What's new in Windows Phone Mango for Developers

Highlights of What’sNew in WindowsPhone MangoGlen GordonDeveloper Evangelist, Microsofthttp://glengordon.name

Topics Fast Application Switching Background Agents Live Tiles XNA/Silverlight integration Windows Phone

DemoDemo 1:Fast Application Switching

Application Lifecycle - Dormant App Resume Fast 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 running== false activated deactivated Tombstone Tombstoned dormant Phone resources detached the oldest Threads & timers suspended app Windows Phone

Methods & Events Windows Phone 6

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 Resource Management 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

Background Tasks

Multitasking Capabilities Background Agents  Periodic  Resource Intensive Background Transfer Service Alarms and Reminders Background Audio Windows Phone 14

Background Agents  Agents  Periodic  Resource Intensive  An app may have up to one of each  Initialized in foreground, run in background  Persisted across reboots  User control through Settings  System maximum of 18 periodic agent  Agent runs for up to 14 days (can be renewed)15 Windows Phone

Generic Agent TypesPeriodic Agents Resource Intensive Occurrence Agents  Every 30 min  Occurrence Duration  External power  ~15 seconds  Non-cell network Constraints  Duration  <= 6 MB Memory  10 minutes  <=10% CPU  Constraints  <= 6 MB Memory16

Background Agent Functionality Allowed Restricted  Tiles  Toast  Display UI  Location  XNA libraries  Network  Microphone and Camera  R/W ISO store  Sensors  Sockets  Play audio (may only use background audio APIs)  Most framework APIs17 Windows Phone

DemoDemo1: Captain’s Location Log

Debugging a Background Task #if DEBUG_AGENT ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest(taskName, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)); #endif It would be annoying if we had to wait 30 minutes to get code in the agent running so we could debug it When we are debugging we can force service to launch itself Such code can be conditionally compiled and removed before the production version is built Windows Phone 19

Debugging the Agent Code When you use the Back button or Start on the phone to interrupt an application with an active Background Task ,Visual Studio does not stop running It remains attached to the application You can then put breakpoints into the background task application and debug them as you would any other program You can single step, view the contents of variables and even change them using the Immediate Window This is also true if you are working on a device rather than the emulator The same techniques work on ResourceIntensiveAgents Windows Phone 20

DemoDemo2: Debugging Tasks

File Transfer Tasks It is also possible to create a background task to transfer files to and from your application’s isolated storage The transfers will continue to work even when the application is not running An application can monitor the state of the downloads and display their status Files can be fetched from HTTP or HTTPs hosts  At the moment FTP is not supported The system maintains a queue of active transfers and services each one in turn Applications can query the state of active transfers Windows Phone 22

Background Transfer Policies There are a set of policies that control transfer behavior  Maximum Upload file size: 5Mb  Maximum Download file size over cellular (mobile phone) data: 20Mb  Maximum Download file size over WiFi: 100Mb These can be modified by setting the value of TransferPreferences on a particular transfer Windows Phone 23

Transfer Management An application can find out how many file transfers it has active  It will have to do this when it is restarted, as file transfers will continue even when the application is not running It can then perform transfer management as required There is a good example of transfer list management on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202953.aspx Windows Phone

DemoDemo3: Picture Fetch

Scheduled Notifications Time-based, on-phone notifications Supports Alerts & Reminders Persist across reboots Adheres to user settings Consistent with phone UX Windows Phone 26

Alarms vs Reminders?Alarms Reminde rs • Modal • Rich information • Snooze and Dismiss • Integrates with other reminders • Sound customization • Snooze and Dismiss • No app invocation • Launch app • No stacking • Follows the phones global settings27

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 28

Reminder Housekeeping Reminder 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 29

DemoDemo4: Egg Timer

Audio Playback Agents It is also possible to create an Audio Playback Agent that will manage an application controlled playlist The mechanism is the same as for other background tasks The audio can be streamed or held in the application isolated storage Windows Phone 31

Background Audio Playback  App provides URL or stream to Zune  Audio continues to play even if app is closed  App is notified of file or buffer near completion Phone Integration  Music & Video Hub  Universal Volume Control (UVC), launch app, controls, contextual info  Contextual launch – Start menu, UVC, Music & Video Hub App Integration  App can retrieve playback status, progress, & metadata  Playback notification registration Windows Phone 32

DemoDemo 5: Audio

Tiles andNotifications

Consumer Experience Windows phone has the unique ability to provide the end user glanceable access to the information they care most about, via Live Tiles + Push Notifications offer developers a way to send timely information to the end user’s device even when the Windows Phone

Tiles 101 Shortcuts to apps Static or dynamic 2 sizes: small & large  Large only for 1st party apps End-user is in 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 Background Image (173 x 173 .png) Title Count 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 Bac k 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

