Support for .Net Compact Framework

Question

Hi, are there any plans to support Rx in .Net Compact Framework? I think it would be a good idea since there are many push sources on a mobile platform.

Regards,
Steve

Answer 1

I agree using Rx in an embedded device makes sense. Not only Rx is missing in the CF, Pfx and Wpf is missing too. Maybe in a next Windows Embedded Compact version we can use Silverlight or .NET without restrictions, but now it’s too compact.

Answer 2

PFx hasn't been released yet, anywhere. That said, I agree that PFx would be useful on CF. If CF 4.0 doesn't include it, Rx maybe could "backport" it. :)

WPF likewise would be nice on compact devices, especially the flow layout capabilities (helps solve the portrait/landscape orientation difficulty). Unfortunately, WPF is absolutely huge. They are planning a trimmed-down version of Silverlight, though, so it's possible a trimmed-down WPF may be included as well.

        -Steve

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Answer 3

We will be releasing various other flavors of Rx in the future. The next one in the pipeline is a JavaScript version. You may have wondered about that when you read the license.

Answer 4

I also agree that RxExtensions on the .NET Compact Framework would be useful, there are still many apps to be written using the .NET CF!

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Answer 5

I would love to see Rx for .NET Compact Framework.

On embedded hardware and on ruggedised handheld devices, multiple async inputs is a common scenario and Rx wold really help.

 

Please release this!

 

Andy Wigley, MVP

Answer 6

Windows Phone 7 currently focuses the consumer market only. We as a software company developing software handheld solutions for logistics still have to deal with WM 6.5 for quite some time. Please, please, please with sugar on top, consider backporting the awesome Rx Framework to the compact framework.

Answer 7

I have been working on Compact Framework application, which has very complex async requirements around bluetooth communication and also other user inputs from UI. I have been waiting for RX team to release this for compact framework. 

Answer 8

Any development on this suggestion? I don't see a CF version in the latest SDK installer.

Thanks,

Ryan

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Ryan Riley

Answer 9

We currently don't have plans to support .NET CF due to the severe limitations of the platform that requires a lot of special casing and considerable amounts of testing. This said, at some point in the v1.x product cycle, we had a working build (lacking thorough testing though) for some internal teams that have since moved to .NET Core. It'd be good to collect a list of customer cases where a .NET CF build would be valuable, so we can evaluate whether it may make sense to release a subset of the product, maybe based on the v1.x release, whilst ensuring baseline testing. Please contact us at rxfeedback at microsoft dot com for follow-up.

Answer 10

I'm in huge need of this.