Beginning Windows® Phone 7 Application Development: Building Windows® Phone Applications Using Silverlight® and XNA® -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introducing Windows Phone 7 -- The Windows Mobile Platform -- Here Comes the iPhone -- Android Arrives -- A Microsoft Reboot -- The Windows Phone 7 Platform -- Windows Phone 7 Hardware Specifications -- Windows Phone 7 Architecture -- Getting Started with Windows Phone 7 Development -- Navigating through Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Jaw-Dropping Apps with the Help of Silverlight -- Requirements for Windows Phone 7 Development -- What Is Silverlight? -- What Is XAML? -- The Anatomy of a Windows Phone Application -- Developing with Silverlight Controls -- Common Control Properties -- Layout Controls -- Programming with Silverlight -- Interactive Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Spice up Your App with Shapes, Colors, Brushes, and Transforms -- Working with Shapes -- The Ellipse Control -- The Rectangle Control -- The Line Control -- The Polygon Control -- The Polyline Control -- Working with Colors -- Using Brushes -- The SolidColorBrush Object -- The LinearGradientBrush Object -- The RadialGradientBrush Object -- The ImageBrush Object -- Applying Transforms -- The RotateTransform Object -- The ScaleTransform Object -- The SkewTransform Control -- The TranslateTransform Object -- The TransformGroup Object -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Advanced User Interface Techniques: Styles, Templates, and the Visual State Manager -- Understanding Control Styles -- Application Styles -- BasedOn Styles -- Control Templates -- The Visual State Manager -- Expression Blend -- User Controls -- Custom Controls -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Isolated Storage, Page Navigation, and the Application Life Cycle -- Isolated Storage -- How Windows Phone 7 Data Storage Works.

Getting Started Using Isolated Storage -- The IsolatedStorageSettings Object -- The IsolatedStorageFile Object -- Using the Navigation Framework -- Getting to Know the Navigation Framework -- The NavigationService Class -- Query Strings -- Navigation Events -- Page State -- The Application Life Cycle -- The Launching State -- The Running State -- The Closing State -- The Deactivating State -- The Activating State -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Interacting with the Hardware -- What's Different about Mobile Device Application Development? -- The Windows Phone 7 Hardware Specification -- Altering Device Orientation -- Configuring Supported Orientations -- Responding to Orientation Changes -- Device Orientation Best Practices -- Understanding the Back Button -- Taking Advantage of the Back Button's Functionality -- Responding to the Back Button -- Vibration -- Tuning In to the FM Radio -- Accelerating with the Accelerometer -- The AccelerometerSensor Sensor -- Simulating Accelerometer Data -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Launchers, Choosers, and Advanced User Input -- Using the Application Bar -- Adding an Application Bar -- Application Bar Best Practices -- Using Launchers and Choosers -- An Overview of Launchers -- An Overview of Choosers -- Tombstoning -- Working with Contacts -- Making Voice Calls -- Using Email and SMS Messaging -- Interacting with the Camera -- Using Other Launchers -- The Software Input Panel (SIP) -- Controlling the SIP -- Using Multitouch -- The Running State -- The Closing State -- The Deactivating State -- The Activating State -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Windows Phone 7 Services and Cloud Services -- What Are Services? -- Finding Yourself with Location Services -- Location Data Sources Overview and Comparison -- Obtaining Location Information -- Location Service Best Practices -- Using Cloud Services -- Using Microsoft Cloud Data.

Using Bing Maps in a WP7 Application -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Creating and Consuming Web Services -- Service Architecture Primer -- HTTP -- REST -- WCF -- Web Requests and Responses -- Using WebClient -- Using WebRequest and WebResponse -- Cached Responses -- REST-Based Services -- Consuming a RESTful Service -- Creating RESTful Services -- WCF Services -- Tools for Creating WCF Services -- Hosting WCF Services -- Creating WCF Services -- WCF Services Example Application -- WCF REST Services -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Web Services Push Notifications -- Push Notification Architecture -- Push Notification Components -- Registering a Push Notification Service -- Creating and Opening Notification Channels -- Types of Push Notifications -- Sending and Responding to Push Notifications -- Creating and Configuring a Notification Channel -- Sending Push Notification Service Messages -- Creating a Push Notification Service -- Summary -- Chapter 11: XNA for Windows Phone 7 -- What Is XNA? -- An XNA Game: Tank -- What's in My Solution? -- The Game Class -- Running the Tank Game -- Drawing 2-D Graphics -- The SpriteBatch Class -- The ContentManager Class -- How to Draw Images -- How to Draw Text -- Updating Game State -- The Versatility of Vectors -- Keeping in Time -- The TouchPanel Class -- Driving the Tank -- Simplifying Your Code with Game Components -- The GameComponent and DrawableGameComponent Classes -- GameComponent Life Cycles -- More XNA Tips and Tricks -- Handling Many Objects Efficiently -- Playing Sounds -- Advanced Geometry: Homing Missiles -- Nonvisual Components -- Detecting Collisions -- Rendering Smooth Text with a Drop Shadow -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Microsoft Expression Blend -- The Blend Interface -- Using Blend's Tools and Panels -- Creating Forms -- Adding Layout Panels -- Adding Controls -- Editing Properties -- Modifying Visual Design.

Themes and Resources -- Managing Resources -- Reusing Code with Styles -- Editing Control Templates -- Animation -- Managing Animations with Storyboards -- Visual States -- Data Binding in Blend -- Binding to Datacontext -- Binding to Elements -- Putting Sample Data into the Blend Artboard -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Using the Silverlight for Windows Phonetoolkit and Creating Panoramic User Interfaces -- Overview of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit -- Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Controls -- The AutoCompleteBox Control -- The DatePicker Control -- The TimePicker Control -- The ContextMenu Control -- Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Page Transitions -- Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Gestures -- The Panorama Control -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Patterns, Frameworks, and Tests -- Using Patterns -- Using Architectural Patterns -- Developing with MVVM -- Using MVVM Frameworks -- MVVM Framework Features -- Finding the Right Framework -- Adding Unit Tests -- Manual Unit Testing -- Unit Testing Frameworks -- Mocking Dependencies -- Unit Testing MVVM Applications -- Test-Driven Development -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Publishing Your Application -- The Marketplace and App Hub -- Joining the App Hub -- Completing the Identity Verification Process -- Setting Up Payee Information -- Submitting an Application for Publication -- Uploading the XAP File -- Describing the Application -- Adding Artwork -- Pricing Your Application -- Submitting Your Application -- Testing Your Application -- Providing a Trial Mode -- Increasing App Sales -- Microsoft's Target Windows Phone 7 Market -- Creating Impressions That Count -- Getting the Word Out -- The Right Price -- Taking Advantage of Momentum -- Obtaining Feedback -- Summary -- Appendix: Solutions to Exercises -- Index.