Windows Phone recipes

With detailed examples and quick overviews to guide you through every step of the process, Windows Phone Recipes provides full support for developing first-class Windows Phone apps. The book uses a proven approach to problem solving. First, you identify the problem. This is followed by a detailed explanation of the solution, and this is complemented by an elaborate example showing the given service in action. Examples of Windows Phone recipes give you a glimpse into the secrets of an advanced user interface, show you the details of data storage, integrating cloud services, adding media and location services, and working with Silverlight and Expression Blend technologies. They can be used to learn how to use sensors such as the camera, GPS, and accelerometer, resulting in the creation of highly advanced applications, and in addition, the XNA Framework and the Silverlight Windows Phone Toolkit gesture library open the way to new ways to interact with applications. With Windows Phone Recipes, you'll learn the following topics: Designing, developing, testing, and distributing Windows Phone applications Creating stunning user interfaces with Silverlight and Expression Blend Using isolated storage devices, LINQ, and XML serialization when working with device data The extending applications to the cloud using push notifications and web-based services Selling applications commercially through the Windows Phone Marketplace Experienced .NET and Windows Mobile developers will quickly find that this book is for them. Developers transitioning from other fields, such as iOS development to Windows Phone programming, will also find the book's quick reference format invaluable. Build professional Windows Phone apps with Windows Phone Recipes!