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step of the way, Windows Phone Recipes has everything you need to

devel-op first-class Windows Phone applications

This book utilizes a proven problem-solution approach First, a problem is iden-tified Then, a clear explanation of the solution is given, supported by a fully worked code sample that demonstrates the feature in action

Inside Windows Phone Recipes, you’ll find recipes that unlock advanced user

interface features, deal with data storage, integrate with cloud services, add media and location services, and work with Silverlight and Expression Blend

You’ll learn how to use sensors such as the camera, GPS, and accelerometer to build cutting-edge applications as well as new ways to interact with applica-tions using the gestures library both from the XNA Framework library and the Silverlight Windows Phone Toolkit library

With Windows Phone Recipes, you’ll learn:

• How to design, develop, test, and distribute your Windows phone applications

• To create compelling user interfaces using Silverlight and Expression Blend

• How to work with device data using isolated storage, LinQ, and XmL serialization

• How your application can be extended into the cloud using push notifications and web-based services

• To distribute your application for sale using the Windows phone marketplace

Existing NET and Windows Mobile developers will discover that this is just the book for them Developers moving to Windows Phone programming from other areas, such as iOS development, will equally find its quick-reference for-mat especially valuable

Put a professional polish on your Windows Phone development with Windows

Phone Recipes!

Windows Phone

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A Problem-Solution Approach

Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati | Emanuele Garofalo

Avoid the common pitfalls of Windows Phone programming with this concise recipe collection written specifically for the busy developer

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■ INDEX

464

User interface, Panorama and Pivot Controls

(cont.)

MainViewModel.cs, 133

Microsoft.Phone.Controls.dll assembly,

131

MVVM architecture, 131

Title property, 131

TvSchedule7 application, 131

TvSchedulePivot7, 137

predefined styles

emulator, 123

Font static resource styles, 120

Pivot control, 118, 120, 122

Resource property, 118

Settings system page, 117

static resource styles, 118

SIP keyboard

Duration text box, 114

emulator, 115

InputScope Enumerator, 113

InputScope property, 113

Number virtual keyboard, 116

Theme Template

emulator, 110

PhoneBackgroundBrush resource, 109

ResourceDictionary class, 109

UpdateUI method, 109

with Silverlight Toolkit

AutoCompleteBox control, 139, 140, 154

ContextMenu control, 139, 141

DatePicker and TimePicker control, 139

DatePicker control, 143

DateTimeConverters, 139

ExpanderView control, 139

GestureService/GestureListener controls,

139

HubTile control, 139

ItemTemplate, 145

ListPicker control, 139, 143

LongListSelector control, 139, 144, 145

MenuItem tag, 141

official application, 153

Page Transitions, 139

PerformanceProgressBar control, 139, 148

See method, 151

SelectionChanged event, 146

TiltEffect control, 139, 149

TimePicker control, 143

ToggleSwitch control, 140, 149

Transitions control, 151

Transitions effects, 150

WrapPanel control, 140, 152

 V

Vertical Drag gesture, 203

 W

Wi-Fi sensor, 4 Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), 381–387

Windows Live ID, 29 Windows Mobile, 4 Windows Phone Accelerometer sensor, 4 A-GPS sensor, 4 Application template, 7 Audio Playback Agent, 8 Back button, 2

camera sensor, 4 Certification Requirements, 32 Class Library template, 7 customization, 4 Databound Application template, 7 deployment

Application Deployment tool, 29 target combo box, 30

using Visual Studio 2010, 29 Windows Phone Developer Registration tool, 29

Zune software, 29 Developer Registration tool, 29, 30 Developer Tools, 29

development tools

IL code, 5 installation steps, 6 .NET applications, 5 setup, 6

Silverlight applications, 5 XNA applications, 5

execution model (see Execution model)

hardware buttons usage, 2–3 hardware overview, 2 hubs, 4

live tiles, 4 Location service, 4

Marketplace (see Windows Phone

Marketplace) memory, 3 Metro user interface, 3

■ INDEX

465

multitasking, 5

multi-touch screen, 4

Office service, 4

Pictures hub, 3

predefined styles, 123

push notifications, 5

screen resolution, 2

Search button, 2

sensors and services, 4

Silverlight application (see Silverlight

Windows Phone application)

Soft Input Panel (SIP), 3

Start button, 2

trial version

Draw method, 37

DrawString method, 37

Guide class, 34, 35

Initialize method, 37

MarketplaceDetailTask, 35

MarketplaceReviewTask, 35

OnExiting event handler, 37

ShowMarketplace method, 37, 39

SilverlightApplication, 41

Silverlight framework, 34, 35

SilverlightTrialApplication, 39

sprite font object, 37

.spritefont file, 36

XNA framework, 34, 35

XNATrialApplication, 41

using XNA application (see XNA Windows

Phone application)

Wi-Fi sensor, 4

Windows Phone Emulator (see Windows

Phone Emulator)

XNA and Silverlight mixed application (see

XNA and Silverlight mixed application)

Windows Phone Emulator

accelerometer tool, 27

application, 13–14

location tab, 27

multi-touch capabilities, 27

screenshot tool, 27

target combo box, 25, 26

Windows Phone Game (4.0) project template, 14

Windows Phone Marketplace

applications, 32

developer rules, 32–33

Microsoft Authenticode certificate, 32

Visual Studio 2010, 33 Windows Phone Certification requirements,

32 Windows Phone Panorama Application template, 7

Windows Phone Performance Analysis testing,

447

Windows Phone Pivot Application template, 7

Windows Phone resource dictionary, 11 Windows Phone Scheduled Task Agent, 8 Windows Phone Silverlight and XNA Application,

8 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) framework, 281

WMAppManifest file, 9 WMAppManifest.xml, 32 WPConnect.exe program, 31

 X, Y

XAML markups See Extensible Application

Markup Language (XAML) markups XElement class, 134

XNA application, 5 XNA and Silverlight mixed application ApplicationLifetimeObjects section, 21 AppServiceProvider class, 20

GameTimer object, 21, 22 InitializeXnaApplication method, 21 OnNavigatedFrom method, 23 OnNavigatedTo method, 23 SharedGraphicsDeviceManager class, 19 XNA Content project and library, 20 XNA Windows Phone application Draw method, 17

Game1.cs file, 15 GraphicsDeviceManager object, 16 initialize method, 17

LoadContent method, 17 update method, 16 using Windows Phone Game (4.0), 14

on Windows Phone Emulator, 18 X-NotificationClass, 412, 414

 Z

ZIndex property, 218 Zune software, 29–31