Pro Windows Phone App Development, 3/e (Paperback)

The Windows Phone 8 platform provides a remarkable opportunity for Windows developers to create state-of-the-art mobile applications using their existing skills and a familiar toolset. Pro Windows Phone App Development, Third Edition, helps you unlock the potential of this platform and create dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Store and bring you up to speed on the new features the Windows Phone 8 API provides.

For developers new to the Windows Phone platform—whether with .NET, iOS, or Android experience—this book starts by introducing the requirements, specifications, and basics of Windows Phone development, and then leads you through the complete application development process, using an array of complementary technologies and Microsoft’s modern-style app design.

Along the way, you'll learn how to

• Use Microsoft technologies like XAML, .NET, Visual Studio 2012, and Expression Blend effectively to develop modern-style Windows Phone apps
• Take advantage of the device's sensors with the location service, accelerometer, and touch
• Make your apps location-aware using GPS data
• Develop rich media applications that harness the graphics capabilities of Windows Phone models
• Design and develop Windows Phone applications using the Model-View-ViewModel architecture
• Publish and sell your application through the Windows Phone Store

Whether you're a Microsoft developer, an iOS or Android developer, or someone with prior Windows Phone experience, Pro Windows Phone App Development, Third Edition, is an ideal guide for mastering the Windows Phone 8 platform and compelling Windows Phone app development.

What you’ll learn

• How to use Microsoft technologies like XAML, .NET, Visual Studio 2012, and Expression Blend effectively to develop modern-style Windows Phone apps
• Techniques for taking advantage of the device's sensors with the location service, accelerometer, and touch
• How to make your apps location-aware using GPS data
• How to develop rich media applications that harness the graphics capabilities of Windows Phone models
• The way to design and develop Windows Phone applications using the Model-View-ViewModel architecture
• The process for publishing and selling your application through the Windows Phone Store

Who this book is for

If you're a Microsoft developer, this book is primarily for you—you're eager to learn how to use your existing skills to develop for the new Windows Phone platform. If you're an iOS or Android developer, this is an ideal guide for you to learn how to expand the market for your existing applications. This does assume some knowledge of C#, managed code in general, and a basic level of familiarity with Visual Studio. And if you're a proficient Windows Phone developer, get up to speed quickly with the new API endpoints and HTML5 browser support in the Tango update. Software developers proficient in other languages will also find this book helpful to get up to speed with developing Windows Phone applications.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 
2. Getting Started
3. WinRT and XAML
4. Phone Controls
5. Navigation
6. Application Life Cycling
7. Gestures
8. Device Support
9. Mapping
10. Live Tiles & Notifications
11. Data Sources
12. Using Data in the Cloud
13. Designing in Expression Blend
14. Marketing Your Applications

Windows Phone 8平台為Windows開發人員提供了一個卓越的機會，利用他們現有的技能和熟悉的工具集來創建最先進的移動應用程序。《Pro Windows Phone App Development, Third Edition》幫助您發掘這個平台的潛力，為Windows Phone商店創建令人驚嘆、視覺豐富且功能強大的應用程序，並讓您了解Windows Phone 8 API提供的新功能。

對於新手開發人員來說，無論是具有.NET、iOS還是Android經驗，本書首先介紹了Windows Phone開發的要求、規範和基礎知識，然後通過使用一系列互補技術和Microsoft的現代風格應用程序設計，引導您完成完整的應用程序開發過程。

在此過程中，您將學習如何：
- 有效使用Microsoft技術，如XAML、.NET、Visual Studio 2012和Expression Blend，開發現代風格的Windows Phone應用程序
- 利用設備的傳感器，如定位服務、加速度計和觸摸功能
- 使用GPS數據使您的應用程序具有位置感知功能
- 開發利用Windows Phone模型的圖形能力的豐富媒體應用程序
- 使用模型-視圖-視圖模型架構設計和開發Windows Phone應用程序
- 通過Windows Phone商店發布和銷售您的應用程序

無論您是Microsoft開發人員、iOS或Android開發人員，還是具有Windows Phone經驗的人，本書都是掌握Windows Phone 8平台和引人注目的Windows Phone應用程序開發的理想指南。

本書的目標讀者是：
- 如果您是Microsoft開發人員，本書主要針對您，您渴望學習如何利用現有的技能開發新的Windows Phone平台。
- 如果您是iOS或Android開發人員，本書是您學習如何擴大現有應用程序市場的理想指南。
- 這假設您對C#、通用管理代碼以及對Visual Studio的基本熟悉程度有一定的了解。
- 如果您是熟練的Windows Phone開發人員，可以快速掌握Tango更新中的新API端點和HTML5瀏覽器支持。
- 其他語言熟練的軟件開發人員也會發現本書對於快速掌握開發Windows Phone應用程序很有幫助。

目錄：
1. 簡介
2. 入門
3. WinRT和XAML
4. 手機控件
5. 導航
6. 應用程序生命週期
7. 手勢
8. 設備支持
9. 地圖
10. 動態磚和通知
11. 數據源
12. 使用雲端數據
13. 在Expression Blend中設計
14. 推廣您的應用程序