Web for mobile devices - best practices for ASP.NET
Starting to build web applications for mobile devices (any phone). What would be the best approach using ASP.NET 3.5/ASP.NET 4.0 and C#? UPDATE (feb2010) Any news using windows mobile 7? ...
windows-phone-7
Resources for Windows Phone 7 development
Windows Phone 7 has been unveiled and MS have announced all details of the development chain at the Mix10 conference. So this could be a good starting point/collection of online resources as they appear EDIT: I've removed the speculation tag now that the covers are off ...
What is the development platform for Windows mobile 7
If I want to develop for Windows mobile 7, what should I learn? XNA, Silverlight or other? ...
Windows Phone 7 SDK
Hi, Where can I find the SDK for new Windows Phone 7? ...
Recording audio from the microphone in Windows Phone 7 Series
Hi I'm wondering if anyone has any code samples or links to documentation that demonstrate how to capture audio from the device's microphone on the new Windows Phone Series 7. I've recently downloaded the Windows Phone SDK CTP for Visual Studio 2010 and I'm struggling to find any supporting documentation that might help. Thanks, Richa...
Add Silverlight Bing Maps Control to Windows Mobile 7 application
I know the bits just came out today, but one of the first things I want to do with the newly released Windows Mobile 7 SDK is put a map up on the screen and mess around. I've downloaded the latest version of the Silverlight Maps Control and added the references to my application. As a matter of fact, the VS 2010 design view of the Main...
Windows Phone 7 Tab Pages (page cycle)
I know.. I know, it's only a few hours old. But how the hell do you get the little page tabbing/cycle (forgot what the official name is) on the top of the page under the app title. MIX Keynotes made it look like it was a control (or at least what I saw, was @ work). Anyone who made MIX or knows how they are doing this, it'd be cool to...
Do I need a paid-for version of Visual Studio to develop for the new Windows Phone 7 Series?
Free Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone, Silverlight and XNA in all their glory... But can I use them with a Visual Studio 10 version other than Express without paying for it? (My problem being that Express doesn't accept the addins/plugins I depend upon...) ...
Silverlight Windows Phone 7: Load Images From URL
Hi, I got the code below that is trying to load an image from the web into an Image control, when I run it I get an error on the given line that no network access is allowed: private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { WebClient webClientImgDownloader = new WebClient(); webClientImgDow...
Windows Phone 7 and C++/CLI
Microsoft recently released tools and documentation for its new Phone 7 platform, which to the dismay of those who have a big C++ codebase (like me) doesn't support native development anymore. Although I've found speculation about this decision being reversed, I doubt it. So I was thinking how viable would be to make this codebase availa...
Installing VS2010 and WM7 SDK side by side?
I am not able to install VS2010 and WM7's SDK side by side. Has anyone been successful with this? ...
Windows Phone Series: Local SQL Server Mobile/Compact information
I know that this is jumping the gun slightly as it is early days but has anyone got any information on how we can build apps that take advantage of a basic local SQL database like you used(!) to in Windows CE/mobile 6.x? I can't find any info on the intertubes so maybe it hasn't been announced yet?? ...
Windows Phone 7: Existing Libraries Not Supported?
I was hoping it was as easy as referencing my existing libraries to use them with WP7. However, it complains about not able to load them because of .Net CF when I actually use them. Do i need to recompile them to .NET CF or something? I thought the big plus of WP7 was: leveraging your existing codebase...? How can I leverage my existin...
Windows Series Phone 7 "Cloud"
I have been reading up on "Cloud computing" on here and still not getting it. Basically I want to develop for the WP7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402531%28v=VS.92%29.aspx#AppPlat_Overview_Arch Now it mentions everything as being in the "Cloud". Is any server just a cloud? If i have a WCF service or wsdl on my server. Can I...
Will Windows Phone 7 Support Multitasking third party apps
Obviously it's early days, I do not know whether this is information that is in the public domain or not yet, but... I have trawled through some of this site - http://www.windowsphone7series.com/ but I can't seem to find the answer. Specifically will I be able to write an app on the phone that updates the cloud with the phones current ...
SHA512 within Silverlight is not available, is there a managed library available?
SHA512Managed is missing in Silverlight (for Windows Phone 7 CTP SDK), only upto SHA256 is available for use. Does anyone know a .NET class that I could use that offers a self-contained C# or VB.net SHA512 implementation? I need to use this for authentication to a HTTP web service. Thank you ...
Develop for Windows Phone with Visual Studio 2010?
Are there some resources where one can learn how to develop for Windows Phone using Visual Studio 2010? ...
How to create a LiveTile on Windows Phone 7 series
How do you create a live tile? Do you have to create a special sort of XAML file or is it predefined and we just pass parameters or both? ...
System.Json namespace missing from Windows Phone 7
During a Mix10 presentation, the presenter (Charlie Kindel) said that when writing Silverlight based apps for WP7 you get all of Silverlight 3.0 with some of Silverlight 4.0 mixed in. Why then is System.Json missing? It was included in Silverlight 3.0, and is included in Silverlight 4.0. Windows Phone 7 Class Library Reference ...
How to determine orientation of Windows Phone 7?
How can you tell whether the device is oriented vertically (portrait) or horizontally (landscape)? Is there an API that simplifies this or do you have to make the determination "by hand" using the accelerometer? ...