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This book covers the breadth of application development for the Windows Phone 7 platform. The book shows how you can build compelling and useful applications for Windows Phone, while providing detailed technical insights into the design of the application platform itself, which will help you build applications that are consistent with the strategic vision for Windows Phone. Each chapter covers a set of related features. For each feature, the book provides one or more sample applications, and walks you through the significant code, so you can understand both the techniques and the design and implementation choices that you have in each case. About The Author Andrew Whitechapel is a senior program manager for the Windows Phone Application Platform team, responsible for core functionality such as the critical execution manager and resource manager components. He is also author of the Microsoft Press book Microsoft .NET Development for Microsoft Office. Table Of Contents Part I Building Blocks Chapter 1 Vision and Architecture Windows Phone Vision Windows Phone Architecture Developer Tools The Anatomy of a Basic Windows Phone Application Version 7 vs. Version 7.1 Chapter 2 UI Core Phone UI Elements User Control vs. Custom Control Resources Dependency and Attached Properties Chapter 3 Controls Standard Controls Transient Panels Chapter 4 Data Binding and Layer Decoupling Life without Data Binding Simple Data Binding and Inotify Property Changed Data Binding Collections Type/Value Converters Element Binding Data Validation Separating Concerns The Visual Studio Databound Application Project Chapter 5 Touch UI Logical Touch Gestures Manipulation Events: Single Touch (Tap) Manipulation Events: Single Touch (Flick) Manipulation Events: Multi-Touch Mouse Events Frame Reported Events Combining Manipulation and Mouse Events Click vs. Mouse/Manipulation Events The Silver light Toolkit Gesture Service Behaviors Keyboard Input Orientation The Application Bar Part II Application Model Chapter 6 Application Model Lifetime Events and Tomb stoning Page Model Chapter 7 Navigation State and Storage Navigation and State Navigation Options Isolated Storage Chapter 8 Diagnostics and Debugging Visual Studio Debugging Simple Diagnostics Device and User Information Windows Phone Performance Counters The Device Emulator Using the Microsoft Network Monitor Fiddler Silverlight Spy Part III Extended Model Chapter 9 Phone Services Phone Hardware Launchers and Choosers Photo Extras Accelerometer Geo-Location Chapter 10 Media Services Audio and Video Hardware Audio and Video APIs Media Playback Audio Input and Manipulation Music and Videos Hub The FM Tuner Chapter 11 Web and Cloud The Web Client Class The Http Web Request Class Web Browser Control Web Services WCF Data Services Bing Maps and Geo location Deep Zoom (MultiScale Image) Windows Azure Chapter 12 Push Notifications Architecture Push Notification Server Push Notification Client Additional Server Features Additional Client Features The Push Notification Server-Side Helper Library Common Push Notification Service Chapter 13 Security Device Security Application Safeguards Data Encryption SDL Tools Web Service Security Chapter 14 Go to Market Threading Performance Silverlight Unit Testing Framework Certification and Publication Versions Obfuscation Ads Trial Mode Silver light Analytics Framework Part IV Version 7.5 Enhancements Chapter 15 Multi-Tasking and Fast App Switching Fast Application Switching Multi-Tasking Alarms and Reminders Background Transfer Service Generic Background Agents Background Audio Chapter 16 Enhanced Phone Services Sensor APIs Camera Pipeline Augmented Reality New Photo Extensibility Launcher and Chooser Enhancements The Device Status and Device Network Information classes Chapter 17 Enhanced Connectivity Features Push, Tile, and Toast Enhancements Sockets OData Client Search Extensibility Chapter 18 Data Support Local Database and LINQ-to-SQL Encrypting Data and Credentials Contacts and Calendar Sync Framework Chapter 19 Framework Enhancements Navigation Enhancements UI Enhancements Silverlight Chapter 20 Tooling Enhancements Emulator Improvements Debugger Experience Marketplace Test Kit The Profiler User Voice Forums Portable Library Tools Async