Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications. Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps with this book and - Helion

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Autor: Zeeshan Chawdhary, Zeeshan Chawdhary
Tytuł oryginału: Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications. Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps with this book and ebook.
ISBN: 9781849687256
stron: 148, Format: ebook
Data wydania: 2012-07-24
Księgarnia: Helion

Cena książki: 64,99 zł

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Windows Phone 7.5 has met with some great initial reviews from all mobile critics. It is poised to be the '3rd' eco-system for mobile, joining Apple's iOS and Google's Android platform. With Microsoft and Nokia working on multiple devices based on Windows Phone, the platform is a no-brainer enterprise success. Microsoft Office, Email, Skype and a fresh new mobile operating system has been a great champion of a cause for both Microsoft and Nokia. "Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications" will teach you to divein to the new Windows Phone Experience. No more 600 page bibles - just the right mix of text and lots of code to get you started!"Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications" covers location based services and maps, and focuses on methods of location detection and maps. Powered with this information, two real-world applications are covered. In short, this is a concise book on building location aware apps for Windows Phone.

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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications. Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps with this book and eBook -- spis treści

Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
- Table of Contents
- Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
  - Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more
    - Why Subscribe?
    - Free Access for Packt account holders
    - Instant Updates on New Packt Books
- Preface
  - What this book covers
  - What you need for this book
  - Who this book is for
  - Conventions
  - Reader feedback
  - Customer support
    - Downloading the example code
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. The Location-based World
  - Understanding location-based services
  - Buzzwords in the location-based industry
  - Applications of LBS and common use cases
  - How Microsoft uses LBS in Windows Phone 7.5
    - Microsoft Location Service
  - Behind location-based services GPS
    - User segment
    - Space segment
    - Control segment
  - Push and pull methods of location services
    - Push service
    - Pull service
  - Life without GPS: Wi-Fi based location detection
  - Life without GPS: Cell-ID positioning and cell tower triangulation
  - Life without GPS: Bing Maps API
  - Understanding indoor and outdoor navigation
  - Summary
- 2. Using Location in Windows Phone 7.5
  - Introduction to Windows Phone 7.5
    - Live Tiles
    - Panorama control
    - Pivot control
    - App Connect
    - Tools for Windows Phone 7.5 developers
      - Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
      - Microsoft Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone
      - XAML
  - Windows Phone Location Service
    - Starting and using the Location Service
    - Continuous monitoring of the Location Service
    - Working with the Windows Phone location simulator
  - Summary
- 3. Using Maps in your Windows Phone App
  - Understanding map geometry
  - Overview of the Windows Phone Bing Maps Silverlight Control
  - Using maps in your Windows Phone 7.5 app Hello Maps
  - Using pushpins with maps
  - Custom map pushpins
    - Using an image as the pushpin
    - Using your own pushpin style
  - Handling pushpin events
  - Working with Bing Maps geocoding and reverse geocoding services
  - Launchers and Choosers An Overview
  - Using directions with Bing Maps directions task
  - Performing local searches with BingMapsTask
  - Summary
- 4. Events App - PacktEvents
  - Exploring the Eventful.com API
  - Extending the Hello Location example for showing nearby events
  - Filtering events by categories
  - Plotting events on Bing Maps
  - Building the PacktEvents app using Panorama control
  - Summary
- 5. Location-aware News App PacktNews
  - Understanding the Patch News API
    - Authentication
    - Taxonomy
    - Finding stories by location
    - Finding locations by name
  - Consuming the Patch News API HelloNews
  - Building the PacktNews app using the Silverlight for Windows Phone 7.5 Pivot control
  - Summary
- Index