This document outlines a two-day training on developing applications for Windows Phone 7. Day 1 covers why to develop for the Windows Phone platform, an overview of Windows Phone 7 and 8, and an introduction to Visual Studio and the application lifecycle. Trainees build a simple "Hello World" application. Day 2 focuses on additional controls, designing apps, and the submission process. The document provides background details on Windows Phone 7 versions and hardware, and discusses monetizing apps through paid, in-app purchase, and advertising models.

1. Windows phone 7
application development
MANNU MALHOTRA
MICROSOFT STUDENT PARTNER
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTION DEVELOPER

2. Layout
 Day 1
 Why develop for windows phone 7?
 About Windows phone 7
 Welcome to visual studio
 Coding time- HelloWorld
 App Life cycle
 Monetizing through your app
 Day 2
 More controls.
 Coding time – BMI calculator
 App designing
 App submission
 Application submission and app submission

3. Why develop for windows phone 7 ?
Android and apple own 80% of the
market.
Than why Windows phone.
Free developer account at dev.
windowsphone.com
“Visual Studio” the best IDE.
It makes development easier
compare to android and IOS.
Windows phone 8 is changing the
scenario.
Use of markup language – XAML.
Sandboxed environment.
When your app is running in a
sandbox, it’ll be functioning in
an isolated area with no ability
to affect other sandboxes
(areas).
It is easier to develop
for sandboxed
environment.
Why not for windows phone 8, when
windows phone 7 is dead?
Apps you develop for windows
phone 7 can run on window
phone 8 but not vice versa.
Single resolution, only two
hardware options.
SDK requirement.

4. About windows phone 7…
7
• Windows phone 7 OS was launched on 8 November 2010 in US.
7.5
• In may 2011 Microsoft released an update know as Mango.
7.5
• In 2012 “Tango” update was released with more functionalities and bug fixes.
7.8
• In January 2013, Windows Phone 7.8 was released. It added some features from Windows Phone 8.

5. About Windows phone 7 continued
 7 Hardware Buttons:- (Power/Lock, Search/Bing, Windows, Camera, 2* Volume,
Back)
 Windows phone 7 OS is based on Windows CE(compact edition).
 Launchers and Choosers.
 Live Tiles instead of widgets.

6. Welcome to visual Studio !
 Introduction to visual studio
 Two languages:- C# and xaml
 Hello world App- Button, TextBox, MessageBox
 Features of Visual studio
 Introduction to Emulator

7. Time To Code-
Hello World!
private void button1_Click(object sender,
RoutedEventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("Hello " +
textBox1.Text + " Welcome to
HMRvillage!")
}

8. Hello World 2.0 !
private void button1_Click(object
sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
textBlock1.Text =
"Hello "+ textBox1.Text + " Welcome
to HMR!";
}

9. Hello World 3.0!
private void button1_Click(object
sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
image1.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
}

10. App Lifecycle
 Events and States together make up for
an application’s life cycle. In Mango,
there are 4 application life cycle events
 Launching
 Deactivated
 Activated
 Closing
 And 3 application states
 Running
 Dormant
 Terminated
 Events lead to change the application’s
state.

11. Monetizing
 Three Options:
1. Paid apps
2. In app purchases
3. Ads
 ECPM
 Pubcenter.Microsoft.com
 Threshold

12. Lets meet Tomorrow for
more coding