Posts from February 2023

Posts from February 2023 (4)

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  Published on

  2023-02-28 4:57 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  mauiwindev

  How to solve "System.TypeInitializationException: 'The type initializer for 'WinRT.ActivationFactory`1' threw an exception.'" in the MAUI application?

  ... or "How to bang your head on a wall for hours on end when developing a MAUI application?" 😂 This article explains how to fix a surprising error you might get when trying to run a MAUI app in Windows. For me, it was thrown when I was simply reading a file from the disk, but I suspect the same or similar error ( "System.TypeInitializationException: 'The type initializer for 'WinRT.ActivationFactory`1' threw an exception.

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  Published on

  2023-02-21 3:54 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  airqualityairthingshomeassistant

  How do Airthings sensors work with Home Assistant?

  This article describes some of my experiences with Airthings air quality sensors, especially when used with Home Assistant. I'm using a couple of sensors to keep an especially close eye on CO2, Radon and air pressure, in addition to temperature and humidity (which I already have plenty of Sonoff sensors for). As a nice bonus, both sensors I got also monitor VOCs. Background I have an older house, so I was fairly certain it has some air quality issues. An older device I have already measures PM2.

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  Published on

  2023-02-14 3:22 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  maui

  How to read and write files in a MAUI application?

  This article explains how to read and write files in a MAUI application. No, not AppPackageFiles, nobody likes those, but actual NORMAL files. Real files. Dynamic files. Files that can change. Runtime files. I don't know what to call them. But I hope you get the idea. Someone needs to document this stuff for other people only now starting with MAUI, right? 😀 AI-powered summary: Mastering File Management in MAUI Apps Learn to manage files in MAUI applications effectively.

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  Published on

  2023-02-07 4:54 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  mauimsbuildvisual-studio

  How to fix "There was no runtime pack for Microsoft.AspNetCore.App available for the specified RuntimeIdentifier..." after a Visual Studio update?

  This article offers a stupid workaround for a cryptic and seemingly unrecoverable problem that manifests itself after a Visual Studio / .NET update and causes the following error to be thrown: "There was no runtime pack for Microsoft.AspNetCore.App available for the specified RuntimeIdentifier 'browser-wasm'." Sorry, no real solution here - but at least I've got a way to recover from the issue. So read on if you stumbled into it as well!

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