I am developing most of my WP7 apps in Silverlight 3, then doing whatever porting is necessary to get them running on WP7 (the final stage is then optimising for WP7, but that’s another story). ‘Nuke Your Office’ (http://apps.webservicesuk.com/NukeYourOffice) has a lot going on sound-wise (multiple WMA files fired at random and in parallel). ... Continue Reading →
WP7 Launchers
Launchers are a set of APIs that Windows Phone applications can use to enable common tasks such as making a phone call or sending an email. Unlike Choosers, Launchers do not return a value back to the calling application. Using Launchers in Your Application. The Launcher APIs are belong to the Microsoft.Phone.Tasks namespace. You need... Continue Reading →
Using WP7 Controls in Silverlight Desktop
In building my WP7 apps I have taken the approach of dual coding wherever possible, that is to say that each solution has both a standard Silverlight project and a Windows Phone 7 project, with shared code (using shortcuts within the project) wherever possible. My objective is to have the Silverlight Desktop version mimic the... Continue Reading →
WP7 / Silverlight Social Networking Buttons
A couple of people have asked about the social networking buttons that appear on most of my WP7 apps allowing you to share a link via Twitter / Facebook etc. As is often the case I spent some time pursuing my own efforts before I stumbled upon a rather easy / nifty / flexible solution... Continue Reading →
3 Screens and a cloud
I suppose the above has been in the back of my mind, along with the target audience for Windows Mobile 7 (so called “Life Maximisers”) and I thought I would take a moment to review and reflect on how my own WP7 apps sit within this framework. “Nuke Your Office” (http://apps.webservicesuk.com/nukeyouroffice) Although still under... Continue Reading →
Windows Phone 7 Guidelines
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/B/A/ABA09BC7-8338-4C04-9DA9-1224CD575636/Windows%20Phone%207%20Application%20Certification%20Requirements.pdfNo great surprises, no porn or excessive violence/profanity etc.
Bing Map Apps
Just submitted a Bing Map App for “From the Malverns”. Apparently it takes up to 10 days vetting/admin prior to publication. Fingers crossed!
Silverlight vs XNA for WP7 Games
I found this useful overview comparing the pros and cons of each platform : XNA Benefits Great support for 3D Superior performance when many elements moving or being added/removed Built in game loop XNA’s polling based input generally a better fit than Silverlight’s event based input for games XNA content pipeline makes handling large stores... Continue Reading →
Spot the Difference – Update
Looks like SPOT got featured in the news box and also at the bottom of the Silverlight.net home page (thank you) , correspondingly the stats went from 5-6 hits a day to 400 a day! For anyone still interested in the original premise - I have now ported the app to WP7 (OK port... Continue Reading →
Scott Guthrie – Birmingham 26/03/10
The folks that run DDD put on this special event which featured a whole day of presentations by the ‘one and only’ Scott Guthrie. The day started well with a personal hello from the man himself (OK, he just happened to look up as I got to the top of the stairs so I thrust... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 