Get to Mango - Channel 9 Windows Phone 7.5 brings dozens of new platform features to Windows Phone. If you've previously built an application for Windows Phone, you are likely asking yourself, "how do I take advantage of all these cool new features in my existing Windows Phone application?" Well, this series will answer that question for you! In each screencast, expert ninja developer DJ AlexG will walk you through step by step, how you would transition an existing application to leverage the new features. Microsoft http://files.channel9.msdn.com/thumbnail/7422b754-0807-4b20-8ea7-1835f1997219.png Get to Mango - Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango Windows Phone 7.5 brings dozens of new platform features to Windows Phone. If you've previously built an application for Windows Phone, you are likely asking yourself, "how do I take advantage of all these cool new features in my existing Windows Phone application?" Well, this series will answer that question for you! In each screencast, expert ninja developer DJ AlexG will walk you through step by step, how you would transition an existing application to leverage the new features. http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:37 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:37 GMT Rev9 9 1 100 Get to Mango #9 - Background Audio CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

Background audio is a super cool new feature of Windows Phone 7.5, which enables developers to write applications that stream music, even when the primary application is not running.

In this video, we detail how to take a WP 7 music application, and modify it to leverage the new background audio functionality.

Other Videos in the Get to Mango Series:

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio < - YOU ARE HERE
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-9-Background-Audio CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Background audio is a super cool new feature of Windows Phone 7.5, which enables developers to write applications that stream music, even when the primary application is not running. In this video, we detail how to take a WP 7 music application, and modify it to leverage the new background audio functionality. Other Videos in the Get to Mango Series: From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database Background Audio &lt; - YOU ARE HERE 778 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-9-Background-Audio Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:03:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-9-Background-Audio Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-9-Background-Audio/RSS Windows Phone Get to Mango #8 - Using a Local Database CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

Windows Phone 7.5 provides you the ability to leverage a complete SQL CE database in your application.

The purpose of this video is to show you how you might take an existing application that would benefit from a database, and modify it to take advantage of one.

Databases in Windows Phone 7.5 are manipulated using LINQ to SQL; if you're already familiar with this technology, you'll find much of this very familiar.

Here are some other resources you might find useful, with regard to using databases on Windows Phone:

Other Videos in the Get to Mango Series:

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database < - YOU ARE HERE
  9. Background Audio
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-8-Using-a-Local-Database CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Windows Phone 7.5 provides you the ability to leverage a complete SQL CE database in your application. The purpose of this video is to show you how you might take an existing application that would benefit from a database, and modify it to take advantage of one. Databases in Windows Phone 7.5 are manipulated using LINQ to SQL; if you're already familiar with this technology, you'll find much of this very familiar. Here are some other resources you might find useful, with regard to using databases on Windows Phone: Local Database for Windows Phone (On the MSDN Library) How to: Create a Basic Local Database Application for Windows Phone How to: Create a Local Database Application with MVVM for Windows Phone How to: Deploy a Reference Database with a Windows Phone Application Local Database Sample (C# | VB) Adam Kinney on &quot;How Do I: Work with a Local Database in Windows Phone 'Mango'&quot; Other Videos in the Get to Mango Series: From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database &lt; - YOU ARE HERE Background Audio 1162 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-8-Using-a-Local-Database Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:28:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-8-Using-a-Local-Database Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-8-Using-a-Local-Database/RSS Windows Phone Get to Mango #7 - Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

 In Windows Phone 7.5, we've provided you with two new powerful constructs: the ability to add secondary tiles to you applications, and the ability to have your application appropriately respond to launch parameters to deliver the end user to a specific location within your application.

In this video, Alex goes in depth on how to execute on these scenarios, all within the context of a weather application built to leverage push notification.

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast < - YOU ARE HERE
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-7-Using-Push-Notifications-with-Secondary-Tiles-and-Deep-Toast CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO &nbsp;In Windows Phone 7.5, we've provided you with two new powerful constructs: the ability to add secondary tiles to you applications, and the ability to have your application appropriately respond to launch parameters to deliver the end user to a specific location within your application. In this video, Alex goes in depth on how to execute on these scenarios, all within the context of a weather application built to leverage push notification. From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast &lt; - YOU ARE HERE Using a Local Database Background Audio 904 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-7-Using-Push-Notifications-with-Secondary-Tiles-and-Deep-Toast Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:18:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-7-Using-Push-Notifications-with-Secondary-Tiles-and-Deep-Toast Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-7-Using-Push-Notifications-with-Secondary-Tiles-and-Deep-Toast/RSS Windows Phone Get to Mango #6 - Using a Live Camera Feed CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

One of the amazingly cool new developer features of Windows Phone 7.5, is the ability for developers to leverage the direct camera video stream within the context of their applications.

