Post on 15-Jul-2020
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Principles of Mobile Application Design
Václav Jirovský, ČVUT FIT
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Topics
What is Windows Phone?– Versions
– Design guidelines
– Architecture
Development– Languages & IDE
– Application resources
– Data storage
– Localization
– Live Tiles
Universal apps
Windows Store– Overview
– Rules
Resources
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What is Windows Phone?
OS for mobile devices
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Windows Phone != Windows Mobile
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WP versions overview
Windows Phone 7– „revolution“ – no backward compatibility with Windows Mobile
– Discontinued - you can’t upgrade your WP7 device
Windows Phone 8– New core same as in Windows 8
– Backward app compatibility with WP7
Windows Phone 8.1– Improved UI, enterprise fuctions
– Backward app compatibility with WP8
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Multi-pages design
Panorama
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Multi-pages design
Panorama
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Multi-pages design
Pivot
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Gestures
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UI controls
App bar
App bar
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UI controls
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Design
Enhancements
Buttons
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/africaapps/archive/2014/03/08/ux-guidelines-for-windows-phone-8.aspx
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App pages flow
Back button Back button
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App lifecycle
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Development
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What you need?
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit– processor with Hyper-V+SLAT support
Visual Studio 2013 (Update 2)+
Windows Phone Emulators images– https://dev.windows.com/en-us/develop/download-phone-sdk
Where to get it (for free)?
Dreamspark – students– www.dreamspark.cz
Bizspark – startups– www.bizspark.cz
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Architecture
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Development using C# (C++, VB)
Used technologies: XAML, C#
XAML
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Development using HTML5+CSS
Used technologies: HTML, JavaScript, CSS
Microsoft open-source library WinJS– Calls system API (access to file, sensors,...)
HTML5 data- attributes
<div id="ratingControlHost"data-win-control="WinJS.UI.Rating"data-win-options="{maxRating: 10, averageRating: 6}">
</div>
<div id="timepicker“data-win-control="WinJS.UI.TimePicker“data-win-options="{current: '10:29 am'}">
</div>
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DEMO
C# and WinJS project wizard
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Appmanifest
XML files Package.appxmanifest,
WMAppManifest.xml
Describes app– Application name
– icons
– Languages
– Permissions
• For example: microphone, sensors, webcam
…
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DEMO
Appmanifest
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Notification - live tiles
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Push notifications - principle
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Notification – live tiles WP8.0
Iconic Tile Flip Tile
Cycle Tile
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DEMO
Tile notifications
Tile template cataloghttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761491.aspx
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Notification - toasts
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DEMO
Toast notifications
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Image resources
Splashscreen Icons
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Data storage
Local settings
Roaming settings– Synced across user’s devices
Isolated storage– Local folder, Roaming folder
– SQLite
Network storage– Azure Mobile Services
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Localization
In view are binded texts (strings) needed to be
translated
Language resource file
Similar as Gettext
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Background tasks
PeriodicTask– Runs every ~ 30 minutes
– Max. 25 seconds
– Max. 6MB RAM usage
ResourceIntensiveTask– Runs when charging & battery >=90% & Wi-Fi & phone is not used
– Max. 6MB RAM usage
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Universal applications
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Universal applications
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/devfish/universal-apps-for-windows-runtime
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Universal applications - API
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Universal applications - API
Windows Runtime covers
more than 90% Windows
Phone Runtime API
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Universal applications
Develop one application for– Windows Phone
– Windows 8.1 (tablets+computers)
– Xbox One
Same principle as responsive web design
One controller (code), more views
User buys one app = pays once = happy user
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Universal applications
In Visual Studio universal app is made by:
– Windows Store project
– Windows Phone project
– “glue project”
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DEMO
Universal applications VS project
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Windows Store
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Windows Store
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/dashboard
Together for Windows 8.1 & Windows Phone
Registration fee– Lifetime registration
– For students free registration
App is compiled into one package (.xap)
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Windows Store – certification process
All apps (even updates of existing app) goes
through certification
Usually takes 3-5 days
Long list of certification rules– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694083.aspx
“Aplikace nevyhovuje požadavku 4.4. Tento požadavek se týká aplikací, které mají funkce zásadního
významu. To znamená, že když aplikace selže, může dojít ke zranění lidí. Příkladem takovéto
nekompatibilní aplikace je aplikace GPS určená k použití při pohotovostním zásahu, kdy jde o život, nebo
aplikace určená k řízení letecké dopravy.”
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DEMO
Generate package (WACK) + submit new app to
Store
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More resources
MSDN documentation– Documentation, demos, tutorials
– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br229565.aspx
– http://dev.windows.com
StackOverflow– Lot of answered questions
– http://stackoverflow.com
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Thank you for you attention!
Václav Jirovský
@vjirovsky