101 Windows® Phone 7 Apps, Volume I: Developing Apps 1-50

Chapter 40. Darts

Lessons

• Gesture Listener

• Manipulation Events

• Flick Gesture

• Direct Hit Testing

Darts is an addictive and slick game that provides a great reason to demonstrate support for the flick gesture (a single-finger, rapid swipe). To make detecting flicks easy, this app leverages a feature in the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit called the gesture listener.

In this one-player game, you throw a dart by flicking the screen. The direction and strength of your flick determines the angle and distance of the throw. Depending on ...