Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (14) Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8 (Channel 9)

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start: (14) Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8

Posted: Dec 04, 2012 at 11:28 AM

By: JeffKoch, Larry Lieberman

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During this module, developers learn how to leverage the new Location API and new Maps Controls with Windows Phone 8. Primary topics include the Windows Phone Runtime Location API, acquiring the phone's current location, continuously tracking the phone's location, running location-tracking apps in the background, the New Map Control, specifying Map center and zoom, animating Map Display using Map Views.

[01:55] - Location API
[15:29] - Location tracking in the background
[21:59] - Maps
[28:36] - Pushpins

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 4:02 PM

Great content. Thank you very much.
Clay Shannon

Dec 26, 2012 at 5:10 PM

I tried to add the "LocationTracking" to WMAppManifest.xml, but neither the code that I think was shown:

<BackgroundExecution>
<ExecutionType Name="LocationTracking" />
</BackgroundExecution>

None of the following would work either:

<BackgroundExecution>
<ExecutionTypeName="LocationTracking" />
</BackgroundExecution>

<ExtendedTask>
<ExecutionTypeName="LocationTracking" />
</ExtendedTask>

<ExtendedTask>
<ExecutionType Name="LocationTracking" />
</ExtendedTask>

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