTimeConverter will often fail with a "Invalid argument. Future dates and times are not supported.". This is because it only compares the UTC value to the local time value without taking the timezone into account. This means that to the converter, it looks like the time is in the future. Instead it should first ensure that the DateTime.Now and 'value' is in the same DateTimeKind, and if not, convert it to that (ie. use value.ToLocalTime()) prior to getting the timespan value.

For whatever reasion subtraction between two dates doesn't automatically take timezone into account, so you have to explicitly do this.
This would fix it:
Change the following in Convert(...) method from:
DateTime given = (DateTime)value;
DateTime current = DateTime.Now;
TimeSpan difference = current - given;

to:
DateTime given = ((DateTime)value).ToLocalTime();
DateTime current = DateTime.Now;
TimeSpan difference = current - given;

Having said that, I do think it's poor practice to throw an error on this. If the user's clock is slightly off, you can risk bombing the application for very recent DateTime values coming from for instance a twitter stream. Instead it should either return string.Empty or "just now".

UI: Compass/bearing to Things is wrong

• Fix bearing calculation
• Integrate compass/gyroscope.
• Fix compass screen UX and not showing example image.
• Fix compass calibration page navigation occurring at start-up (dismisses some message boxes)

Zoom in larger images

E.g. in http://www.wherigo.com/cartridge/download.aspx?CGUID=d403cfee-5d72-43ba-9863-62c967e973f9

Support landscape orientation, or other interactions to scroll, zoom in big pictures.

Custom StatusText not reset when a cartridge starts.

SkyDrive: files with non-lowercase GWC extension won't download

Offline Maps

Using HERE for WP8.1.

Discarding inputs (nil) crashes some cartridges.

A cartridge which does not expect an input to be discardable may crash because of assuming that the input's answer is not nil.

UI: Fix non-latin characters appearing as garbage.

See it live at:

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=315741&view=findpost&p=5344017

Missing images in Inputs

Logging

Keep GWL logs of cartridge sessions and present them to the user on demand.
Allow uploading to OneDrive.

Sync save files with OneDrive.

Allow users to download and upload their savegames from/to OneDrive.

UI: Editable list-box instead of text box for new savegame.

• Or more generally, rethink the UX for saving games. (Check with beta-testers.)
• Default names for savegame depending on game state and location.

Back button on Input page does not give result to input.

Reduce location update spam

Changes in location happen too often, causing spamming in the Engine and decreasing perceived performances. Don't trigger a location update unless the engine is not busy, and avoid running one if the location hasn't significantly changed.

UX: Auto-launch app when user or app wants to open a Wherigo file.

(WP8 only)

UI: Long message boxes problems

• Long text fields won't scroll.
• Appbar menu hides message box buttons.

Page animations

Add native WP page transitions to enhance the experience.

Add Player screen with device info

• Location status and position
• Compass status and calibration

UI: Layout polishing

• CustomMessageBoxes don't show enough margin between title and image/content.

Support imperial units

Feets & yards

Exit prompt when back key pressed on custom message box.

Looping and discarded inputs

• Inputs that handle nil or wrong answers by showing the input again cannot be escaped of. There is also no menu or no way to quit the cartridge in this state. (Actually, double back key may do the trick while the input is not on-screen.)
• Inputs intermittently get discarded. (Related to not calling BeginRunOnIdle?)

Improve the tombstoning experience

Try to restore the game as good as possible after tombstone.
(WP8 only)

Prevent phone from going to sleep while playing.

Prevent starting a cartridge without a location fix.

Display a message when trying to run a cartridge if:

• location services are disabled
• no location fix is available

Optionally display a warning message if?

• the accuracy is too low

Allow players to start a cartridge anyway.

Cortana voice commands

Cf https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn630430.aspx

UI: Better aggregation of progress reporting

• Non-blocking progress can be invalid if several sources are improperly hooked to it.
  (Example: CartridgeStore.IsBusy)
• Only show "Loading..." after 500ms of business. (MS guideline)