Cool Stuff Your App Can Do

Cool Stuff Your AppCan DoEd DonahueAcademic Developer Evangelisted.donahue@microsoft.comcreepyed.com | @creepyed

What I’m Going to Cover Storage and tombstoning Alarms and reminders Application tiles Other cool stuff Windows Phone 2

Storage andTombstoning

DemoFast ApplicationSwitching

Application Lifecycle - Dormant Fast App Resume runningState preserved!e.IsApplicationInstancePreserved Save State!== true activated deactivated dormant Phone resources detached Threads & timers suspended Windows Phone

Application Lifecycle - Tombstoned Resuming .. .Restore state!e.IsApplicationInstancePreserved== false running activated deactivated Tombstone the oldest app Tombstoned dormant Phone resources detached Threads & timers suspended Windows Phone

Finding the Resume type private void Application_Activated(object sender, ActivatedEventArgs e) { if (e.IsApplicationInstancePreserved) { // Dormant - objects in memory intact } else { // Tombstoned - need to reload } } The Activation handler can test a flag to determine the type of resume taking place Windows Phone

Deactivation ResourceManagement MediaPlayer.Pause MediaElement.Pause SoundEffectInstance.Pause VibrateController.Stop PhotoCamera.Dispose Save page/global state XNA Audio Paused Sensors Notifications suppressed Networking Cancelled Sockets Disconnected MediaElement Disconnected Camera Disposed Windows Phone

Activation Resource Management MediaElement.Source/Position/ Play Socket.ConnectAsync new PhotoCamera/VideoCamera Restore app state if tombstoned XNA Audio Resumed Sensors Notifications resumed Networking Completed with Cancellation Sockets - MediaElement - Camera - Windows Phone

Isolated Storage vs State Storage Isolated storage is so called because the data for an application is isolated from all other applications  It can be used as filestore where an application can store folders and files  It is slow to access, since it is based on NVRAM technology  It can also be used to store name/value pairs, e.g. program settings State storage is so called because it is used to hold the state of an application  It can be used to store name/value pairs which are held in memory for dormant or tombstoned applications  It provides very quick access to data Windows Phone 10

Captain’s LogDemo• With No Storage• With Storage• Fully Working

Fast App Switching andTombstoning Review Only one Windows Phone application is Active at any time The Start and Back buttons on the phone are used to start new applications and return to previously used ones If an application is replaced by another it is either made Dormant (still in memory but not running) or Tombstoned (removed from memory) Applications must use populate methods provided in the App.xaml.cs class to save and retrieve state information when appropriate  State can be stored in memory for quick reload and in isolated storage which serve as a permanent store Windows Phone 12

Alarms andReminders

Scheduled Notifications Time-based, on-phone notifications Supports Alarms & Reminders Persist across reboots Adheres to user settings Consistent with phone UX Windows Phone

Alarms vs Reminders? Alarms Reminder s• Modal • Rich information• Snooze and Dismiss • Integrates with other• Sound customization reminders• No app invocation • Snooze and Dismiss• No stacking • Launch app • Follows the phones global 15 settings

Creating a Reminder using Microsoft.Phone.Scheduler; ... eggReminder = new Reminder("Egg Timer"); eggReminder.BeginTime = DateTime.Now + new TimeSpan(0, eggTime, 0); eggReminder.Content = "Egg Ready"; eggReminder.RecurrenceType = RecurrenceInterval.None; eggReminder.NavigationUri = new Uri("/EggReadyPage.xaml", UriKind.Relative); ScheduledActionService.Add(eggReminder); This code creates a reminder and adds it as a scheduled service The value eggTime holds the length of the delay This code also sets the url of the page in the application Windows Phone

Reminder HousekeepingReminder eggReminder = ScheduledActionService.Find("Egg Timer") as Reminder;if ( eggReminder != null ){ ScheduledActionService.Remove("Egg Timer");} Reminders are identified by name This code finds the “Egg Timer” reminder and then removes it from the scheduler Windows Phone

DemoEgg Timer

Application Tiles

Tiles 101 Shortcuts to apps Static or dynamic 2 sizes: small & large  Large only for 1st party apps End-user is in control Windows Phone

Data Driven Template Model A fixed set of data properties Each property corresponds to a UI element Each UI element has a fixed position on screen Not all elements need to be used Animations are not extensible Background Title Count Image (173 x 173 .png) Windows Phone

Scenarios/Popular Applications Weather Apps  Send to WP7  Weather Tile  Link Tile  Warning Toast  Link Toast Chess by Post  AlphaJax  Turn Tile  Turn Tile  Move Toast  Move Toast Beezz  Seattle Traffic Map  Unread Tile  Traffic Tile  Direct Toast Windows Phone

Primary and Secondary Tiles Application Tile Front  Pinned from App List  Properties are set initially in the Application Manifest Back Secondary Tile  New in Windows Phone 7.5!  Created as a result of user input in an application Windows Phone

Live Tiles – Local Tile API Local tile updates (these are *not* push)  Full control of all properties when your app is in the foreground or background  Calorie counter, sticky notes Multi-Tile!  Deep-link to specific application sections  Launch directly to page/experience Windows Phone

Live Tiles – Local Tile APIContinued… Back of tile updates  Full control of all properties when your app is in the foreground or background  Content, Title, Background Content Content string is Background bigger Title Title  Flips from front to back at random interval  Smart logic to make flips asynchronous Windows Phone

DemoLive Tiles – Local Tile API

Other Cool Stuff

Easy-Bake Oven Apps AppMakr Follow My Feed ScriptTD Silverlight Toolkit: silverlight.codeplex.com Windows Phone

AppMakr (appmakr.com) Tips Find RSS feeds either by searching AppMakr or searching the site for “RSS” Want a Twitter RSS?  http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/USERID.atom  Use www.idfromuser.com to find Twitter user ID Want to make multiple RSS feeds into one?  Yahoo Pipes  http://rssmix.com ( I used this one) Feel free to upload your own images  App icon: 512 x 512 pixels  Splash screen: 480 x 800 pixels bit.ly/appmakrlab Windows Phone

FollowMyFeed.net Uses Panorama One RSS feed Allows for favorites Windows Phone

ScriptTD Tower defense game engine All you have to do is change the graphics & audio! scriptTD.codeplex.com/ Windows Phone

Contests!

Idea of the Week Submit your great app idea for a chance to win $50! Create a Sketchflow prototype and post it online (wp7sketchflow.codeplex.com/) Tweet the URL with #WPAppItUp Judged on Innovation, Experience and Potential Rules: bit.ly/idearules Windows Phone

Your App Here Be a featured app in December, January or February! Win a digital ad campaign that will deliver one million ad impressions! Receive featured placement on the Windows Phone Marketplace More info: wpyourapphere.com Windows Phone

Core77 Fast Track Design a productivity app for Windows Phone 5 winning designers get an App Development Deal, Windows Phone, Xbox 360 with Kinect, & App Hub subscription Ends Nov. 18. 2011 More info: http://fasttrackapp.core77.com Windows Phone

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Cool Stuff Your App Can Do

by Ed Donahue on Nov 20, 2011

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