WindowsPhoneGeek DevTools

Windows Phone 7 Ad Rotator

2012-03-09T16:47:41.0000000+02:00

Project Description

An ad rotator control for Windows Phone 7 with Silveright and XNA support.

Supports showing ads from different providers with configurable probabilities based on culture. The control fetches the settings from a remote XML file making real time swapping / replacing of ad providers possible. It also provides fall back functionality so if any configured ad provider fails to deliver an ad it will fall back to the next available ad provider.

Supported ad providers:

Microsoft PubCenter (Silverlight & XNA)
AdDuplex (Silverlight & XNA)
Google AdMob (Silverlight only)
Inner-Active (Silverlight & XNA)
MobFox (Silverlight & XNA)
Smaato (Silverlight Only)
Default House Ads - A project based Ad the developer implements (Silverlight & XNA)
Support for no ad display

Common use cases

Swap ad providers on the fly
Configure ad providers based on culture -
Configure
Have ads sliding in and out

Additional Development Resources

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Syncfusion Metro Studio

2012-03-06T15:08:28.0000000+02:00

Project Description

Syncfusion Metro Studio is a collection of over 600 FREE Metro-style icon templates that can be easily customized to create thousands of unique Metro icons using an intuitive customization tool. Metro Studio is the only icon collection that you will ever need for building Metro-style applications.

NOTE: The icons are available royalty free and can be used in commercial applications.

How Syncfusion Metro Studio Works

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Phone as a Remote Control Library (PAARC)

2012-02-08T16:55:30.0000000+02:00

Project Description

PAARC is a library that enables Windows Phone 7 devices to be used as remote control or input devices for any .NET desktop application. Supports raw (multi-)touch input, gestures (tap, double-tap, hold, pinch, drag, flick), sensors (accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, combined motion) and text input using the SIP. Uses TCP/UDP sockets for maximum performance and responsiveness, and has a server discovery mechanism (multicast) to auto-connect to hosts on the same network. The library comes as multiple components (class libraries) that can be integrated in your own projects both on the phone (Silverlight/XNA) and desktop (.NET), and it has a reference WP7 client you can use to start without creating a separate Windows Phone app first.

Demo Video:

Phone as a remote control - Live demo from Peter Kuhn on Vimeo.

Components included in the Phone as a Remote Control Library

Core library: the core components are made of the following four parts:
- Two client-side Windows Phone assemblies that are able to acquire data from different phone sources, and to connect to a remote server using sockets. The communication assembly is able to receive configuration and control commands from a connected server, send data back to the server, and to use multicast to discover a server on the same network automatically. The data acquisition assembly includes the following possible data sources:
  - All built-in sensor APIs of Windows Phone, like the accelerometer, compass, gyroscope and combined motion API (partly restricted by what the device hardware actually supports)
  - Raw touch input from the touch panel, including multiple simultaneous touch points
  - All built-in high-level touch gestures (tap, double-tap, hold, flick, free/horizontal/vertical drag, pinch)
  - A custom drag gesture mode to simplify dragging
  - Text input using the built-in SIP keyboard.
- A server-side .NET 4 assembly that listens for incoming client broadcasts or direct connections and is able to both send control and configuration commands to a connected phone as well as receive data that is acquired on the phone.
- A shared assembly for the used data types, interfaces and more.
A reference Windows Phone client application: this application makes use of the Windows Phone assemblies of the core library. The UI allows connecting to a remote server and provides features to perform user input for all above listed gestures, raw touch input, sensors and text. The intended use is for developers that do not want or require to create a custom phone application, and the ultimate goal is to publish this app to the Marketplace for public use, once it has reached a mature state.
Sample desktop applications: The project includes a few sample applications to demonstrate the use of the library. In particular, the following applications are included:
- Cube: Demonstrates how to use sensors (the accelerometer), gestures and raw touch input to control content in an application. The rotation of a 3D cube is controlled using the accelerometer, zoom is handled using pinch gestures, and translations are performed by raw touch input.
- ConsoleApplication
- PCController: the most sophisticated sample and the original motivation to start developing this library. This sample converts the input received from the phone into operating system commands to manipulate the mouse cursor.
- LogService: A supporting helper application for troubleshooting and diagnosis.