In this video our friend Alex is back to show you how to implement this in your application, and how to also process the data in the feed before displaying it.

Other videos in the "Get to Mango" video series:

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed < - YOU ARE HERE
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-6-Using-a-Live-Camera-Feed CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO One of the amazingly cool new developer features of Windows Phone 7.5, is the ability for developers to leverage the direct camera video stream within the context of their applications. In this video our friend Alex is back to show you how to implement this in your application, and how to also process the data in the feed before displaying it. Other videos in the &quot;Get to Mango&quot; video series: From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed &lt; - YOU ARE HERE Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database Background Audio 705 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-6-Using-a-Live-Camera-Feed Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:49:06 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-6-Using-a-Live-Camera-Feed Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-6-Using-a-Live-Camera-Feed/RSS Windows Phone Get to Mango #5: Adding a Background Agent CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

Background Agents are a new feature in Windows Phone 7.5, that a developer can use to empower their application to run code in the 'background' regardless of whether or not the application is running.

This is a radical development. Applications on Windows Phone can now deliver experiences that can dynamically perform operations in the background. There are a wide variety of scenarios that this can enable, from driving a live tile locally on the phone, to periodically updating a server application with location information, to periodically downloading new content from a web service in the background.

In this video, Alex shows you how to modify an existing application to take advantage of this exciting new feature.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman

Other videos in the "Get to Mango" video series:

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents < -- YOU ARE HERE
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-5-Adding-a-Background-Agent CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Background Agents are a new feature in Windows Phone 7.5, that a developer can use to empower their application to run code in the 'background' regardless of whether or not the application is running. This is a radical development. Applications on Windows Phone can now deliver experiences that can dynamically perform operations in the background. There are a wide variety of scenarios that this can enable, from driving a live tile locally on the phone, to periodically updating a server application with location information, to periodically downloading new content from a web service in the background. In this video, Alex shows you how to modify an existing application to take advantage of this exciting new feature. Let us know if you have any questions! Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman Other videos in the &quot;Get to Mango&quot; video series: From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents &lt; -- YOU ARE HERE Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database Background Audio 979 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-5-Adding-a-Background-Agent Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:46:36 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-5-Adding-a-Background-Agent Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-5-Adding-a-Background-Agent/RSS Windows Phone Get to Mango #4: Adding Secondary Tiles CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

Live tiles are one of the most compelling features of Windows Phone. Now in Windows Phone 7.5, we have support for 'secondary' live tiles.

This means that your application can enable the user to configure more than one live tile for your application. This is extremely cool, because now users can create a specific tile for any of the different types of operations or different types of content which your application manages.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman

OTHER VIDEOS in this SERIES

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles < -- YOU ARE HERE
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-4-Adding-Secondary-Tiles CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Live tiles are one of the most compelling features of Windows Phone. Now in Windows Phone 7.5, we have support for 'secondary' live tiles. This means that your application can enable the user to configure more than one live tile for your application. This is extremely cool, because now users can create a specific tile for any of the different types of operations or different types of content which your application manages. Please let us know if you have any questions! Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman OTHER VIDEOS in this SERIES From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles &lt; -- YOU ARE HERE Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database Background Audio 1005 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-4-Adding-Secondary-Tiles Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:58:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-4-Adding-Secondary-Tiles Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-4-Adding-Secondary-Tiles/RSS Windows Phone Get to Mango #3: Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO

Fast Application Switching is perhaps the most exciting developer feature in Windows Phone Mango. With FAS, applications stay in memory after deactivation, which makes resuming the application nearly instantaneous, greatly improving the end user experience. All you need to do to get access to using FAS, is to upgrade your project to target Mango, and recompile.

Right now, I can hear you thinking: "that's great Larry, but how do I add fast application switching to MY application; what are the details you aren't telling me about?"

