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Adam Nathan
101 Windows
®
Phone 7 Apps,
VOLUME I: DEVELOPING APPS 1-50
101 Windows® Phone 7 Apps,Volume I
Copyright © 2011 by Adam Nathan
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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33552-5
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nathan, Adam, 1977-
101 Windows phone 7 apps / Adam Nathan.
v. cm.
Includes index.
Contents: v. 1. Developing apps 1-50.
ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33552-5 (v. 1)
ISBN-10: 0-672-33119-5 (v. 1)
1. Application software—Development. 2. Windows phone (Computer file) 3.
Smartphones—Programming. 4. Mobile computing. I.Title. II. Title: One hundred one
Windows phone 7 apps.
QA76.76.A65N378 2011
004.165—dc22
2011010335
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First Printing April 2011
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Greg Wiegand
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Neil Rowe
DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
Mark Renfrow
MANAGING EDITOR
Kristy Hart
PROJECT EDITOR
Betsy Harris
SENIOR INDEXER
Cheryl Lenser
PROOFREADER
Apostrophe Editing
Services
TECHNICAL EDITOR
Dave Relyea
PUBLISHING
COORDINATOR
Cindy Teeters
BOOK DESIGNERS
Gary Adair
Adam Nathan
COMPOSITOR
Bronkella Publishing LLC
Introduction 1
part I getting started
1 Tally (App Basics) 17
2 Flashlight (Application Bar) 39
3 In Case of Emergency (Orientation & Keyboards) 61
4 Stopwatch (Grid & User Controls) 89
5 Ruler (Canvas & Vector Graphics) 123
6 Baby Sign Language (Page Navigation & Data Binding) 153
7 Date Diff (Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit) 185
8 Vibration Composer (Vibration & Running While Locked) 191
9 Fake Call (Resources & Styles) 207
10 Tip Calculator (Application Lifecycle & Control Templates) 235
11 XAML Editor (Dynamic XAML & Popup) 271
part II transforms & animations
12 Silly Eye (Intro to Animation) 301
13 Metronome (Intro to 2D Transforms) 327
14 Love Meter (Keyframe Animations) 347
15 Mood Ring (Color, Object & Point Animations) 361
16 Lottery Numbers Picker (Sharing Animations) 377
17 Pick a Card Magic Trick (3D Transforms) 395
18 Cocktails (Quick Jump Grid) 413
19 Animation Lab (Custom Controls & VSM) 441
contents at a glance
part III storing & retrieving local data
20 Alarm Clock (Settings,Toggle Switch, Custom Font) 463
21 Passwords & Secrets (Encryption & Observable Collections) 493
22 Notepad (Reading & Writing Files) 527
23 Baby Milestones (Reading & Writing Pictures) 545
24 Baby Name Eliminator (Local Databases & Embedded Resources) 565
25 Book Reader (Pagination & List Picker) 587
part IV pivot, panorama, charts, & graphs
26 TODO List (Pivot & Context Menu) 611
27 Groceries (Panorama) 649
28 Alphabet Flashcards (Filmstrip-Style Swiping) 675
29 Weight Tracker (Charts & Graphs) 681
part V audio & video
30 Cowbell (Sound Effects) 711
31 Trombone (Sound Manipulation) 719
32 Local FM Radio (Radio Tuner) 731
33 Subservient Cat (Video) 743
part VI microphone
34 Bubble Blower (Sound Detection) 759
35 Talking Parrot (Recording & Playing) 775
36 Sound Recorder (Saving Audio Files & Playing Sound Backward) 797
Contents at a Glance
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