Windows Phone 7 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Chapter 9. In the Cloud

In last years the mobile device's market is increased because modern devices covers more than the simple necessity to make a call. This chapter covers interactions with services "in the cloud." You will see how Windows Phone 7 is designed to enable users to always remain connected to the services they need.

The recipes in this chapter describe how to do the following:

• Interact with WCF

• Create a feed reader

• Create a Google API–based translator

• Use push notification

Interacting with WCF

Problem

You want to build an application that interacts with a service by using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

Solution

You need to create your service (or get the address of the service that you want to query), and add a reference to that ...