soft-shake.ch - Windows Phone 7 „Mango“ – what’s new for Developers?
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The document details a presentation by Sascha P. Corti on Windows Phone 7 'Mango' at an event in Geneva in October 2011, focusing on its features for developers including multitasking, background notifications, and cloud integration. It also discusses enhancements in developer tools and the app marketplace for Windows Phone. Additional resources and best practices for developers using Windows Phone APIs are provided, along with challenges and improvements in app certification and submission processes.
soft-shake.ch - Windows Phone 7 „Mango“ – what’s new for Developers?
- 1. cocktail d’expérience informatiques Genève 3 & 4 octobre 2011 Seconde édition soft-shake.ch Auteur Sascha P. CORTI Track Microsoft Session Windows Phone 7 Mango Overview for Developers
- 3. Windows Phone 7 Mango Overview for Developers Sascha P Corti . Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Switzerland sascha.corti@microsoft.com | blog | twitter
- 4. Windows Phone 7 “Mango”
- 5. Windows Phone “Mango” Extras, Tiles Calendar Cloud and Contacts Integration Push, Alerts Maps Services Fast App Switch Silverlight and App UI XNA Model Model Multitasking Integration Software Gen GC SQL CE Architecture Silverlight 4.0 Sockets Hardware Camera, Sensors & Motion Foundation Gyro Flexible chassis
- 6. Cloud and Integration Services App UI Model Model Software Architecture Hardware Foundation Multi-Tasking
- 7. Multitasking Start in Foreground Continue in current fav Background 0:12 0:11 0:10 0:09 9:00 AM Friday Words 21 October ByPaul van Dyk TechDays 2011 Fall Bern 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- 8. Background Notification Service Alarms using Microsoft.Phone.Scheduler; private void AddAlarm(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { Alarm alarm = new Alarm("Long Day"); alarm.BeginTime = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(15); alarm.Content = "It's been a long day. Go to bed."; alarm.Title = "Alarm"; ScheduledActionService.Add(alarm); } Modal Snooze and Dismiss Sound Customization No App Invocation No Stacking
- 9. Background Notification Service Reminders using Microsoft.Phone.Scheduler; private void AddReminder(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { Reminder reminder = new Reminder("CompanyMeeting"); reminder.BeginTime = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(15); reminder.Content = "Soccer Fields by The Commons"; reminder.Title = "Microsoft Annual Company Product Fair 2009"; reminder.RecurrenceType = RecurrenceInterval.Yearly; reminder.NavigationUri = new Uri("/Reminder.xaml", UriKind.Relative); ScheduledActionService.Add(reminder); } Persisted Across Reboots Rich Information Integrates with other Reminders Snooze and Dismiss Launch App Follows Phone Global Settings
- 10. Background Transfer Service using Microsoft.Phone.BackgroundTransfer; void DownloadWithBTS(Uri sourceUri, UriBackgroundTransferEventArgs GetCurrentProgress() BtsProgressChanged(object sender, destinationPath) e) { My WP Book App { btr = new BackgroundTransferRequest(sourceUri, destinationUri); DrawProgressBar(btr.BytesReceived); download } btr.TransferStatusChanged += BtsStatusChanged; DrawProgressBar(e.Request.BytesReceived); btr.TransferProgressChanged += BtsProgressChanged; BackgroundTransferService.Add(btr); } Ready Player One completed Jpod POST Great Mysteries o <~3.0 MB WP7 for Devs My WP Background Book App Transfer <20 MB GET Cloud Service < 100 MB ISO Store
- 12. Generic Background Agents Occurrence: Every 30 min Duration: 15 seconds Agents Scenarios: Incremental Data Sync Periodic Occurrence: External power, non-cell network On Idle Duration: 10 minutes Scenarios: Data Feasting May have One or Both Initialized in Foreground, Run in Background Persisted across Reboots User control through Control Panel Up to a Maximum of 18 periodic agents Synchronize with Foreground through Mutex Agent runs for up to 14 Days (can be renewed)
- 14. Cloud and Integration Services App UI Model Model Software Architecture Hardware Foundation Application Lifecycle
- 15. New Application Resume UX Faster user experience! Enabled for all Mango apps Recompile & T your WP7 application est Resuming . . .
