Windows Phone Guide for Android Application Developers Table of Content
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- Windows Phone Architecture
- Comparing the Programming Stack of Windows Phone with the Android Stack
- Android and Windows Phone Stacks Side by Side
- Managed Code
- Base Services
- Application UI and Device Integration
- Direct3D for Games
- Windows Phone Platform Features
The Developer ToolsMicrosoft has released a set of tools as part of the Windows Phone Software Development Kit (SDK) 8.0 for developing Windows Phone applications. The SDK is free and can be downloaded from here. The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 includes:
The tools can help you develop consumer applications, business applications or games. While the emulator must be installed on Windows 8 pro edition on a CPU supporting Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) for running Hyper-V, you can still use the SDK to develop Windows Phone 8 apps even if your computer doesn’t support the emulator. See System requirements for Windows Phone Emulator for more information. Windows Phone ArchitectureLike Android OS, Windows Phone OS is designed to run on multiple phones from multiple vendors. To provide a consistent user experience and features that developers can rely on, Windows Phone defines a minimum set of hardware specifications that all phones must meet. Minimum hardware specifications include an ARM7 CPU, a DirectX capable GPU, a camera, and a multi-touch capacitive display. Standard sensors include: an A-GPS, an accelerometer, a compass, proximity and light sensors. There are three standard physical buttons on the phone – back, start and search. As we will see in a subsequent chapter, these buttons provide an easy and natural navigation model for the user. Figure Windows Phone 8 Programming APIs .NET API for Windows Phone Windows Phone Runtime Win32 & COM C# / VB
C++ Apps with XAML Apps with XAML and Direct3D Games with Direct3D Most of the Windows Phone 8 apps are built as managed apps using XAML with C# or VB. Windows Phone 8 games are built using Direct3D using C++. It is also possible to render 3D graphics within a XAML UI. It is also possible to build a Direct3D game using a thin XAML wrapper. For more information, see Developing apps for Windows Phone. Windows Phone 8 adopts many of the components of Windows 8, providing better compatibility between the two.
This table gives an overview of the Windows Phone 8 frameworks that provide features comparable to the Android programming layers.
Android and Windows Phone Stacks Side by SideThis table compares the Android and Windows Phone 8 Frameworks side by side.
Managed CodeOn Android, you have been developing applications primarily using Java and some native components using C++. On Windows Phone 8 you have the option of using C# or Visual Basic (“managed code”) for XAML applications or C++ for Direct3D game development Execution of C# or Visual Basic (VB) code is managed by the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). . Similar to Dalvik VM on Android, CLR is the Virtual Machine (VM) on Windows Phone OS. Similar to Java, C# and VB do not require memory management; CLR handles garbage collection. While most Windows Phone apps are written in C# or VB, you may want to use native C++ code for the following reasons:
In this paper we are going to focus on managed code. Base ServicesWindows Phone Base Class Library classes roughly correspond to those provided in the Android Core Libraries. Android core libraries include functionality for media services such as audio and video, graphics and animation using OpenGL and SGL, SQLite for database support and networking services. It also includes LibC and interface libraries to interact with Dalvik VM and the Linux kernel. The Windows Phone Base Class Library layer includes base classes, collections, threading, text processing and IO. The base class library also includes networking stacks, such as HTTP and the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). WCF provides an easy interface with XML and SOAP services across the web, with support for XML data transfer, serialization/deserialization and XML parsing. While Windows Phone 8 does not have a pre-installed local database such as SQLite, developers can use SQLite in their own application or use Language Integrated Query (LINQ). LINQ support SQL-like queries in C# to query data loaded in memory,stored in isolated storage (see below), or in remote databases such as SQL Azure. Application UI and Device IntegrationYou have a choice of two different stacks in Windows Phone media applications, namely, XAML and Direct3D. XAML for Windows Phone provides controls that are similar to Android standard widgets. It is recommended that you use XAML for Windows Phone for consumer or business applications and Direct3D for games, although you can certainly also develop games using XAML animation. It is also possible to mix XAML and Direct3D to take advantage of specific features available in the two stacks.
Direct3D for GamesWindows Phone 8 supports Direct3D for gaming and enables hardware accelerated 3D rendering and graphics. For a high performance game, Direct3D is the right option. Controls and MediaYou have been using Android controls in your application, , corresponding controls and support for multi-touch are available via XAML. Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) is a declarative language used to design UI. Windows Phone controls are specifically designed for the primary interaction with touch on a small form factor device. Developers can use separate code-behind files, written in C# or VB, to respond to events or to manipulate the controls. Windows Phone provides high performance audio and video using a variety of CODECs. It supports both vector and bitmap graphics with hardware acceleration. As opposed to a file system, Windows Phone provides sandboxed storage, called Isolated Storage, to store application-specific data. With the isolation of storage, one application cannot affect other applications that are running on the phone. Windows Phone Platform FeaturesIf you need to use HTML in your application, you can use the Internet Explorer based browser control for HTML UI. Windows Phone Framework layer also provides interfaces to various sensors, such as the accelerometer or the camera. Similar to Google Cloud Messaging Microsoft provides a push notification service, called Microsoft Push Notification Service. Similar to multitasking in Android, Windows Phone supports multi-tasking. Windows Phone multi-tasking supports fast application switching which allows users to rapidly switch between applications. Multi-tasking also supports running scheduled tasks such as alarms and reminders, background music, GPS tracking and remote communication. If you have used ADMob API to publish advertisements in your Android application, you will find similar functionality in the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone. Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 0.57 Mb. Share with your friends:
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