Configuring capabilities
Through the various chapters of this book, you have seen the different capabilities of Windows Phone. Some of these capabilities are considered potentially sensitive such as the GPS and other location services, the microphone, push notifications, and so on. Microsoft has provided a recognition and approval system of these capabilities for end users. The goal of which is to properly inform users of the capabilities of the app and if they do not approve, allow them to cancel installation or close the app.
In this recipe, we will cover how to configure the application's declared phone capabilities and handle some of the certification requirements for using the push notifications capability.
Getting ready
Open the Oahu Surf Updates solution from Chapter 7.
How to do it...
Open the WMAppManifest.xml
file located in the properties folder of the Windows Phone Application project:
1. Find the
Capabilities
node. Comment out all the child nodes exceptID_CAP_NETWORKING
andID_CAP_PUSH_NOTIFICATION...