new APIs for windows phone 8.1

Question

I am trying to use these two methods (of WP 8) in windows phone 8.1, but it gives error and doesn\'t compile, most probably becasue they are removed. I tried searching the new A

Answer 1

For Dispatcher, try this. MSDN

private async Task MyMethod()
{
    await Dispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () => { });
}

For Thread.Sleep() try await Task.Delay(1000). MSDN