Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (07) Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications (Channel 9)

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (07) Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications

Posted: Dec 04, 2012 at 11:26 AM

By: JeffKoch, Larry Lieberman

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In this module, developers learn about Tiles in Windows Phone 8. Topics include Local Tiles API, Updating Tiles from ShellTileSchedule, Updating Tiles from Background Agents, Lock screen notifications for Windows Phone, and Lock screen background for Windows Phone.

[03:12] - Tiles in Windows Phone 8
[18:55] - Local tiles API
[27:59] - Lock screen notifications
[34:13] - Lock screen background

Full course outline:

Mod 01a: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 1
Mod 01b: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 2
Mod 02: Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps
Mod 03: Building Windows Phone 8 Apps
Mod 04: Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
Mod 05: Windows Phone 8 Application Lifecycle
Mod 06: Background Agents
Mod 07: Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications
Mod 08: Push Notifications
Mod 09: Using Phone Resources in Windows Phone 8
Mod 10: App to App Communication in Windows Phone 8
Mod 11: Network Communication in Windows Phone 8
Mod 12: Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth in Windows Phone 8
Mod 13: Speech Input in Windows Phone 8
Mod 14: Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8
Mod 15: Wallet Support
Mod 16: In-App Purchasing
Mod 17: The Windows Phone Store
Mod 18: Enterprise App Architecture
Mod 19: Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Cross Platform Development
Mod 20: Mobile Web

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payini Gerardo Melendrez

Dec 11, 2012 at 3:57 PM

Great video. Thank you.
Hoang Le

Feb 24, 2013 at 11:47 PM

Great, can you sent me some project about this tutorial

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