Writing a mobile application An introduction to developing for Windows Mobile

Dale Lane [email_address] IBM Hursley Park

Dale Lane

[email_address]

IBM Hursley Park

Windows Mobile devices

Screen types Touchscreen

Screen types No touchscreen

Screen types “ Standard” “ Professional” Windows Mobile 6 “ Smartphone” “ Pocket PC” Windows Mobile 5 No touchscreen Touchscreen

Windows Mobile Developer Resource Kit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/developers/

Visual Studio 2005

Emulators

Managed vs Native Native Managed

Managed vs Native Native C++ Good for: low-level access broader access performance

C++

Good for:

low-level access

broader access

performance

Managed vs Native Managed C# / Visual Basic Good for: quick development .NET (CF) libraries for UI dev libraries for mobile- specific stuff

C# / Visual Basic

Good for:

quick development

.NET (CF)

libraries for UI dev

libraries for mobile- specific stuff

Managed vs Native Native Managed

My first native app

My first native app

My first native app

My first native app

My first native app

My first native app

My first native app m_hwndHTML = CreateWindow(WC_HTML, NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | HS_NOSCROLL, 0, 0, 100, 100, m_hwndContainer, NULL, HINST_RESDLL, NULL);

m_hwndHTML = CreateWindow(WC_HTML,

NULL,

WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | HS_NOSCROLL,

0, 0, 100, 100,

m_hwndContainer,

NULL,

HINST_RESDLL,

NULL);

My first native app m_hwndHTML = CreateWindow(WC_HTML, NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | HS_NOSCROLL, 0, 0, 100, 100, m_hwndContainer, NULL, HINST_RESDLL, NULL); SendMessage(m_hwndHTML, DTM_ZOOMLEVEL, 0, 1);

m_hwndHTML = CreateWindow(WC_HTML,

NULL,

WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | HS_NOSCROLL,

0, 0, 100, 100,

m_hwndContainer,

NULL,

HINST_RESDLL,

NULL);

SendMessage(m_hwndHTML, DTM_ZOOMLEVEL, 0, 1);

My first managed app

My first managed app

My first managed app

My first managed app

My first managed app

Don’t stand alone Native code Extending applications: Pocket Outlook Pocket Internet Explorer Windows Media Mobile Plug-ins: Today screen Control Panel

Native code

Extending applications:

Pocket Outlook

Pocket Internet Explorer

Windows Media Mobile

Plug-ins:

Today screen

Control Panel

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone http://dalelane.co.uk/page.php?id=39

Don’t stand alone Managed code Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) Phone calls SMS System resources State and Notification (SNAPI)

Managed code

Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM)

Phone calls

SMS

System resources

State and Notification (SNAPI)

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone

Don’t stand alone

OpenNetCF http://www.opennetcf.com/library/sdf/

OpenNetCF // get wifi adapters AdapterCollection adapters = Networking.GetAdapters(); string accessPointsFound = “”; // look through each adapter in turn for the Wifi one // (e.g. don't use ActiveSync, bluetooth etc.) foreach (Adapter adapter in adapters) { if (adapter.IsWireless) { // look for access points known to the adapter AccessPointCollection accessPoints = adapter.NearbyAccessPoints; // look through each known access point in turn foreach (AccessPoint ap in accessPoints) { accessPointsFound = accessPointsFound + “, “ + ap.Name; } } }

// get wifi adapters

AdapterCollection adapters = Networking.GetAdapters();

string accessPointsFound = “”;

// look through each adapter in turn for the Wifi one

// (e.g. don't use ActiveSync, bluetooth etc.)

foreach (Adapter adapter in adapters)

{

if (adapter.IsWireless)

{

// look for access points known to the adapter

AccessPointCollection accessPoints = adapter.NearbyAccessPoints;

// look through each known access point in turn

foreach (AccessPoint ap in accessPoints)

{

accessPointsFound = accessPointsFound + “, “ + ap.Name;

}

}

}

Creating an installer

Creating an installer

Creating an installer

Creating an installer

An introduction to Windows Mobile development Dale Lane [email_address] IBM Hursley Park

Dale Lane

[email_address]

IBM Hursley Park