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Windows Phone 7 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Name: Windows Phone 7 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
ISBN: 9781430233718

by Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati, Emanuele Garofalo

May 2011

Intermediate to advanced

368 pages

8h 12m

English

Apress

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Copyright
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
About This Book
1. Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Application Development
1.1. Examining Windows Phone 71.1.1. Problem1.1.2. Solution1.2. Understanding the Development Tools1.2.1. Problem1.2.2. Solution1.2.3. How It Works1.3. Creating a Simple Silverlight Windows Phone 7 Application1.3.1. Problem1.3.2. Solution1.3.3. How It Works1.3.3.1. The Code1.3.4. Usage1.4. Creating a Simple XNA Windows Phone 7 Application1.4.1. Problem1.4.2. Solution1.4.3. How It Works1.4.3.1. The Code1.4.4. Usage1.5. Deploying the Application to the Windows Phone 7 Emulator1.5.1. Problem1.5.2. Solution1.5.3. Usage1.6. Deploying the Windows Phone 7 Application on the Device1.6.1. Problem1.6.2. Solution1.6.3. How It Works1.6.4. Usage1.7. Sending a Windows Phone 7 Application to the Marketplace1.7.1. Problem1.7.2. Solution1.7.3. How It Works1.8. Creating a Trial Windows Phone 7 Application1.8.1. Problem1.8.2. Solution1.8.3. How It Works1.8.3.1. The Code1.8.4. Usage
2. Windows Phone 7 Execution Model
2.1. Navigating Between Pages2.1.1. Problem2.1.2. Solution2.1.3. How It Works2.1.4. The Code2.1.5. Usage2.2. Passing Data Through Pages2.2.1. Problem2.2.2. Solution2.2.3. How It Works2.2.4. The Code2.2.5. Usage2.3. Navigating Between Pages by Using Global Application Variables2.3.1. Problem2.3.2. Solution2.3.3. How It Works2.3.4. The Code2.3.5. Usage2.4. Navigating Between Pages with State2.4.1. Problem2.4.2. Solution2.4.3. How It Works2.4.4. The Code2.4.5. Usage2.5. Managing Tombstoning in Windows Phone 7 Silverlight Applications2.5.1. Problem2.5.2. Solution2.5.3. How It Works2.5.4. The Code2.5.5. Usage2.6. Managing Tombstoning in Windows Phone 7 XNA Applications2.6.1. Problem2.6.2. Solution2.6.3. How It Works2.6.4. The Code2.6.5. Usage2.7. Managing Obscured and Unobscured Events2.7.1. Problem2.7.2. Solution2.7.3. How It Works2.7.4. The Code2.7.5. Usage
3. User Interface
3.1. Creating an Animated Splash Screen3.1.1. Problem3.1.2. Solution3.1.3. How It Works3.1.4. The Code3.1.5. Usage3.2. Using the ApplicationBar Control3.2.1. Problem3.2.2. Solution3.2.3. How It Works3.2.4. The Code3.2.5. Usage3.3. Detecting Changes in the Theme Template3.3.1. Problem3.3.2. Solution3.3.3. How It Works3.3.4. The Code3.3.5. Usage3.4. Customizing the Soft Input Panel Keyboard to Accept Only Numbers3.4.1. Problem3.4.2. Solution3.4.3. How It Works3.4.4. The Code3.4.5. Usage3.5. Using the Windows Phone 7 Predefined Styles3.5.1. Problem3.5.2. Solution3.5.3. How It Works3.5.4. The Code3.5.5. Usage3.6. Localizing Your Application3.6.1. Problem3.6.2. Solution3.6.3. How It Works3.6.4. The Code3.6.5. Usage3.7. Using Panorama and Pivot Controls3.7.1. Problem3.7.2. Solution3.7.3. How It Works3.7.4. The Code3.7.5. Usage3.8. Spicing Up the User Interface with the Silverlight Toolkit3.8.1. Problem3.8.2. Solution3.8.3. How It Works3.8.4. The Code3.8.5. Usage3.9. Using Launchers and Choosers3.9.1. Problem3.9.2. Solution3.9.3. How It Works3.9.4. The Code3.9.5. Usage
4. User Interface With Expression Blend
4.1. Getting Ready for Light and Dark4.1.1. Problem4.1.2. Solution4.1.3. How It Works4.1.4. The Code4.1.5. Usage4.2. Changing the Skin of Your App4.2.1. Problem4.2.2. Solution4.2.3. How It Works4.2.4. Usage4.3. Creating Some Cool Animation4.3.1. Problem4.3.2. Solution4.3.3. How It Works4.3.4. The Code4.3.5. Usage4.4. Customizing a Control4.4.1. Problem4.4.2. Solution4.4.3. How It Works4.4.4. The Code4.4.5. Usage
5. Gestures
5.1. Managing Gestures in a Silverlight Windows Phone 7 Application5.1.1. Problem5.1.2. Solution5.1.3. How It Works5.1.4. The Code5.1.5. Usage5.2. Adding Gestures Management to Click-less Silverlight Controls5.2.1. Problem5.2.2. Solution5.2.3. How It Works5.2.4. The Code5.2.5. Usage5.3. Handling Gestures in a Graphical Context Such as a Game Menu5.3.1. Problem5.3.2. Solution5.3.3. How It Works5.3.4. The Code5.3.5. Usage5.4. Managing Gestures from the Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 Toolkit5.4.1. Problem5.4.2. Solution5.4.3. How It Works5.4.3.1. The Code5.4.4. Usage

