Overview

Bring Your iPhone Apps and Skills to Windows Phone 7–or Build Apps for Both Mobile Platforms at Once   If you’ve been developing for the competitive iPhone marketplace, this book will help you leverage your iOS skills on a fast-growing new platform: Windows Phone 7 (WP7). If you’re a .NET programmer, it will help you build advanced WP7 mobile solutions that reflect valuable lessons learned by iOS developers. If you’re a mobile development manager, it offers indispensable insights for planning cross-platform projects.   Kevin Hoffman guides you through the entire WP7 Software Development Kit (SDK), showing how it resembles Apple’s iOS SDK, where it differs, and how to build production-quality WP7 apps that sell. Step by step, you’ll master each technology you’ll need, including C#, Silverlight, and XAML. Every new concept is introduced along with all the tools and background needed to apply it.   Hoffman’s practical insights extend into every facet of WP7 development: building user interfaces; hardware and device services; WP7’s unique Application Tiles; Push Notifications; the Phone Execution Model, local storage, smart clients, Model-View-View Model (MVVM) design, security, social gaming, testing, debugging, deployment, and more. A pleasure to read and packed with realistic examples, this is the most useful WP7 development book you can find.   ·         Compare Apple’s Objective-C and Microsoft’s C#: “second cousins twice removed” ·         Build rich, compelling user interfaces based on Silverlight, XAML, and events ·         Move from Apple’s Xcode to Visual Studio 2010 and from Interface Builder to Expression Blend ·         Leverage hardware and device services, including the accelerometer, GPS, photos, contacts, e-mail, and SMS ·         Create dynamic application Tiles to appear on the Start screen ·         “Push” raw data notifications to running apps ·         Understand and use the WP7 phone execution model ·         Efficiently store and retrieve data on WP7 phones ·         Build “smart clients” that sync locally stored data with web services ·         Manage growing app complexity through “separation of concerns” and MVVM ·         Successfully deploy apps to the Marketplace

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Author:   Kevin Hoffman
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780672334344

