Windows Phone 7

A new UI paradigm Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 uses a novel user interface called Metro. It sets itself apart with its clean and simple design and emphasis on color and typography. In contrast with the application-focused design of the iPhone, WP7 uses an information-centric design. Instead of an array of application icons, the start screen […]

Visual Studio ships with a large number of snippets and developers can create their own library of snippets. They can also be indexed and searched using user defined terms. Type ctrl+k ctrl+x to bring up the Insert Snippet prompt. Select Visual C#, followed by "i" to select a code snippet for "if statement", which will […]

Inheritance Like Objective-C, C# also uses a single inheritance mechanism. Inheritance is specified by listing the parent class after the name of the class as shown below. In the above example, the class Rectangle inherits from the class Shape, whereas the class Square inherits from the class Rectangle. In C#, the constructor of the base […]

In this topic, we are going to look at the navigation model of the Windows Phone 7. We will examine the various application states needed to support the navigation model, and what the developer needs to do to support those application states and the transitions between them. We will then look at what the developer […]

Create Settings Page Stop the application and right click on the ReadingPoetry project in Solution Explorer and click Add followed by New Item and select Windows Phone Portrait Page and change its name to "Settings.xaml". Settings.xaml should open up in Visual Studio. Follow the above procedure to update the ApplicationTitle TextBlock to "SETTINGS" and PageTitle […]