Additional Development Resources

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PhoneCore Framework

2012-01-30T19:41:40.0000000+02:00

Project Description

PhoneCore Framework is a framework which helps you to build applications on Windows Phone 7.

Components included in the PhoneCore Framework

Navigation engine which simplifies navigation between pages
Dependency injection container which helps you to create lously coupled application
Aspect-oriented programming support by custom method interceptors using custom proxy class generated at compile time
Configuration subsystem which allows you to manage workflow without rebuilding of an application
Tracing engine which allows to do postmortem analysis or analyze workflow/performance
Bootstrapping engine with plugin architecture
Primitive types: Lazy, Tuple

Additional Development Resources

Official Documentation
Detailed article: A framework for building of WP7 application

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Cimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit

2012-01-05T14:33:39.0000000+02:00

Project Description

Cimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit is a set of useful and powerful items that will help you build your Silverlight applications for Windows Phone.

The packages are also available thru NuGet here, with the same handles as the project names (e.g., the main package is "Cimbalino.Phone.Toolkit")

Note: this toolkit is only compatible with the Windows Phone SDK 7.1!

Components included in the Cimbalino Windows Phone Toolkit

The Toolkit is divided in projects, regarding different Windows Phone application required capabilities:

Cimbalino.Phone.Toolkit - the base project of the toolkit, containing base MVVM services, some very usefull converters, helper classes and extension methods, and the bindable Application Bar behavior
Cimbalino.Phone.Toolkit.Camera - MVVM compatible services for camera access
Cimbalino.Phone.Toolkit.DeviceInfo - MVVM compatible services for device information access
Cimbalino.Phone.Toolkit.PhoneDialer - MVVM compatible services for phone dialer access
Cimbalino.Phone.Toolkit.UserInfo - MVVM compatible services for user information access

Additional Development Resources

official blog: http://www.pedrolamas.com

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WP7 Emulator Skin Switcher

2011-12-29T15:44:53.0000000+02:00

Project Description

Version 1.1 contains a total of 23 emulator skins from popular devices as the HTC Titan, HTC Radar, HTC Trophy, HTC Mozart, HTC HD7, Samsung Focus S, Samsung Omnia W, Samsung Omnia 7, Samsung Focus, Fujitsu IS12T in green and black, ZTE Tania, Nokia Lumia 710 and the Nokia Lumia 800.

Components included

Total list of skins:

Default skin
Fujitsu IS12T Green
Fujitsu IS12T Black
Generic unbranded skin
HTC Arrive (7pro)
HTC HD7
HTC Mozart
HTC Radar Silver
HTC Titan
HTC Trophy
Nokia Lumia 710 Black Blue
Nokia Lumia 710 Black Yellow
Nokia Lumia 710 White Black
Nokia Lumia 710 White Blue
Nokia Lumia 710 White Pink
Nokia Lumia 800 Black
Nokia Lumia 800 Blue
Nokia Lumia 800 Pink
Samsung Focus
Samsung Focus S
Samsung Omnia 7
Samsung Omnia W
ZTE Tania

Additional Development Resources

Geert van der Cruijsen`s web site

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Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit Behavior Extensions

2011-12-19T16:03:33.0000000+02:00

Project Description

"Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit Behavior Extensions" is a project made as an extension to the existing "Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone". This project contains behaviors which can be used by designers to set page transitions or the tilt effect without writing any xaml.

Behaviors currently available

EnableTiltEffectBehavior
SuppressTiltBehavior
TransitionRollInBehavior
TransitionRollOutBehavior
TransitionRotateInBehavior
TransitionRotateOutBehavior
TransitionSlideInBehavior
TransitionSlideOutBehavior
TransitionSwivelInBehavior
TransitionSwivelOutBehavior
TransitionTurnstileInBehavior
TransitionTurnstileOutBehavior

Additional Development Resources

Geert van der Cruijsen http://vdcruijsen.net
How to use the Silverlight Toolkit transitions without writing XAML by using the Toolkit behavior extensions

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ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone

2011-12-12T19:28:00.0000000+02:00

Fully-charged Windows Phone Controls

Access over 15 UI controls for data visualization, rich text, data input and layout, as well as four class libraries which speed up development time. Designed to enhance the rich user experience (UX) of the Windows Phone 7, these controls give you powerful and unique functionality to help you build better and more compelling apps.

