Mobile UI development on Windows Phone and what's new in S40
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This document summarizes Windows Phone UI development tools and what's new in S40. It discusses that Visual Studio Express and Expression Blend are the main tools for Windows Phone app development. It also outlines some new features in Windows Phone SDK 8 like live tiles and notifications. For S40, it notes new touch-enabled Asha phones, SDK 2.0 for Java, and UI tools like LWUIT and sensor emulation.
Mobile UI development on Windows Phone and what's new in S40
- 1. Windows Phone UI development and What's new in S40 Indrek Ulst Co-founder, developer Mooncascade Tartu, 10.12.2012
- 2. Windows Phone UI development ● Visual Studio – Express (free) version has all the tools you need for app development ● Expression Blend – advanced UI tool ● Both provided in the SDK, easy to learn and use
- 3. Windows Phone: Visual Studio ● Most UI development can be done using only Visual Studio ● It includes all basic UI controls ● Projects can be written in C#, VB or C++
- 5. Windows Phone: Expression Blend ● Great for coplex UIs with custom graphics, etc. More of a designer tool. ● Enables designers and developers to work on the same code ● Expression blend allows sample data binding (pre 8.0 SDK)
- 7. Windows Phone: New in SDK 8 ● New Live Tile sizes and types (small and wide, cycle tiles, etc.) ● Adding application notifications to lock screen ● C++ support ● The Windows Phone 8 SDK is only available for Windows 8
- 8. What's new in Series 40? ● New S40 Asha Phones ● Full touch support ● SDK 2.0 for Java ● Nokia IDE for Java ME (Eclipse)
- 9. What's new in Series 40? ● Touch UI and sensor emulation ● Integrated Maps API ● LWUIT Beta: widget toolkit for UI development ● Action buttons and category bar
- 10. Thank you! ● Questions?