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Thank you for always being there for me. —Henry Lee To Marianna—my friend, my wife, my muse—and to my parents for their gift of unconditional love. —Eugene Chuvyrov iii Contents at a Glance ■Contents................................................................................................................v(cid:1) ■About the Authors..............................................................................................xvi(cid:1) ■About the Technical Reviewer...........................................................................xvii(cid:1) ■Acknowledgments............................................................................................xviii(cid:1) ■Introduction .......................................................................................................xix Part 1: The Essentials of Windows Phone 7 Application Development....................1(cid:1) ■Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Phone 7 and the Windows Phone Platform.......3(cid:1) ■Chapter 2: Building Windows Phone 7 Applications...........................................15(cid:1) ■Chapter 3: Using Cloud Services As Data Stores.................................................35(cid:1) ■Chapter 4: Catching and Debugging Errors.........................................................97(cid:1) ■Chapter 5: Packaging, Publishing, and Managing Applications.......................121(cid:1) Part 2: Using Windows Phone 7 Technologies.....................................................139(cid:1) ■Chapter 6: Working with the Accelerometer.....................................................141(cid:1) ■Chapter 7: Application Bar................................................................................161(cid:1) ■Chapter 8: WebBrowser Control........................................................................179(cid:1) ■Chapter 9: Working with Controls and Themes..................................................193(cid:1) ■Chapter 10: Integrating Applications with the Windows Phone OS..................211(cid:1) ■Chapter 11: Creating Trial Applications............................................................229(cid:1) ■Chapter 12: Internationalization.......................................................................251(cid:1) ■Chapter 13: Isolated Storage.............................................................................267(cid:1) ■Chapter 14: Using Location Services.................................................................285(cid:1) ■Chapter 15: Media.............................................................................................311(cid:1) ■Chapter 16: Working with the Camera and Photos...........................................329(cid:1) ■Chapter 17: Push Notifications..........................................................................347(cid:1) ■Chapter 18: Reactive Extensions for .NET.........................................................383(cid:1) ■Chapter 19: Security.........................................................................................413(cid:1) ■Index.................................................................................................................441(cid:1) iv Contents ■Contents at a Glance............................................................................................iv(cid:1) ■About the Authors..............................................................................................xvi(cid:1) ■About the Technical Reviewer...........................................................................xvii(cid:1) ■Acknowledgments............................................................................................xviii(cid:1) ■Introduction........................................................................................................xix Part 1: The Essentials of Windows Phone 7 Application Development....................1(cid:1) ■Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Phone 7 and the Windows Phone Platform....................................................................3(cid:1) Windows Phone Overview...............................................................................................5(cid:1) Windows Phone Hardware Specifications......................................................................5(cid:1) Windows Phone Application Platform.............................................................................7(cid:1) Silverlight for Windows Phone...............................................................................................................7(cid:1) XNA for Windows Phone........................................................................................................................8(cid:1) Tools.......................................................................................................................................................8(cid:1) Cloud Services.....................................................................................................................................11(cid:1) Metro Design........................................................................................................................................12(cid:1) Application Development Life Cycle..............................................................................12(cid:1) Summary.......................................................................................................................14(cid:1) ■Chapter 2: Building Windows Phone 7 Applications...........................................15(cid:1) Preparing Your Development Machine..........................................................................15(cid:1) Building Your First Windows Phone 7 Application........................................................15(cid:1) Creating a Windows Phone Project......................................................................................................16(cid:1) v ■ CONTENTS Using Your First Windows Phone Silverlight Controls..........................................................................18(cid:1) Writing Your First Windows Phone Code..............................................................................................22(cid:1) Running Your First Silverlight Windows Phone Application.................................................................23(cid:1) Customizing Your First Windows Phone Application............................................................................25(cid:1) Styling Your Application.......................................................................................................................28(cid:1) Summary.......................................................................................................................34(cid:1) ■Chapter 3: Using Cloud Services As Data Stores.................................................35(cid:1) Introducing the MVVM Pattern......................................................................................36(cid:1) Introducing Microsoft Azure and SQL Azure.................................................................37(cid:1) Creating a Cloud Database............................................................................................37(cid:1) Creating an SQL Azure Database.........................................................................................................38(cid:1) Creating a Database in SQL Azure.......................................................................................................47(cid:1) Creating a Cloud Service to Access the Cloud Database..............................................50(cid:1) Creating a Windows Azure Project.......................................................................................................51(cid:1) Generating an Object Model to Access the Cloud Database................................................................52(cid:1) Implementing a WCF Service to Access the SQL Azure Database.......................................................57(cid:1) Building a Phone Client to Access a Cloud Service.......................................................64(cid:1) Creating a Windows Phone Project......................................................................................................64(cid:1) Building the User Interface..................................................................................................................65(cid:1) Coding MainPage.................................................................................................................................71(cid:1) Coding the BoolToVisibilityConvert......................................................................................................72(cid:1) Adding Reference to