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Windows Phone 8 Application Development with F#.
Title:
Windows Phone 8 Application Development with F#.
Author:
Lohith, G. N.
ISBN:
9781849687850
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (151 pages)
Contents:
Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with F# -- Table of Contents -- Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with F# -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Setting up Windows Phone Development with F# -- What is Windows Phone? -- Windows Phone - a standardized platform -- Development option for Windows Phone -- Windows Phone Application Platform Architecture -- What is F#? -- Prerequisites for development -- Visual Studio 2010 -- Windows Phone Software Development Kit 7.1 -- Windows Phone project and Item Templates for F# -- Summary -- 2. F# Windows Phone Project Overview -- Windows Phone Project Templates for F# -- F# and C# Windows Phone Application (Silverlight) Project Template -- The AppHost project -- The App project -- Output -- F# and C# Windows Phone List Application (Silverlight) Project Template -- F# and C# Windows Phone Panorama Application (Silverlight) Project Template -- Summary -- 3. Working with Windows Phone Controls -- Supported controls in Windows Phone -- Hello world in F# -- Working with the Button control -- Working with the Checkbox control -- Working with the Hyperlink control -- Working with the ListBox control -- Working with the MessageBox control -- Working with the PasswordBox control -- Working with the ProgressBar control -- Working with the RadioButton control -- Working with the Slider control -- Working with the TextBox control -- Summary -- 4. Windows Phone Screen Orientations -- Orientation.

Types of orientations -- Setting orientation -- Detecting orientation -- Changing orientation in an emulator -- Orientation handling techniques -- Auto sizing and scrolling -- Grid layout -- Summary -- 5. Windows Phone Gesture Events -- Gestures -- Gesture support in Silverlight for Windows Phone -- Manipulation events -- Gesture events -- Understanding manipulation events -- Understanding gesture events -- Summary -- 6. Windows Phone Navigation -- Navigation in Windows Phone -- Windows Phone navigation model -- PhoneApplicationFrame -- Phone application page -- Hub and Spoke navigation model -- F# XAML Item Templates -- Navigating between pages using a hyperlink button -- Navigating between pages using NavigationService -- Passing data between pages -- Summary -- 7. Windows Phone and Data Access -- Data sources -- Resource files -- Content files -- Isolated storage -- IsolatedStorageSettings -- IsolatedStorageFile -- HTTP classes -- Summary -- 8. Launchers and Choosers -- Overview of Launchers and Choosers -- Launchers -- BingMapsTask -- BingMapsDirectionsTask -- EmailComposeTask -- MarketplaceDetailsTask -- MarketplaceHubTask -- MarketplaceReviewTask -- MarketplaceSearchTask -- MediaPlayerLauncher -- PhoneCallTask -- SmsComposeTask -- WebBrowserTask -- Choosers -- AddressChooserTask -- CameraCaptureTask -- EmailAddressChooserTask -- PhoneNumberChooserTask -- SaveEmailAddressTask -- Summary -- 9. Windows Phone Sensors -- Accelerometer -- GPS (location services) -- Summary -- Index.
Abstract:
A short book with important concepts and instructions.This book is for those who want to find out more about Windows Phone and are familiar with functional programming languages, and in particular, F#. The book assumes that you know how to program using F# as a language. However, the book does take you through a brief introduction to Windows Phone as a platform and F# as a language.As with all Packt books this guide will use practical examples to impart information to the reader.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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