DemoDemo 1: Live Tiles – Local Tile API

Tile Schedule Periodically updates the tile image without pushing message though Updates images only from the web, not from the app local store Sets up notification channel and binds it to a tile notification Few limitations  Image size must be less than 80 KB  Download time must not exceed 60 seconds  Lowest update time resolution is 60 minutes  If the schedule for an indefinite or finite number of updates fails too many times, OS will cancel it Update recurrence can by Onetime, EveryHour, EveryDay, EveryWeek or EveryMonth Windows Phone

Scheduling Tile Updatepublic partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage { private ShellTileSchedule _mySchedule; public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); ScheduleTile(); } private void ScheduleTile() { _mySchedule = new ShellTileSchedule(); _mySchedule.Recurrence = UpdateRecurrence.Onetime; _mySchedule.StartTime = DateTime.Now; _mySchedule.RemoteImageUri = new Uri("http://cdn3.afterdawn.fi/news/small/windows-phone-7-series.png"); _mySchedule.Start(); }} Windows Phone

Updating Tiles from a BackgroundAgent In Windows Phone OS 7.0, only way of updating Live Tiles was from a Tile Schedule or from Notifications  Tile Schedule needs to fetch images from a web URI  Notifications require you to implement a backend service To have control of shell tiles when the app is not running without using Push Notifications, a good solution is a Background Agent  Use the ShellTile API to locate and update tiles Windows Phone

DemoDemo 2: Updating Tiles from a BackgroundAgent

Push Notifications Server-initiated communication Enable key background scenarios Preserve battery life and user experience Prevent polling for updates Windows Phone

Push Notification Data Flow 2 URI to the service: "http://notify.live.com/throttledthirdparty/01.00/AAFRQHgiiMWN 3rd party Push enabled TYrRDXAHQtz- service applications AgrNpzcDAwAAAAQOMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDA" 3 Notifications service HTTP POST the 4 message Send PN Message1 Push endpoint is established. URI is created for the endpoint. Microsoft hosted server Windows Phone

Three Kinds of Notifications Raw  Notification message content is application-specific  Delivered directly to app only if it is running Toast  Specific XML schema  Content delivered to app if it is running  If app is not running, system displays Toast popup using notification message content Tile  Specific XML schema  Never delivered to app  If user has pinned app tile to Start screen, system updates it using notification message content Windows Phone

Push Notifications – New Features Multi-Tile/Back of Tile Support  Multiple weather locations, news categories, sports team scores, twitter favorites  Can update all tiles belonging to your application No API Change for binding tiles  BindToShellTile now binds you to all tiles  Send Tile ID to service and use new attribute to direct update Three new elements for back of tile properties Windows Phone

Toast Notification App icon and two text fields Time critical and personally relevant Users must opt-in via app UI Windows Phone

Response Custom Headers Response Code: HTTP status code (200 OK) Notification Status  Notification received by the Push Notification Service  For example: “X-NotificationStatus:Received” DeviceConnectionStatus  The connection status of the device  //For example: X-DeviceConnectionStatus:Connected SubscriptionStatus  The subscription status  //For example: X-SubscriptionStatus:Active More information  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402545(v=VS.92).aspx Windows Phone

XNA and Silverlightintegration

Xna and Silverlight combined It is now possible to create an application that combines XNA and Silverlight The XNA runs within a Silverlight page This makes it easy to use XNA to create gameplay and Silverlight to build the user interface Possible to put Silverlight elements onto an XNA game screen so the user can interact with both elements at the same time Windows Phone 57

Creating a Combined Project This project contains both Silverlight and XNA elements Windows Phone 58

A combined solution A combined solution contains three projects  The Silverlight project  An XNA library project  The content project These are created automatically by Visual Studio Windows Phone 59

The XNA GamePage The XNA gameplay is displayed on a specific Silverlight page that is added to the project when it is created When this page is navigated to the XNA game behind it will start running However, the Silverlight system is still active around Windows Phone 60

Starting a Combined Application When the combined application starts the MainPage is displayed It contains a button that can be used to navigate to the game page You can build your own Windows Phone 61

Navigating to the game pageprivate void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e){ NavigationService.Navigate(new Uri("/GamePage.xaml", UriKind.Relative));} This is the button event hander in MainPage.xaml.cs Navigating to the page will trigger the XNA gameplay to start Windows Phone

The game pageprotected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)protected override void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigationEventArgs e)private void OnUpdate(object sender, GameTimerEventArgs e)private void OnDraw(object sender, GameTimerEventArgs e)  These are the methods on the game page that contorl gameplay  OnNavigatedTo will do the job of the Initialize and LoadContent methods  OnNavigatedFrom is used to suspend the game  OnUpdate is the Update method  OnDraw is the Draw method Windows Phone

Combining XNA and Silverlight  The default combined project does not contain any XAML content for the XNA page If XAML elements are added to this page they will not be displayed without some extra code  The Silverlight page is rendered to a texture which is drawn in the XNA game We have to add the code to do this Windows Phone

Demo6: Silverlight and XNA

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What's new in Windows Phone Mango for Developers

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