ISBN 10:   0672334348
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   11 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction     1 Who Are You and Why Should I Care?     1 Why Should I Read This Book?     2 What’s in This Book?     3 Chapter 2: C# and Objective-C: Second Cousins Twice Removed     9 The Origin of Objective-C     9 The Origin of C#     10 Language Basics     11   Core Syntax     11   Method Calls and Message Passing     14 Memory Management     15   Reference Counting and Object Ownership     15   Garbage Collection     16   Cleaning Up After Yourself–Object Finalization     18 Chapter 3: Object-Oriented Programming     21 Why OOP?     21 Building a Class     22 Encapsulating Data     23 Adding Behavior     26 Inheritance     28 Programming with Contracts     32 Namespaces Versus Naming Conventions     35 Extending Other People’s Classes     35 Chapter 4: Event-Driven Programming     39 What Is Event-Driven Programming?     39 Using the Delegate Pattern in Objective-C     40 Using Events in C#     42 Global Events and NSNotifications     46 Chapter 5: Rendering and View System Basics     51 Review of the UIKit View System     51   Displaying Graphics and Rendering in iOS     52 Introduction to XAML and Silverlight     53 Introduction to Silverlight Layout and Rendering     55 The Two-Pass Mantra: Measure and Arrange     55 Chapter 6: From Xcode to Visual Studio     59 Xcode and iOS Application Development     59 Getting Started with Visual Studio 2010     62 Introduction to Visual Studio 2010     63 Chapter 7: Introducing Expression Blend     69 Overview of Apple’s Interface Builder     69 Introduction to Expression Blend     72   Blend Tutorial–Working with Visual States     76 Chapter 8: Using Basic UI Elements     83 Using the Basic Controls     83   Using Text Blocks     84   Accepting User Input with TextBoxes     86    Working with Buttons     88   Accepting Other Forms of User Input     91   Displaying Images     93   Using a Basic List Box     94   Performing Basic Animations     97 Introduction to Layout in Silverlight     100   Painting on Canvas     100   Working with the StackPanel     101   Using the Grid Control     101 Chapter 9: Using Advanced UI Elements     105 Migrating from Navigation Bars     105   Using the Silverlight Navigation System     107   Spicing Up Navigation Events with Animation     111 Migrating from Tab Bar Applications     115   Using the Pivot Control     115   Using a Panorama Application     118   Using the Application Bar     120 Chapter 10: Using Hardware and Device Services     125 Review of Device Capabilities     125 Using Launchers     127   Using the Save Phone Number Task     128   Using the Save Email Address Task     129   Using the Search Task     130   Launching a Web Browser    131   Launching the Media Player    131   Launching the Phone Application     132   Sending a Text Message     132   Composing an Email Message     133 Using Choosers     133   Using the Phone Number Chooser Task     134   Using the Email Address Chooser Task     134   Choosing or Capturing Photos on the Device     135 Using Hardware Services and Sensors     136   Controlling Vibration     136   Accessing a Radio Tuner      137   Using the Accelerometer     138   Using the GPS     141 Chapter 11: Introduction to Application Tiles     145 What Is a Tile?     145 Creating Your First Tile     147 Working with Tile Schedules     148 Using Remote Background Images     151 Chapter 12: Using Push Notifications     153 Review of Apple Push Notification Services (APNS)     153 WP7 Push Notifications Overview     155 Using Toast Notifications     156 Using Raw Notifications     162 Using Tile Notifications     165 Chapter 13: The Phone Execution Model     169 Multitasking on iOS 4     169 Introducing the Phone Execution Model     171   Application Life Cycle Walkthrough     171 Managing Application and Page State     175 Chapter 14: Local Storage on the Phone     181 Core Data on the iPhone     181 Reading and Writing Local Data with WP7     184   Isolated Storage 101     185   Building a Storage-Backed Databound Application     186 Chapter 15: Building Smart Clients     197 Consuming RESTful Services     197   Why LINQ to XML Is Your New Best Friend     198 Consuming WCF Services     204 Chapter 16: Separating Your Concerns     207 A Brief History of MVC     208 Introduction to MVVM     211 Working with MVVM Light for WP7     212   Building a View Model     213   Yes, But Will It Blend?     218    Working with Commands      220   Sending Messages with MVVM Light     223   Look Ma, No Code-Behind!     225   Using Service Providers     227   The AutoMapper     230 Chapter 17: Unit Testing and TDD     233 What Is Test-Driven Development?     233   Red, Green, Refactor     234   Mocks and Stubs     235 Unit Testing iOS Applications     237   Logic Testing     238   Application Testing     239 Unit Testing Windows Phone 7 Applications     239   Working with nUnit      240   Working with the Silverlight Unit Test Framework     241   Mocking and Stubbing     246   Arrange, Act, Assert     248   Refactor. Again.     250 Chapter 18: Building Connected Social Games     253 Features of Connected Mobile Gaming Platforms     254   Lobbies and Matchmakers     254   Leaderboards and Achievements     255   Turn-Based Game Play     256   Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming     257 Overview of Apple’s Game Center and GameKit API     257   Achievements     257   Leaderboards     258   Networking API     258   In-Game Voice Chat     259 Connected Gaming Options for WP7     259   Lobbies and Matchmakers     259   Leaderboards and Achievements     261   Turn-Based Game Play     263   Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming     264 Chapter 19: Securing WP7 Applications     267 What Is a Secure Application?     267   A Fool and His Money     268 WP7 Secure by Default     269 Protecting Data     270 Protecting Intellectual Property     275 Chapter 20: Debugging and Troubleshooting     279 Debugging and Tuning iOS Applications     279 Debugging 101     280 Debugging Windows Phone 7 Applications     281   Using Breakpoints     281   Logging and the Debug Class     284 Using Static Analysis     285 Chapter 21: Deploying Applications to the Marketplace     289 Introducing Zombie Apocalypse Trainer     289 Registering and Deploying to Test Devices     292 Prepping Your Application for Submission     294 Submitting an App to the Marketplace     296 Earning Money with the Mobile Advertising SDK     300 Index     301

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Kevin Hoffman (Windsor, CT) is an enterprise programmer who has extensive experience with both Windows Phone 7/Windows Mobile and Apple’s iPhone platforms. Currently chief systems architect for Oakleaf Waste Management, he specializes in mobile and cloud development. He writes The .NET Addict’s Blog, served as editor-in-chief of iPhone Developer’s Journal, presented twice at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference, and has authored and co-authored several books, including WPF Control Development Unleashed: Building Advanced User Experiences and ASP.NET 4 Unleashed.

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