This document provides tips for Windows Phone developers. It begins with an agenda listing 10 tips to know. It then discusses hiding the system tray, using landscape mode, using statistics frameworks to track usage, adding rating and review features to apps, implementing auto-updates, handling text copying from text blocks, improving message boxes, sharing code between platforms, migrating apps to Windows 8, using the Live SDK for cloud integration, and integrating social networks. Demonstrations are provided for several tips. The goal is to help developers improve their apps.

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5. already a windows phone developer?
AGENDA
10 tips that you have to know

6. SYSTEMTRAY
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7. A lot of developers hide the systemtray
So, we need to leave the app
to see the network/time

8. For example

9. DEMO

10. LANDSCAPE
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11. Do you use the landscape mode?
Usually, I only use it
in a browser or in a video app.

12. Why?
Most of the time, it’s not “sexy”:
1- No rotation animation
2- No more information

13. Create a “need”:

14. Create a “need”:

15. DEMO

16. STATISTICS
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17. Statistics are important because:
Microsoft MarketPlace reporting sucks!
(Late, sometimes bug…)

18. I want a free,efficient and
cross-platform stats framework
(HTML5 for Windows 8, .NET, Silverlight and Windows Phone).
My favorite is

19. Feedbacks on sessions

20. Feedbacks on custom events,
errors, audience locations and
devices

21. DEMO

22. RATING & VERSIONS
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23. If, like me, you develop for free
Rating is the only “return”
that your are waiting for

24. http://wp7reviews.tomverhoeff.com/

25. We want 2 things
A worldwide rating
and ratings as more as possible

26. A worldwide rating
Develop a custom service
Use JavaScript to show the rating

28. DEMO

29. Ask users to review your app
With a button in settings
After some time of use

31. DEMO

32. AUTO-UPDATE
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33. MarketPlace is slow to show updates
And users can’t have the marketplace
icon on the start screen

34. DEMO

35. TEXTBLOCK
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36. Sometimes you show info
on a textblock
But, there is a problem:
How the user copy/paste it?

37. DEMO

38. MESSAGEBOX
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39. Some choosers exist in WP
For example PhotoChooserTask
But, there is a problem:
The completed event has a limited lifetime

40. DEMO

41. SHARED CODE
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42. Silverlight, .NET, Windows 8
Three different environments
How is it possible to share code?
Two possibilities

43. The “Old school” method
PreProcessor condition For The Win

44. The new way method
PCL - Portable Class Library

46. DEMO

47. Migration of a WP app
For Windows 8
The Klout Application was developed on WP in 20 hours.
The model/viewmodel is shared with Win 8 with inheritance.
5 hours to adapt the UI (25% of dev time to migrate it).

49. LIVE SDK
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50. The LiveSDK works on Windows
Phone, iPhone, Android and
Windows 8
Good way to share data with the
cloud on different kind of devices
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/live/default/

51. The Live Connect APIs use open
standards like OAuth 2.0, JSON, and
XMPP, making them easy and
familiar to work with

52. Initialization Core concepts
Skydrive
Identity
Messenger
Hotmail

53. DEMO

54. SOCIAL NETWORKS
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55. You can use WP APIs
ShareLinkTask
ShareStatusTask

56. Ergonomics
Metro Style Minimal Size
Scrolling Icons
Top list Keyboard
Skin

57. DEMO

58. You are now a super
Windows Phone
DEVELOPER

59. Q&A