Build Windows Phone applications optimized for performance and security
Drill into Windows Phone 7 design and architecture—and learn best practices for building a variety of applications. Each chapter focuses on a single Windows Phone building block or feature area, and shows you how to apply it in your applications. If you’re an experienced .NET developer familiar with Microsoft Silverlight, you’ll gain deep insights into the Windows Phone platform design and API surface.
Discover how to:
- Master the Windows Phone application model, including its lifecycle and events
- Use Silverlight UI controls to create engaging applications
- Manage databinding and decouple architectural layers with the Model View ViewModel pattern
- Employ built-in sensors such as Assisted GPS, the accelerometer, and camera
- Use media services APIs for video streaming, as well as audio input and playback
- Consume web services and connect to the cloud through Windows Azure
- Apply Windows Phone 7.5 enhancements, such as multitasking and Fast Application Switching
- ISBN10 0735663254
- ISBN13 9780735663251
- Publish Date 15 June 2012 (first published 1 May 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 April 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Microsoft Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 836
- Language English