Hello World Application

First application to make you Windows Phone say “hello”:

1. Open  Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone. Select  File  -> New Project. Choose the Visual C# then Silverlight for Windows Phone template. Select Windows Phone Application and name the project.

Window Phone Application

Development Requirement: PART 4

Windows Phone Emulator

Application Lifecycle: PART 3

Model execution on a Windows Phone has a complete cycle, from when the application is launched until it is deactivated.

Several terminologies we should get familiar with in order to understand the aspects of execution model on Windows Phone application.

1.    Tombstoning
A procedure in which the operating system deactivates the application process as users  exits the application. Operating system preserves any information about the application’s state. When the application is re-launched, the operating system restarts the process and sends the last known state from before the application was turned off.
2.    Page State
A state regarding the application page. It includes scroll positions or text field contents. Modifications to  this state is done by overriding OnNavigatedTo or
OnNavigatedFrom methods.

Silverlight and Windows Phone: PART 2

Types of Projects in Windows Phone

Introduction of Windows Phone: PART 1

Windows Phone Series