Essential Windows Phone 8

Name: Essential Windows Phone 8
Brand: Addison Wesley
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Shawn Wildermuth(Autor*in)

Addison Wesley (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 14. Mai 2013

624 Seiten

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"Shawn has created a guide that is easy to read, up-to-date, and comprehensive-covering the entire application surface area for Windows Phone developers. Enjoy!"
-Jeff Wilcox, Senior Software Development Engineer, Microsoft

Essential Windows (R) Phone 8 is the definitive guide to creating powerful mobile apps with Microsoft's dramatically improved Windows Phone 8 platform. Ten-time Microsoft MVP Shawn Wildermuth draws on his extensive experience teaching Windows Phone development, helping you to get started fast and master techniques that lead to truly outstanding solutions.

Updated throughout, this edition reflects new APIs and development best practices, ranging from new WinRT APIs to voice integration. It also contains a comprehensive new chapter on developing enterprise solutions for business.

After introducing the platform and its key improvements, Shawn dives directly into the essentials. Using realistic code, he illustrates today's best techniques for delivering robust, well-performing apps. You'll build a complete app from start to finish and then deepen your skills with increasingly sophisticated techniques.

From planning through delivery, Shawn guides you through the entire lifecycle, helping you make the most of Windows Phone 8's valuable capabilities. Whether you're a Windows developer going mobile or a mobile developer moving to Windows Phone, here are all the skills you'll need.

Coverage includes

Setting up the WP8 development environment, including the emulator
Using XAML to fully control the look and feel of your app's interface
Providing robust user interactivity through controls
Creating mobile experiences built around the real needs of Windows Phone users
Localizing your app for native languages and global markets
Utilizing vibration, motion, sound, the camera, or other hardware features
Supporting voice commands such as "Call Mom" or "Open Twitter"
Integrating features that use Contacts, Appointments, Alarms, the media library and hubs, and the lock screen
Storing data in simple files, caches, or a full-fledged database
Multitasking in the background without compromising performance
Implementing location-aware apps that can track where users are
Retrieving external data and assets via REST, Web services, push notifications, or Windows Live
Preparing your application for the Windows Phone Store
Building and distributing enterprise apps for your company's internal customers

