Windows Phone 8 in Action by Timothy Binkley-Jones, Massimo Perga, Michael Sync, Adam

By Timothy Binkley-Jones, Massimo Perga, Michael Sync, Adam Benoit

Home windows mobile eight in motion is a accomplished advisor to constructing apps for the WP8 platform. It covers the home windows telephone Runtime and .NET APIs used to paintings with a phone’s sensors and undefined, together with the accelerometer, digital camera, gyroscope, GPS, and microphone. you are going to discover ways to write code to dial the telephone, write emails, ship textual content messages, and realize speech. The e-book additionally teaches you to construct functions that use position and push notification.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

With 10 million (and mountain climbing) lively handsets, home windows mobile eight has turn into a true substitute to Android and iOS. WP clients are hungry for excellent apps, so it’s time that you should begin growing them!

Windows telephone eight in motion teaches you the way to layout, construct, and promote WP8 apps. In it, you’ll discover ways to use the WP Runtime and .NET APIs to manage key positive factors just like the accelerometer, digicam, GPS, and microphone. This example-driven booklet additionally exhibits you the way to put in writing functions that use position and push notification, improved navigation companies, and WP8′s deep multimedia capabilities.

You’ll desire a operating wisdom of C#. No adventure with home windows mobile or XAML is required.

WHAT’S INSIDE:

construct your first cell app
grasp the home windows mobile eight interface
the way to promote at the home windows mobilephone Store
Use beneficial properties like voice attractiveness and media

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3 Project files and folders in the Solution Explorer 33 34 CHAPTER 2 Creating your first Windows Phone application The PNG image files are used by the operating system when displaying the application in the Start Screen, Application List, or Games Hub. We’ll look at the image files in more depth later in the chapter. xml contains metadata for the application, providing important details about the application to the operating system. xml is also used by the Windows Store to validate and list an application.

Com, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks. Third-party applications can read data directly from the contacts database and can read and write contacts data with launchers and choosers, which are introduced in the next section. Third-party applications can also create their own contact stores that are integrated into the People Hub. You’ll learn more about working with built-in and custom contact stores in chapter 6. Understanding Windows Phone’s hubs and how they can be extended is key for building applications that enhance user productivity and that are integrated with the operating system.

Com. Before you can deploy and debug your application on a real phone or publish your application to the Windows Phone Store, you must purchase a $99 yearly subscription to the Dev Center. Depending on what you’re building, you may consider waiting to purchase a Dev Center subscription until your application is nearly complete, using the emulator to build and test your application. MSDN subscribers receive a Dev Center subscription as part of their MSDN subscription. College students receive free Dev Center subscriptions through the DreamSpark program.

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