Overview on Windows Phone 7 Development Tools

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AgendaObjectives and takeaways Introduction Designing Windows Phone Applications

Expression Blend for Windows Phone Developing Windows Phone Applications

Visual Studio 2010 (Express for Windows Phone)

Testing Windows Phone Applications Device Emulator and Windows Phone hardware

resources


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WP7 Capabilities Input (multi-touch, hardware buttons, SIP) Media (digital media playback and capture) Phone sensors and APIs (accelerometer, contact,

sms) .NET (Silverlight, .NET Base Class Library) Web (webservices, WCF)

Data (XML, Isolated storage, LINQ, LINQ to XML) Cloud services (notifications, updates, location,

xbox)


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Save us from phones..


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Windows Phone Application AnatomyCollaboration between XAML and C# code

behind Everything can be done in code, but not always the easy

road XAML defines what you see on the phone

Code behind defines the behavior of your application Software developers will meet XAML during application

development Developer and Designer roles combined

Making simple changes by modifying XAML code immediately Creating static UI layouts from within Visual Studio 2010

Designer support good enough to create the UI No Support for dynamic behavior


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Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone

Expression Blend is used to design User InterfaceExperiences

You can build amazing experiences relatively easy

Has a learning curve, especially for developers Enables rapid design and prototyping of Windows phone and

Silverlight applications. The tool of choice for transitions / animations Has great support for showing / testing data driven UI

elements Can be used in combination with Visual Studio 2010

Uses the same Windows Phone Emulator to test experiences


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Top Features of WP7 Smooth transitional user interface Real time updates Metro - Typography-based design language created by Microsoft, originally for use in WP7 Hubs & Tiles Multi-touch (capacitive) Accelerometer Local and online content Good Office integration and support Bing search page and functionality Cool camera software Tellme voice search Zune HD functionality Functional QWERTY keyboard Informative lock screen and auto-hidden top status bar Easy setup for Google, Windows Live, Yahoo! Mail, and others Powerful Outlook email, calendar, and contacts client.


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Application Platform

Windows Phone 7s architecture platformconsists of four main components : Runtime,Tools, Cloud and Portal services


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Development Tools

Visual Studio Express (Free)

Expression Blend

Silverlight

XNA Game Studio 4.0

Windows Phone SDK 7.1


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Two Framework for ApplicationDevelopment

Microsoft Silverlight Modern Application UI framework Rapid Creation of visually stunning applications Metro-Themed UI controls

HTML/Java Script

XNA High Performance game framework Rapid Creation of Multiscreen 2D and 3D games Rich content pipeline Mature, robust , widely adopted technology


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IntroductionGetting the tools

Windows Phone Design/Development tools are free Integrate seamlessly in already installed SKUs

All versions of Expression Blend 4 and Visual Studio 2010 Visit the Windows Phone App Hub:

http://create.msdn.com Get all Windows Phone Tools in one single download Learn about Windows Phone Development
http://create.msdn.com/http://create.msdn.com/


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Let's create the first app(Browser )
http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/Browser/Browser.slnhttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/Browser/Browser.sln


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Twitter
http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/twitterPro/twitterPro.slnhttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/twitterPro/twitterPro.sln


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HubTile control HubTiles let you easily

use tiles inside of yourapplication.

large square with no

borders, thatresponded to tapping.


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Quick Demo on : Hub Tiles
http://igrali.com/2011/08/19/how-to-use-the-hubtile-control/http://igrali.com/2011/08/19/how-to-use-the-hubtile-control/


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Bing Maps Bing Maps Control in WP7

applications. Register developer key for Bing

Maps Control athttp://www.bingmapsportal.com/

Change the style of the map e.g.AerialMode, RoadMode

pushpin to specify a location inthe map

Using polylines and polygonsWe can connect two or more coordinates

in the map using polylines; we can also usepolygons to specify an area in the map.
http://www.bingmapsportal.com/http://www.bingmapsportal.com/


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Demo Maps
http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/Map/map.slnhttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/Map/map.sln


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Testing a Windows Phone ApplicationTarget devices

Device Emulator More realistic performance characteristics with

Mango tools

Emulate accelerometer readings Emulate location readings Any Windows Phone Device

Real performance characteristics Needed to test the UI experience Location Aware applications hard to test

Use both during your development life cycle


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Testing a Windows Phone ApplicationVisual Studio 2010 debugging capabilities

Target any Windows Phone Device Setting breakpoints Inspecting/setting variables Direct execution of individual methods View trace/debug information in the Output

Window

Test tombstoning scenarios Profile your applications (Mango)

Memory and code profiling supported


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Accelerometer Simulator Kit Test WP7 apps by

accelerometer inthe emulator.

if you don't have aWindows Phoneor don't wan't tobe constantly

deploying yourapp to one, this isperfect for you!


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Demo GPS and Accelerometer
http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/GPS/GPS.slnhttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/accelerometer/accelerometerApp.slnhttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/accelerometer/accelerometerApp.slnhttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/current/tmp/scratch18961/GPS/GPS.sln


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Latest News!

On June 20, 2012, Microsoft unveiled WindowsPhone 8

Windows Phone 8 will replace its previously

Windows CE-based architecture with one based off the Windows NT kernel with many componentsshared with Windows 8

Allowing applications to be easily ported betweenthe two platforms.


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