NotepadService..................................................................................................74(cid:1) Coding NotepadViewModel..................................................................................................................75(cid:1) Testing the Application Against NotepadService Deployed Locally.....................................................82(cid:1) Deploying the Service to Windows Azure............................................................................................83(cid:1) Testing the Notepad Application Against NotepadService Azure Service............................................94(cid:1) Summary.......................................................................................................................95(cid:1) ■Chapter 4: Catching and Debugging Errors.........................................................97(cid:1) Debugging Application Exceptions................................................................................97(cid:1) Debugging Page Load Exceptions........................................................................................................98(cid:1) vi ■ CONTENTS Debugging a Web Service Exception.................................................................................................102(cid:1) Testing the Application......................................................................................................................107(cid:1) Registering a Windows Phone Device for Debugging.................................................107(cid:1) Handling Device Exceptions........................................................................................113(cid:1) Creating the CatchDeviceExceptionDemo Project..............................................................................114(cid:1) Building the User Interface................................................................................................................115(cid:1) Coding the Application.......................................................................................................................117(cid:1) Testing the Finished Application........................................................................................................119(cid:1) Summary.....................................................................................................................119(cid:1) ■Chapter 5: Packaging, Publishing, and Managing Applications.......................121(cid:1) Windows Phone Application Publishing Lifecycle.......................................................121(cid:1) Windows Phone Application Certification Requirements............................................123(cid:1) Application Policies............................................................................................................................123(cid:1) Content Policies.................................................................................................................................125(cid:1) Application Submission Validation Requirements..............................................................................125(cid:1) Application Certification Requirements..............................................................................................126(cid:1) Submitting Your First Windows Phone Application to the Windows Phone Marketplace........................................................................128(cid:1) Package the application.....................................................................................................................128(cid:1) Submit the application.......................................................................................................................129(cid:1) Updating your application..................................................................................................................136(cid:1) Finding your application in the Marketplace......................................................................................137(cid:1) Summary.....................................................................................................................138(cid:1) Part 2: Using Windows Phone 7 Technologies.....................................................139(cid:1) ■Chapter 6: Working with the Accelerometer.....................................................141(cid:1) Understanding Orientation and Movement.................................................................141(cid:1) Calculating Distance..........................................................................................................................144(cid:1) Calculating Pitch and Roll..................................................................................................................144(cid:1) Introducing SDK Support for Accelerometers.............................................................146(cid:1) vii ■ CONTENTS Retrieving Accelerometer Data...................................................................................146(cid:1) Creating the CaptureAccelerometerData Project...............................................................................147(cid:1) Building the User Interface................................................................................................................148(cid:1) Coding the Application.......................................................................................................................150(cid:1) Testing the Finished Application........................................................................................................152(cid:1) Using Accelerometer Data to Move a Ball...................................................................153(cid:1) Creating the MoveBall Project............................................................................................................154(cid:1) Building the User Interface................................................................................................................155(cid:1) Coding the Application.......................................................................................................................157(cid:1) Testing the Finished Application........................................................................................................159(cid:1) Summary.....................................................................................................................159(cid:1) ■Chapter 7: Application Bar................................................................................161(cid:1) Introducing the Application Bar..................................................................................162(cid:1) Adding an Application Bar to a Windows Phone 7 Application...................................163(cid:1) Adding Images for Use with Application Bar Buttons........................................................................164(cid:1) Adding a Global Application Bar Using XAML.....................................................................................166(cid:1) Adding a Local Application Bar Using XAML......................................................................................167(cid:1) Adding Menu Items............................................................................................................................168(cid:1) Adding an Application Bar Using Managed Code...............................................................................169(cid:1) Wiring Up Events to an Application Bar......................................................................171(cid:1) Adding “Glue” Code and a “Worker Function” to the Add Button......................................................171(cid:1) Reacting to Add Button Events...........................................................................................................172(cid:1) Reacting to Save Button Events.........................................................................................................175(cid:1) Reacting to Menu Events...................................................................................................................175(cid:1) Adding Event Handlers with XAML.....................................................................................................176(cid:1) Summary.....................................................................................................................177(cid:1) ■Chapter 8: WebBrowser Control........................................................................179(cid:1) Introducing the WebBrowser Control..........................................................................179(cid:1) Adding a WebBrowser Control....................................................................................180(cid:1) viii