When you create new WP apps and run them, do you see numbers on the far right written landscape (on their side in portrait)?  Sometimes in red?

When you whip out a new WP app and F5 (run in debug) you’ll see some numbers on the right hand side, up the side of the phone in very cryptic font.  Ever wonder what they are?  And maybe more importantly what do you CARE about them?

Here’s a quick overview of what they are.

If you don’t care to see them (maybe they distract you?), you need to open up the App.xaml.cs file and change this line and set to false.

Application.Current.Host.Settings.EnableFrameRateCounter = true;

 

Now that you know what those geeky numbers are, it’s time to grab a coffee and get coding!

 

Resources

MSDN: Frame rate counters in the emulator for Windows Phone 8