In this chapter, we looked at one of the most interesting features supported as part of the Windows Phone operating system for custom application development. Launchers and Choosers bridge the gap between the custom applications and the built-in applications by allowing the custom applications to invoke the built-in applications by way of using the Launcher and Chooser tasks. While Launchers don't return any value when a user finishes the task, the Choosers, on the other hand, return the value selected by the user at the end of a task. By using the Launchers and Choosers in an application, we provide a consistent user experience through the Windows Phone platform.
Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with F#
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Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with F#
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Overview of this book
Windows Phone is an OS which is also a platform in itself and provides an opportunity for application developers to build their apps and sell them on the Windows Phone Marketplace. Windows Phone is slowly catching up in the race with iOS and Android. Although well suited for scientific and mathematical calculations, the Windows Phone Platform provides an opportunity to program in F#. "Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with F#" focuses on making the user aware of Windows Phone App Development with the F# programming language in as short a time as possible. The book teaches you about the development environment, helps you understand the project structure, understand the controls, and ends with some of the cool features of the platform like sensors, launchers, and choosers. The book starts off with enabling the user with the right tools required to start developing. It focuses on getting the IDE ready, and project and item templates. By the end of the book the user will be familiarized with the different aspects of the platform itself. The transition from one chapter to another is short and focused so that you can get to the meat of the topic quickly.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Windows Phone 7.5 Application Development with F#
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Setting up Windows Phone Development with F#
F# Windows Phone Project Overview
Working with Windows Phone Controls
Windows Phone Screen Orientations
Windows Phone Gesture Events
Windows Phone Navigation
Windows Phone and Data Access
Launchers and Choosers
Windows Phone Sensors
Index
Customer Reviews