- 16. Application Lifecycle Fast App Resume State is Preserved running Tomb stoned Save App State! deacti Tomb activated vated stoned Tomb stoned Phone resources detached dormant Threads & timers suspended
- 17. Application Lifecycle Resuming . . . Restore State ! running deacti Tomb activated vated stoned Tombstone tomb dormant the oldest stoned app
- 18. Application Lifecycle Tomb stoned running deacti activated vated tomb dormant stoned
- 19. Multitasking Cheat Sheet Job Tool Resume quickly from the lock screen Fast App Switching Set an alarm or reminder at a precise time Background Notification Upload or download files Background Transfer Event-based toast/tile updates Push Notifications Location-based services; regular toast/tile Periodic Background Agent updates; data pre-caching; etc. Play music in the background Background Audio Player Synchronize data; SETI@home; etc. Resource-Intensive Agent Real-time GPS tracking Run under the lock screen
- 20. Cloud and Integration Services App UI Model Model Software Architecture Hardware Foundation New Sensor Capabilites
- 22. Hardware Sensors & API HARDWARE APIs Accelerometer MotionSensor All the Sensor + Math Use whenever available Compass Also works w/o Gyro Not Mandatory in HW (but present if Gyro is) Gyro Individual Not Mandatory in HW APIs available for all Sensors
- 24. Cloud and Integration Services App UI Model Model Software Architecture Hardware Foundation Local Database
- 25. Local Data Storage: Overview Apps store private data in Isolated Storage Settings and properties in the app dictionary Unstructured data in Isolated Storage files App Root Folder Structured data in database files Install Creates root folder Package sandboxed to App Manager DB Database File (r/o) App Data Folder Creates/Manages App files and settings WP7 Isolated Storage APIs Application DB Application Settings File Files Database file
- 27. Emulator & Developer Tools Emulator Enhancements Tools Enhancements Memory model improvements Integrated Profiler Emulator can handle physical Visual , Code and Memory memory fragmentations profiler Media support for H.264, AAC Performance Analysis Sensor Support Built-in anti-pattern analyzer Accelerometer and Location Guides through step-by-step Multi-Touch Background Agent Debugging
- 29. demo… Developer Tools Simulating GPS Data & Sensors Profiling Marketplace Test Kit
- 30. Cloud and Integration Services App UI Model Model Software Architecture Hardware Foundation Live Tile Improvements
- 31. Live Tile Improvements Local Tile APIs Full Control of ALL Properties Multiple Tiles per app Create, Update / Delete / Query Launches directly to In App URI
- 32. Live Tiles – Local Tile API Back of Tile Updates Full Control of all Properties when your App is in Foreground or Background Content, Title, Background Content Content string is Background bigger Title Title Flips from Front to Back at random Interval Smart Logic make Flips Asynchronous
- 33. The New Market Place
- 34. What’s New on the Marketplace? http://windowsphone.com/s?appid= 8bda38b9-619e-4368-b849-d25630266c4b ITIN Resubmit Apps to Reach New Markets!
- 35. Marketplace: Distribution Options “Beta” Private Public # of users 100 unlimited unlimited App Price Must be “free” Can be “paid” Can be “paid” Time Limited Expires after 90d No No Updateable No Yes Yes Certification No Yes Yes Required Discoverable No No * Yes Access Control Limited to test user No No WLIDs provided Target Users Beta Users Private Users Public Users * People who obtain deeplink can access
- 36. Marketplace: New Regions 1.8 Billion More Potential Users Resubmit your App to reach New Markets! Hong Kong Singapore Today (16) +19 New (35)
- 37. Resources
- 38. Online Resources I : The Basics App Hub http://create.msdn.com Tools http://wpdev.ms/wpsdk71rc WP on MSDN Library http://wpdev.ms/wponmsdn WP “How To” Index http://wpdev.ms/wphowtos WP UX Guide http://wpdev.ms/wpuxguide WP P&P Guide http://wpdev.ms/wppnpguide WP Dev Blog http://wpdev.ms/developerblog Porting to WP http://wpdev.ms/porting WP Labs (RTM) http://wpdev.ms/wprtmhols WP Labs (Mango) http://wpdev.ms/mangohol WP SL Quick Starts http://wpdev.ms/xamlquick
- 39. Online Resources II : Videos WP Jumpstart http://wpdev.ms/jumpstarts WP How To Videos http://wpdev.ms/howvids WP “Absolute Beginners” http://wpdev.ms/beginvids Inside WP on C9 http://wpdev.ms/insidewp Design Toolbox http://wpdev.ms/designtb WP Game Dev Vids http://wpdev.ms/gamevids WP at MIX 11 Vids http://wpdev.ms/wpmix11 WP at TENA 11 Vids http://wpdev.ms/wptena11