Windows Phone controls included:

Chart
ContextMenu
CoverFlow
DateTimePicker
DockPanel
Excel
FlexGrid
Gauges
Imaging
LayoutTransformer
Maps
MaskedTextBox

NumericBox
PDF
PdfViewer
ProgressBar
Reflector
RichTextBox
ToggleSwitch
UniformGrid
WrapPanel
Zip

Why choose Studio for Windows Phone?

Consistent Metro UI Design

Studio for Windows Phone supports the Metro UI design and interaction guidelines specified by Microsoft. By default, each control supports a Metro look and automatically inherits the dark or light theme set by the user. Be confident that your apps will look consistent on your users' phones.

Display and Edit Rich Text

RichTextBox for Windows Phone is the only Windows Phone 7 control available which enables rich text editing in both RTF and HTML formats. You can also use the control to display blocks of rich content.

Stunning Data Visualization

Your charting apps are just a few clicks away with Chart for Windows Phone offering over 30 chart types, user interaction, and a wide range of color palettes. Gauges for Windows Phone, with a variety of designs and shapes, give you dashboard-style visualization perfect for the mobile platform. If you need to visualize your data geographically, Maps for Windows Phone does the job.

Edit Tabular Data

Only with the legendary FlexGrid for Windows Phone can you get tabular data editing on the Windows Phone. Display data records across columns and down rows with this simple, yet powerful grid control. Plus, unlock advanced features such as sorting, cell merging, and even editing with a platform-specific UI.

Gesture Support

Touch gestures for zooming, panning, scrolling, and selection are included with Studio for Windows Phone. Touch gesture support ensures that you deliver compelling, interactive applications to your end users.

ClearStyle Technology for XAML Styling Made Easy

ClearStyle Technology is our new paradigm to XAML control styling. ClearStyle allows developers to easily change control colors without having to modify control templates. By just setting a few brush properties in Visual Studio 2010 you can quickly give a unique look to the control without having to work in Expression Blend or hire a professional designer.

XAML or Code: You Choose!

Customize the controls in your preferred method: XAML, C# or VB.NET code-behind, or both. Studio for Windows Phone controls support complete XAML markup for most features and dependency properties for data-binding in MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) designed applications.

Additional resources:

Documentation - Get up to speed with quick starts, tutorials, syntax, and more.
Forums - Collaborate with ComponentOne technical experts and fellow developers.
Blogs - Read the latest news and articles written by ComponentOne technical experts.

AppBarUtils for Windows Phone SDK 7.1

2011-11-29T13:38:57.0000000+02:00

Project Description

AppBarUtils provides out-of-box application bar behaviors/trigger/action for Windows Phone SDK 7.1, including AppBarItemCommand, AppBarItemTrigger, and NavigateWithQueryStringAction. They work for both application bar button and menu item.

If you are looking for a behavior that helps you bind command object to application bar button in Windows Phone 7.5, here's the right place for you. In addition to command binding for application bar button, this toolkit also provides behavior to bind command object to application bar menu item, and more.

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PhoneGap platform

2011-11-25T12:31:49.0000000+02:00

Project Description

PhoneGap is an open source HTML5 app platform that allows you to author native applications with web technologies and get access to APIs and app stores. PhoneGap leverages web technologies developers already know best... HTML and JavaScript. It supports the following platforms:

How PhoneGap Works

Based on HTML5, PhoneGap leverages web technologies developers already know best... HTML and JavaScript.
Using the free open source framework or PhoneGap build you can get access to native APIs.
PhoneGap uses standards-based web technologies to bridge web applications and mobile devices.

Additional Development Resources

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