Migrating to Windows Phone 7 by Liberty, Jesse -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents at a Glance Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction

Migrating Migrating from Other Phones Migrating from Silverlight or WPF

CHAPTER 1: Get to Work: Your First Windows Phone Program

Creating a New Application with Visual Studio Building the User Interface with Expression Blend

Setting the Application Title Adding the Calculator Buttons

Programming the Calculator

Examining the Button Xaml Planning Button Actions Connecting Button Results to the Display Handling the Number Buttons Handling Other Buttons

Summary

CHAPTER 2: Get Control: Exploring Windows Phone Controls

Introducing Layout Controls

The Grid Control The Canvas Control The StackPanel Control Recap

Building a Real User Interface

Getting Started Adding Missing Controls to Your Toolbox Using the Panorama Control Adjusting Background and Accent Colors Adding Images to a Page Navigating Between Pages Dealing with the Back Stack Using TextBoxes Using the ApplicationBar

Summary

CHAPTER 3: Get the Data

Binding Data to Controls

Creating the Data Creating Controls Adding DataContext ListBoxes and DataTemplates

Binding Data with the DataBound Template Storing Data in Isolated Storage Storing Data in a Local Database

Building the UI Accessing Local Storage Adding Relationships Querying the Local Database Database Performance Optimization

Summary

CHAPTER 4: Get a Life

Understanding the Application Lifecycle Fast Application Switching Managing State

Page State Debugging with Tombstoning

Using Background Agents Summary

CHAPTER 5: Get Blended

Using Styles & Templates

Creating a Style Modifying Visual State Applying a Style

Using Behaviors

Defining Visual States Look Ma, No Code

Creating Sample Data

Sample Data Generated by Expression Blend Sample Data Generated from a Class

Binding Data

DataItem Template Data Converter

Summary

CHAPTER 6: Get Moving: Adding Animation to Your Apps

Understanding the Lexicon of Animation Creating a Simple Animation

Using Expression Blend to Create a Storyboard Calling Our Storyboard from Code Reusing a Storyboard

Creating Custom (and Distracting) Page Transitions

Creating the Page Turn Animation Adding the Animation to Your Page Events

Summary

CHAPTER 7: Get a Job: Interacting with User Data

Distinguishing Launchers and Choosers

Setting up a Launcher Setting up a Chooser

Bing Tasks

BingMapsDirectionsTask BingMapsTask SearchTask

Camera Tasks

CameraCaptureTask PhotoChooserTask

Communication Tasks

EmailComposeTask PhoneCallTask ShareLinkTask ShareStatusTask SmsComposeTask

Contacts Tasks

AddressChooserTask EmailAddressChooserTask PhoneNumberChooserTask SaveEmailAddressTask SavePhoneNumberTask SaveContactTask

Marketplace Tasks

MarketplaceDetailTask MarketplaceHubTask MarketplaceReviewTask MarketplaceSearchTask

Miscellaneous Tasks

ConnectionSettingsTask MediaPlayerLauncher SaveRingtoneTask WebBrowserTask

Using the Microsoft.Phone.UserData Namespace

Contacts Appointments

Summary

CHAPTER 8: Get Pushy: Using Push Notifications to Keep Your Users Up-to-Date

Understanding Push Notifications (and the US Postal Service) Creating a Notification App Creating a Toast Notification Creating a Raw Notification Creating a Tile Notification Live Tile Updates Summary

CHAPTER 9: Get Oriented: Interacting with the Phone, Camera, GPS, and More

Tracking the Position of Your Device

Using Location Services Using the Compass Using the Accelerometer Using the Gyroscope Using the Motion API

Accessing Raw Camera Data Summary

CHAPTER 10: Get Money: Profiting from Your Applications

Submitting Your App to the Windows Phone Marketplace

Using the Marketplace Test Kit (Recommended) Uploading Your App Describing Your Application Pricing Your Application Testing Your Application Dealing with Rejection.

Monetizing Your Application

Trial Mode Paid Trial Advertising Supported

Promoting Your Application

Make the Most of Week One Use a Marketplace Link in Your Communications Create a Web Portal for Your Apps Create a Walk-through Video for Your App Encourage Reviews of Your Applications Cross-Sell Your Applications

Summary

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