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Inhalt

1 Introducing Windows Phone 1

A Different Kind of Phone 1

Phone Specifications 7

Input Patterns 10

Designing for Touch 11

Hardware Buttons 12

Keyboards 12

Sensors 15

Application Lifecycle 15

Driving Your Development with Services 17

Live Tiles 18

The Windows Phone Store 19

Distributing Your Application Through the Windows Phone Store 20

App Hub Submissions 20

Application Policies 22

Content Policies 25

Where Are We? 26

2 Writing Your First Phone Application 27

Preparing Your Machine 27

Creating a New Project 29

Visual Studio 29

XAML 34

Designing with Blend 39

Adding Code 48

Working with Events 51

Debugging in the Emulator 52

Debugging with a Device 53

Using Touch 58

Working with the Phone 61

Where Are We? 66

3 XAML Overview 67

What Is XAML? 67

XAML Object Properties 69

Understanding XAML Namespaces 70

Naming in XAML 71

Visual Containers 72

Visual Grammar 77

Shapes 77

Brushes 79

Colors 80

Text 81

Images 82

Transformations and Animations 84

Transformations 84

Animations 87

XAML Styling 90

Understanding Resources 91

Understanding Styles 93

Where Are We? 96

4 Controls 97

Controls in XAML 97

Simple Controls 100

Content Controls 106

List Controls 107

Phone-Specific Controls 108

Panorama Control 108

Pivot Control 112

Data Binding 115

Simple Data Binding 115

Using a DataTemplate 117

Improving Scrolling Performance 118

Binding Formatting 120

Element Binding 121

Converters 121

Data Binding Errors 123

Control Templates 125

Windows Phone Toolkit 130

AutoCompleteBox Control 131

ContextMenu Control 133

DatePicker and TimePicker Controls 135

ListPicker Control 137

LongListSelector Control 140

PerformanceProgressBar Control 144

ToggleSwitch Control 145

ExpanderView Control 146

PhoneTextBox Control 147

CustomMessageBox 149

WrapPanel Layout Container 153

Where Are We? 156

5 Designing for the Phone 157

The Third Screen 157

It Is a Phone, Right? 160

Deciding on an Application Paradigm 162

Panorama 164

Pivot 166

Simple Pages 169

Microsoft Expression Blend 169

Creating a Project 170

A Tour Around Blend 171

Blend Basics 180

Layout 180

Brushes 186

Creating Animations 191

Working with Behaviors 196

Phone-Specific Design 199

The ApplicationBar in Blend 199

Using the Panorama Control in Blend 203

Using the Pivot Control in Blend 206

Previewing Applications 209

Designing with Visual Studio 210

Implementing the Look and Feel of the Phone 212

Where Are We? 215

6 Developing for the Phone 217

Application Lifecycle 217

Navigation 220

Tombstoning 227

The Phone Experience 233

Orientation 233

Designing for Touch 236

Application Client Area 245

Application Bar 247

Understanding Idle Detection 249

The Tilt Effect 250

Localizing Your Phone Application 252

Where Are We? 258

7 Phone Hardware 261

Using Vibration 261

Using Motion 262

Emulating Motion 266

Using Sound 268

Playing Sound with MediaElement 269

Using XNA Libraries 270

Playing Sounds with XNA 270

Adjusting Playback 271

Recording Sounds 272

Working with the Camera 275

Using the PhotoCamera Class 276

Raw Hardware Access 281

Camera Lens App 284

The Clipboard API 286

Location APIs 287

Location Permission 287

Accessing Location Information 289

Turning Coordinates into Addresses 294

Emulating Location Information 295

Voice Commands 299

Speech Recognition 306

Speech Synthesis 310

Bluetooth and VOIP 316

Where Are We? 316

8 Phone Integration 317

Contacts and Appointments 317

Contacts 318

Appointments 323

Alarms and Reminders 324

Creating an Alarm 327

Creating a Reminder 328

Accessing Existing Notifications 329

Using Tasks 330

Launchers 333

Choosers 344

Media and Picture Hubs 355

Accessing Music 355

Playing Music 359

Accessing Pictures 360

Storing Pictures 363

Integrating into the Pictures Hub 364

Integrating into the Music and Videos Hub 367

Live Tiles 371

Main Live Tile 375

Secondary Tiles 377

Other Ways of Launching Your App 380

Using a Custom Protocol 380

Using a File Association 384

Where Are We? 387

9 Databases and Storage 389

Storing Data 389

Storage 390

Serialization 395

Local Databases 401

Getting Started 402

Optimizing the Context Class 408

Associations 412

Using an Existing Database 418

Schema Updates 420

Database Security 422

Where Are We? 423

10 Multitasking 425

Multitasking 425

Background Agents 426

Periodic Agent 428

Resource-Intensive Agent 436

Audio Agent 439

Location-Aware Apps 448

Background Transfer Service 452

Requirements and Limitations 453

Requesting Transfers 454

Monitoring Requests 456

Where Are We? 461

11 Services 463

The Network Stack 464

The WebClient Class 464

Accessing Network Information 467

Consuming JavaScript Object Notation 470

Using JSON Serialization 472

Parsing JSON 473

Web Services 477

Consuming OData 482

How OData Works 483

The URI 484

Using OData on the Phone 492

Generating a Service Reference for OData 492

Retrieving Data 493

Updating Data 496

Using Push Notifications 497

Push Notification Requirements 499

Preparing the Application for Push Notifications 499

Setting Up the Server for Push Notifications 501

Raw Notifications 504

Sending Toast Notifications 516

Creating Live Tiles 519

Handling Push Notification Errors 522

Where Are We? 524

12 Making Money 525

What Is the Store? 525

How It Works 527

Charging for Apps 529

Getting Paid 531

Submitting Your App 533

Preparing Your Application 533

The Submission Process 538

After the Submission 545

Modifying Your Application 548

Dealing with Failed Submissions 548

Using Ads in Your Apps 551

Where Are We? 552

13 Enterprise Phone Apps 553

Enterprise Apps? 553

Registering Your Company 554

Buying a Symantec Code-Signing Certificate 556

Installing the Certificate 558

Application Enrollment Token 563

Registering Phones 564

Preparing Apps for Distribution 566

Building a Company Hub 567

Where Are We? 571

Index 573

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