Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development
Windows Mobile 7 development is done using the .NET framework. The .NET
framework is a software framework created by Microsoft for use in creating
Windows applications. Programmers write applications using one of the several
languages supported by the .NET framework, like C#, and the applications then
execute inside of a runtime environment called the Common Language Runtime. For
Windows Phone 7, there are two distinct development approaches you can take when
creating your application.
The first approach is to use Silverlight Windows Phone Development and second
approach is to use XNA framework to develop Windows Phone. XNA is Microsoft’s
game development framework and has been used in recent years to create both
Windows and Xbox 360 applications. If you’re creating a game for Windows Phone
7, you’ll likely use the XNA framework.
How to set up an environment to Windows Phone 7 Development?
Let’s get started by making sure your development environment is set up
correctly. You’ll need to be running Windows Vista or Windows 7 and you need to
have a DirectX 10 capable graphics card installed in your computer. After
verifying your requirement download Windows 7 Phone Development Tool from
here.
Once the file has downloaded, double click on it to install the complete Windows
Phone Developer Tools package. Windows Phone Developer Tools package contains
the following files:
1.
Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
2.
Windows Phone Emulator
3.
Silverlight for windows phone
4.
XNA 4.0 Game Studio
Now after the successful installation of this package element, you will be ready
for launch Windows 7 Phone Development.
Now to launch your first Phone Application follows these steps;
Step 1:
Open your visual studio and go to File ->
New -> Project
Now select your project type and enter your project name.
Now click on button ‘Ok’ after that your application will be launched with default settings.
The first thing you can delete everything inside of the layout grid so you could
provide your own markup. You should see a Grid tag named
‘LayoutRoot’. Delete everything
inside this tag. You’ll end up with the following code:
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<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
</Grid>
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Now, to run your project press ctrl + F5
then following window will be appearing;
This is the default layout ‘testPhoneApplication’.
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