Developing silverlight applications for windows phone 7 series

YuriyOpryshko, independent developer
For Lviv .NET User Group
Developing Silverlight applications for Windows Phone 7 using Visual Studio 2010

Brief history of Windows Mobile systems
Windows Phone 7: New features
Application Platform Overview
Demo: Hello World!
Developing for Windows Phone 7 with Silverlight
Demo: Weather Forecast
Q&A
Agenda

Brief history of Windows Mobile systems

Windows Phone Classic
Pocket PC 2000
The very first Windows Mobilesystem
Multiple CPU architectures
Basic features

Pocket PC 2002
Enhanced UI
Smartphones support
VPN support
MSN Messenger
Synchronization of folders
New applications

Windows Mobile 2003 and WM2003 SE
Four editions
Bluetooth support
New applications
WPA support (SE)
Support for different screen resolutions

Windows Mobile 5
.NET Compact Framework 1.0
Office Mobile
DirectShow
GPS Support
Better Bluetooth support
New applications

Windows Mobile 6
.NET Compact Framework 2.0
SQL Server 2005 CE
VoIP support
Windows Live
Exchange 2007 support
AJAX and JavaScript support in Internet Explorer Mobile
New applications

Windows Mobile 6.5
‘not the full release wanted’ – Steve Ballmer
New GUI and Today screen
More finger-friendly
Internet Explorer Mobile 6.0
Cloud services

Custom UI revamps for VM6
HTC Sense
SPB Mobile Shell

Stylus-oriented system
No multi-touch support
Different UX on different phones
Non-centralized application deployment
…etc
Concerns of Windows Phone Classic

Windows Phone 7: New Features

Windows Phone 7 is not just a new version – it is completely different from Windows Phone Classic
End user comes first
UI consistency between manufacturers
Predictable hardware specification
The New Approach

Completely New ‘Metro’ UI
Native Multi-touch support
Hubs – the feature centers
Centralized content Marketplace
Live Mesh synchronization
Lots of apps
… and a lot more!
New features: user’s view

Hubs
Office Hub
Office Mobile
SharePoint
Outlook and OneNote
People Hub – Communication central
All information for the contact
Live social feed updates

Marketplace
The consolidated place to acquire content
Applications
Games
Music
Xbox Live
The only way to install an application

No more .NET Compact Framework
Silverlight 4! XNA!
Hardware consistency between models
Lots and lots of API’s
GPS
Virtual Keyboard
…lots more
Marketplace for distributing applications
New features: developer’s view

Windows Phone 7 Application Platform Overview

Two frameworks: Silverlight and XNA
Development: Visual Studio + Expression Blend + Cloud services
‘focus on consumers and the information and experiences they care about’
Overview

The 3 Screens

Application Platform Architecture

Visual Studio 2010 - IDE
Expression Blend – Interface design
Windows Phone Emulator – application deployment and debugging
XNA Game Studio – managed 2D and 3D game development
Samples, Documentation, Guides and Community
Tools and Support

Silverlight and .NET Framework
XNA Framework
Sensors
Media
Data
Location
Runtimes On “Screen”

Registration and Validation
Certification, Publishing and Update Management
Windows Phone Marketplace and Billing
Business Intelligence
Developer Portal Services

Notifications
Location
Identity, Feeds, Social, and Maps Services
Azure
Cloud Services

Application Development Lifecycle

Demo: Hello World!

Developing for Windows Phone 7 with Silverlight

Free download from developer.windowsphone.com
Includes Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone and an add-in for Visual Studio 2010
Current version based on Release Candidate of VS and is not compatible with RTM version
Windows Phone Developer Tools

Media support
Hardware decoding
XNA framework sound effect API
Supports polyphonic, looping wav data
MediaElement limitations
Only one MediaElement per page
No VideoBrush support
Media

Vibration
Accelerometer
Measures force applied on each axis over time
Location service
Sensors and controllers
VibrateControllervc = VibrateController.Default;
vc.Start(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
GeoCoordinateWatcher watcher =
newGeoCoordinateWatcher(GeoPositionAccuracy.Low)

TextBox supports different InputScopes
Examples are Text, Url, Number, Time, TelephoneNumber and Address
ScrollViewer has built-in support for gestures such as pan and flick.
Audio input gives access to raw PCM WAV data
Calls BufferReady at regular intervals, or the application can call GetData at any time
10ms latency
Input

Can display local and network content
Supports pan, double tap and pinch for zooming
No in-browser Silverlight at the initial release
Application can interact with JavaScript
Disabled by default
Web browser control

Silverlight to Javascript
string result = wb.InvokeScript(“myFunction”, arg);
function myFunction(arg) { return “.NET community”; }
Javascript to Silverlight
void wb_ScriptNotify(object sender, NotifyEventArgs e){ MessageBox.Show(e.Value); }
window.external.notify(“.NET community”)
Web browser integration

Demo: Weather Forecast

WindowsPhone7.com
Windows Phone 7 Developer Center:http://developer.windowsphone.com/windows-phone-7-series/
WP7 Developer Tools:http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713250
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