- 40. Online Resources III : Other App Hub FAQ http://wpdev.ms/apphubfaq App Hub Forums http://wpdev.ms/ahforum Registration Walkthrough http://wpdev.ms/regwalk Submission Walkthrough http://wpdev.ms/subwalk Cert Requirements http://wpdev.ms/certreq WP Samples on MSDN http://wpdev.ms/officialsamples SL Toolkit for WP http://wpdev.ms/wpsltk Azure Toolkit for WP http://wpdev.ms/wpwaztk
- 41. Online Resources IV : 3rd Party Silverlight Show on WP http://www.silverlightshow.net/Search.a spx?q=%5Bwindows-phone-7%5D Windows Phone Geek http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/ WPDEV on Twitter http://twitter.com/#search?q=wp7dev WPDEV on REDDIT http://www.reddit.com/r/wp7dev WPDEV on Stack http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tag Overflow ged/windows-phone-7
- 42. © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
- 43. Contacts: Hello, World! Contacts contacts = new Contacts(); contacts.SearchCompleted += new EventHandler<ContactsSearchEventArgs>((sender, e) => { ... = e.Results; }); state // E.g. search for all contacts contacts.SearchAsync(string.Empty, FilterKind.None, null); filter expression Filter kind: name, email , phone (not a regex) or pinned to start) // E.g. search for all contacts with display name matching "Sa" contacts.SearchAsync("Sa", FilterKind.DisplayName, null);
- 44. Appointments: Hello, World! Appointments appointments = new Appointments(); appointments.SearchCompleted += new EventHandler<AppointmentsSearchEventArgs>((sender, e) => { ... = e.Results; }); start date and time // E.g. get next appointment (up to 1 week away) appointments.SearchAsync(DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now + TimeSpan.FromDays(7), 1, null); end date and time Maximum items to return state
- 45. Performance and Best Practices Be responsible Your privacy policy should cover how you use the user’s contact information Keep out of the way Users have widely varying contact list sizes Your UI should handle delays gracefully Don’t let data get stale Data returned is a snapshot Refresh state when reasonable
- 46. New Choosers and Launchers New SaveRingtoneT ask AddressChooseT ask BingMapsT ask BingMapsDirectionsT ask GameInviteTask Updates: EmailAddressChooserT ask PhoneNumberChooserT ask
- 47. AddressChooserTask private AddressChooserTask addressChooserTask; // Constructor public MainPage() { this.addressChooserTask = new AddressChooserTask(); this.addressChooserTask.Completed += new EventHandler<AddressResult>( addressChooserTask_Completed); } private void addressChooserTask_Completed(object sender, AddressResult e) { if (null == e.Error && TaskResult.OK == e.TaskResult) { ... = e.DisplayName; ... = e.Address; } }
- 48. Microsoft.Phone.UserData Important points Contacts and Appointments APIs are read only Third party social network data cannot be shared
- 49. Contacts/Appointments Data Shared Contact Name Other Contact Appointments and Picture Data / Events Windows Live Social YES YES YES Windows Live Rolodex YES YES n/a (user created and SIM import) Exchange accounts YES YES YES (corporate plus Google, etc.) Operator Address Books YES YES n/a Facebook YES NO NO Other networks in the People NO NO NO Hub (e.g., Twitter)
- 50. The New Market Place
- 51. MarketPlace: Improvements Challenges Fixed Challenges Remaining Support Responsiveness. 98% of App certification consistency and test support inquiries are now responded results feedback. to within 24 hours ID validation process is cumbersome. Free app submission limits. Revamping individual validation Increased limit from 5 to 100 per year process Market-specific registration W-8 form requirement (for non-US challenges. Fixed registration form developers). Working to simplify and and postal code validation logic automate Registration problems due to Xbox Submission process has errors. profile. Fixed the linking of developer Working to eliminate bottlenecks profile information between App hub and streamline process and xbox.com Registration payment failures for Blank or incomplete test results. some. Fixing remaining payment Now providing complete certification exception scenarios. failure report
- 52. New Beta Distribution Service Distribute pre-certified Apps to a Set of Beta Users Capabilities Developer selects List of Testers (up to 100) Developer sends Email with Private Deeplink to the T esters Only T esters selected in App Hub can test the Application and provide Feedback for 90 days Beta cannot be updated Benefits No need to unlock Phones to test Apps