6. Sensors
6.1. Resetting a form by shaking the phone!6.1.1. Problem6.1.2. Solution6.1.3. How It Works6.1.4. The Code6.1.5. Usage6.2. Creating a Seismograph6.2.1. Problem6.2.2. Solution6.2.3. How It Works6.2.4. The Code6.2.5. Usage6.3. Indicating the User's Position?6.3.1. Problem6.3.2. Solution6.3.3. How It Works6.3.4. The Code6.3.5. Usage6.4. Displaying Sunset and Sunrise6.4.1. Problem6.4.2. Solution6.4.3. How It Works6.4.4. The Code6.4.5. Usage6.5. Indicating the User's Position via Coordinates6.5.1. Problem6.5.2. Solution6.5.3. How It Works6.5.4. The Code6.5.5. Usage6.6. Using the Radio6.6.1. Problem6.6.2. Solution6.6.3. How It Works6.6.4. The Code6.6.5. Usage
7. Media Management
7.1. Taking a Photo from Your Phone Camera7.1.1. Problem7.1.2. Solution7.1.3. How It Works7.1.4. The Code7.1.5. Usage7.2. Picking a Photo from Your Media Library7.2.1. Problem7.2.2. Solution7.2.3. How It Works7.2.4. The Code7.2.5. Usage7.3. Using Media Player to Shuffle Songs in Your Media Library7.3.1. Problem7.3.2. Solution7.3.3. How It Works7.3.4. The Code7.3.5. Usage7.4. Using the Microphone in the Funny Repeater Application7.4.1. Problem7.4.2. Solution7.4.3. How It Works7.4.4. The Code7.4.5. Usage7.5. Using the MediaElement Control to Play Both Music and Video7.5.1. Problem7.5.2. Solution7.5.3. How It Works7.5.4. The Code7.5.5. Usage7.6. Adding Integration with the Music-Videos Hub7.6.1. Problem7.6.2. Solution7.6.3. How It Works7.6.4. The Code7.6.5. Usage
8. Isolated Storage
8.1. Saving a File in Isolated Storage and Loading It8.1.1. Problem8.1.2. Solution8.1.3. How It Works8.1.4. The Code8.1.5. Usage8.2. Saving Serialized Data8.2.1. Problem8.2.2. Solution8.2.3. How It Works8.2.4. The Code8.2.5. Usage8.3. Modifying Settings of Your Application8.3.1. Problem8.3.2. Solution8.3.3. How It Works8.3.4. The Code8.3.5. Usage8.4. Saving a Photo in Isolated Storage8.4.1. Problem8.4.2. Solution8.4.3. How It Works8.4.4. The Code8.4.5. Usage
9. In the Cloud
9.1. Interacting with WCF9.1.1. Problem9.1.2. Solution9.1.3. How It Works9.1.4. The Code9.1.5. Usage9.2. Creating a Feed Reader9.2.1. Problem9.2.2. Solution9.2.3. How It Works9.2.4. The Code9.2.5. Usage9.3. Creating a Google API–Based Translator9.3.1. Problem9.3.2. Solution9.3.3. How It Works9.3.4. The Code9.3.5. Usage9.4. Pushing Your Notification9.4.1. Problem9.4.2. Solution9.4.3. How It Works9.4.4. The Code9.4.5. Usage
10. Testing Windows Phone Applications
10.1. Implementing MVVM on Windows Phone by Using MVVMLight10.1.1. Problem10.1.2. Solution10.1.3. How It Works10.1.4. The Code10.1.5. Usage10.2. Using MVVM and Performing Unit Testing10.2.1. Problem10.2.2. Solution10.2.3. How It Works10.2.4. The Code10.2.5. Usage

Overview

Developers are racing to discover how to develop for Windows Phone 7—and there is no quicker resource to help you get up to speed than Windows Phone 7 Recipes. It covers all aspects of development, configuration, testing, and distribution with detailed code samples and rapid walkthroughs. You'll find recipes that unlock advanced user interface development, data storage and retrieval, integration with Cloud services, adding media and location based services, and working with Silverlight and Expression Blend. Learn to use sensors such as Camera, GPS, and Accelerometer to build cutting edge applications. Manage the new way to interact with applications using Gestures library both from XNA Framework library and Silverlight Windows Phone Toolkit library.

Put a professional polish on your Windows Phone 7 development with Windows Phone 7 Recipes!

What you'll learn

Get full exposure to designing, developing, testing, and distributing your Windows Phone 7 applications
Create compelling user interfaces using Silverlight and Expression Blend
Understand how to work with device data using isolated storage, LINQ, and XML serialization
Extend your application to the Cloud using Push Notifications and web based services
How to distribute your application via the Windows Phone Marketplace

Who this book is for

Existing .NET and Windows Mobile developers will find this book of great use. Developers moving to Windows Phone 7 programming from other areas such as iOS development will find it's quick-reference layout especially valuable.

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