Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide

Description

This guide describes a scenario around a fictitious company named Tailspin that has decided to include Windows Phone 7 as a client device for their existing cloud-based application. Their Windows Azure-based application named Surveys is described in detail in a previous book in this series, Developing Applications for the Cloud.

 After reading this book, you will be familiar with how to design and implement applications for Windows Phone 7 that take advantage of remote services to obtain and upload data while providing a great user experience on the device.

CONTENTS:

Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Who This Book Is For; Why This Book Is Pertinent Now; How This Book Is Structured; The Example Application; What You Need to Use the Code; Who’s Who; Where to Go for More Information; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Phone 7; 1.1 A Standardized Platform; 1.2 Data-driven Applications; 1.3 Developing for the Windows Phone 7 Platform; 1.4 Terminology; 1.5 More Information; Chapter 2: Designing Applications for Windows Phone 7; 2.1 Basic Design Considerations; 2.2 Mobile Phone Client Applications; 2.3 Design Considerations for Windows Phone 7 Applications; 2.4 Questions; Chapter 3: The Tailspin Scenario; 3.1 The Tailspin Company; 3.2 The Surveys Application Architecture; Chapter 4: Building the Mobile Client; 4.1 Overview of the Mobile Client Application; 4.2 The Design of the User Interface; 4.3 Using the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern; 4.4 Questions; 4.5 More Information; Chapter 5: Using Services on the Phone; 5.1 The Model Classes; 5.2 Using Isolated Storage on the Phone; 5.3 Handling Activation and Deactivation; 5.4 Handling Asynchronous Interactions; 5.5 Synchronizing Data between the Phone and the Cloud; 5.6 Using Location Services on the Phone; 5.7 Acquiring Image and Audio Data on the Phone; 5.8 Logging Errors and Diagnostic Information on the Phone; 5.9 Conclusion; 5.10 Questions; 5.11 More Information; Chapter 6: Connecting with Services; 6.1 Installing the Mobile Client Application; 6.2 Authenticating with the Surveys Service; 6.3 Notifying the Mobile Client of New Surveys; 6.4 Accessing Data in the Cloud; 6.5 Filtering Data; 6.6 Summary; 6.7 Questions; 6.8 More Information; Chapter 7: Interacting with Windows Marketplace; 7.1 The Application Development and Publishing Life Cycle; 7.2 Application Certification Requirements; 7.3 Packaging the Application; 7.4 Summary of the Submission and Validation Process; 7.5 Displaying Advertisements in an Application; 7.6 Accessing Windows Marketplace within an Application; 7.7 Questions; Appendices; Tools, Frameworks, and Processes; Setting Up a Development Environment for Windows Phone 7; Using a Hardware Device during Development; Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications; Debugging Windows Phone 7 Applications; Unit Testing Windows Phone 7 Applications; Additional Tools and Frameworks; Silverlight and XNA in Windows Phone 7; Basic Differences between Silverlight and XNA; The XNA Game Execution Model; Using Interop from Silverlight to XNA; Excluded Classes and Assemblies; Leveraging Device Capabilities; Scenarios for Device Capabilities; Accelerometer; Camera; Contacts and Messaging; Device Information; Location and Mapping; Media; Search; Sound Recording; Sound Playback; Touch and Gestures; Vibration Alerts; Web Browser; Windows Marketplace; Reactive Extensions; Prism Library for Windows Phone 7; About Prism for Windows Phone 7; Contents of Prism for Windows Phone 7 Library; Microsoft Sync Framework and Windows Phone 7; About the Microsoft Sync Framework; Using the Sync Framework; Synchronization for Windows Azure and Windows Phone 7; Answers to Questions; Chapter 2: Designing Windows Phone 7 Applications; Chapter 4: Building the Mobile Client; Chapter 5: Using Services on the Phone; Chapter 6: Connecting with Services; Chapter 7: Interacting with Windows Marketplace; More Resources for Developers; Microsoft Press(R) books;