10 posts tagged with "Windows Phone"

Vedios​

Beginners Windows Phone 8.1 development You need the Absolute Beginner Series for Windows Phone 8.1 It is a complete course in getting started for Windows Phone 8.1. source code for all the projects here.

Overview of the features available in Windows Phone 8.1 Watch the first session of the Jump Start.

Want to learn what is new  WP 8.1 You need the Building Apps For Windows Phone 8.1 Jump Start. source code is available here.

Blogs​

1. https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/develop

2. Windows Phone 8.1 for Developers–What Controls Are New

Software​

• The Windows Developer Center is your base for all things Windows and Windows Phone related http://dev.windows.com http://dev.windowsphone.com
• FREE Download: Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows
• Visual Studio Express 2013 allows to develop apps for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1
• Developers using Visual Studio 2013 Professional or higher has to install Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 to add in Windows Phone 8.1 dev tools

PC (Hardware) Requirements​

Windows Developer Account

For starting development of app you do not need Developer Account. For publishing Windows Phone and/or Windows Store apps you need to get the Developer Account

To get a Developer Account: Included if you have an MSDN subscription Free to students who have a Dreamspark subscription $19 charge per annum for individual developers, $99 for Company accounts

There are three approaches to develop Windows Phone 8.1 apps XAML Apps. I like third 'Use Windows XAML platform' approach as most of the users upgrade WP8 to WP8.1.

• Dual-SIM works in Windows Phone 8.1 by splitting out the phone dialer and messaging into two separate Live Tiles.
• Decrease HW cost floor (support 8x26, Qualcomm Reference Design)
• Apps can be installed on microSD
• Apps to help you get more out of your data plan: DataSense 2.0, Wi-Fi Sense, Storage Sense, Battery Sense
• Virtual softkeys instead of capacitive keys.

For Users​

• Customize Start screen: Customize your Start screen background with a favourite picture or one of the supplied options. Users can configure three column start screen which is available on all phones. Start screen backup and restore feature is also available.

• PERSONAL Digital Assistant CORTANA: CORTANA learns about you and your interests Enables CORTANA to be proactive and helpful throughout the day

• Action center to quick launch settings and view notifications

• Fast typing with new Word Flow keyboard

• Buy app once: use on PC and on Phone

• App data can roam among devices

• App data backup

• Faster app updates

• Remote viewing of Phone screen

• Install apps to SD card

• New Skype app integrated with Phone dialer

• New Calendar app with new Week view

For Developers​

• Converged developer platform
• Converged app model
• Shared app identities + entitlement
• Unified push services (via WNS)
• Live tile improvements
• Action Center for smart notifications
• Internet Explorer 11 improvements
• Background execution + triggers
• Bluetooth-LE support for wearables + beacons

If you have a Windows Phone 8 now and want to get the preview of Windows Phone 8.1:

• Go register free at http://appstudio.windowsphone.com.
• Then go to "Windows Phone Preview for Developers" and install the "Preview for Developers" app.
• Go to Settings, then System Update and update your phone.

NOTE:

• Warranty will break

- You CANNOT REVERT to a prior OS version once you have taken an update via this program

Microsoft Remote Desktop Preview now available for Windows Phone 8.1

If you install Windows Phone 8.1 preview for developers on your phone.

It's time to download and try 'Microsoft Remote Desktop Preview' app which is now available in WP Store

Features

• Rich multi-touch experience with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures
• Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Level Authentication (NLA) technology
• Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
• High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage

Release 8.1.1 includes the following updates:

• Pin desktop connections to the Start screen
• Support for word flow and predictive text
• Ability to disable thumbnails

Windows Phone App Studio Beta is awesome. It’s a great way to build your first app for Windows Phone. It lets you choose different design templates and styles, and lets you pull in different data sources, from RSS feeds, to YouTube, to Flicker or even Bing. In this post, we’ll talk about how to take an app that you created in App Studio go further by making it work on Windows 8 using the latest update to Windows Phone App Studio.

For More Info read this->

App.xaml.cs

public partial class App : Application {
 public string sName { get; set; }

 public static new App Current
 {
     get { return Application.Current as App; }
 }
  ...
  ...


} 

Page1.xaml.cs

public partial class Page1 : PhoneApplicationPage { 
 public string _sName;

 public Page1()
 {
    InitializeComponent();

    _sName = App.Current.sName;
 }

} 

1. Install Visual Studio 2010 Professional or  Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

2. Install Microsoft VisualStudio 2010 ServicePack1 http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=23691

or

If you don’t have Visual Studio 2010 Professional or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate go for 3) Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone (MSDN) http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/windows-phone-developer-tools

3. After installing  Visual Studio 2010 Professional or  Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate or Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone install following Windows Phone SDK’s

4. Install Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=23714

5. Install Windows Phone SDK 7.1 SDK http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27570

6. Install Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 SDK Update http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29233