Well, i'm glad you asked. We had our good friend Alex Golesh from Sela make this video to walk you through all the detail.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman

Other Videos in this Series

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application < -- YOU ARE HERE
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-3-Adding-FAS-to-a-Typical-Silverlight-Application CODE SAMPLE for this VIDEO Fast Application Switching is perhaps the most exciting developer feature in Windows Phone Mango. With FAS, applications stay in memory after deactivation, which makes resuming the application nearly instantaneous, greatly improving the end user experience. All you need to do to get access to using FAS, is to upgrade your project to target Mango, and recompile. Right now, I can hear you thinking: &quot;that's great Larry, but how do I add fast application switching to MY application; what are the details you aren't telling me about?&quot; Well, i'm glad you asked. We had our good friend Alex Golesh from Sela make this video to walk you through all the detail. Please let us know if you have any questions! Larry Lieberman, @larryalieberman Other Videos in this Series From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application &lt; -- YOU ARE HERE Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database Background Audio 843 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-3-Adding-FAS-to-a-Typical-Silverlight-Application Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:46:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-3-Adding-FAS-to-a-Typical-Silverlight-Application Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Mango-3-Adding-FAS-to-a-Typical-Silverlight-Application/RSS Windows Phone Get to Windows Phone Mango #2: Adding FAS to XNA Code for this project

This is the second in a series of videos that will detail how to add Windows Phone Mango functionality to an existing Windows Phone application, step by step.

In our first sample, we modified an existing XNA game to leverage the new Silverlight / XNA integration available in Windows Phone Mango. This allows us to utilize the Silverlight paging model to very easily create a 'pause' screen, that users will get when they return to the application, (after they've navigated away).

Having to navigate away, of course, is a common occurrence on a phone; users receive phone calls, are have to pay attention to external events, (like the street light turning green, for example).

Getting the pause screen to 'work' of course requires more than just adding it in Silverlight. We need to implement tombstoning and FAS, (the whole point of this sample).

For more detail, see our video walkthrough on Channel 9 here. There is also detail in the included word document TRANSCRIPT.DOC.

Here are some other resources you might find helpful as you consider adding Fast Application Switching to your projects:

Official Documentation

Other Resources

Other Videos in this Series

  1. From XNA to SL XNA
  2. Adding FAS to XNA <-- YOU ARE HERE
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio

Questions or comments? Contact me @larryalieberman

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-2-Adding-FAS-to-XNA Code for this project This is the second in a series of videos that will detail how to add Windows Phone Mango functionality to an existing Windows Phone application, step by step. In our first sample, we modified an existing XNA game to leverage the new Silverlight / XNA integration available in Windows Phone Mango. This allows us to utilize the Silverlight paging model to very easily create a 'pause' screen, that users will get when they return to the application, (after they've navigated away). Having to navigate away, of course, is a common occurrence on a phone; users receive phone calls, are have to pay attention to external events, (like the street light turning green, for example). Getting the pause screen to 'work' of course requires more than just adding it in Silverlight. We need to implement tombstoning and FAS, (the whole point of this sample). For more detail, see our video walkthrough on Channel 9 here. There is also detail in the included word document TRANSCRIPT.DOC. Here are some other resources you might find helpful as you consider adding Fast Application Switching to your projects: Official Documentation Execution Model Overview for Windows Phone, (Describes Fast Application Switching), (sample) Execution Model Best Practices for Windows Phone How to: Preserve and Restore Page State for Windows Phone How to: Preserve and Restore Application State for Windows Phone Other Resources Adam Kinney Video on How Do I: Work with the Execution Model in Windows Phone Mango? Jesse Liberty, on Fast Application Switching Made Easy Jesse Liberty, on Fast Switching and Page State in Mango Fast Application Switching in To-do Application Hands on Lab in the Windows Phone Training Kit on MSDN Program Manager Adina Trufinescu discusses FAS in Depth at MIX 11 Other Videos in this Series From XNA to SL XNA Adding FAS to XNA &lt;-- YOU ARE HERE Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Usin 997 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-2-Adding-FAS-to-XNA Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:48:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-2-Adding-FAS-to-XNA Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-2-Adding-FAS-to-XNA/RSS Gaming on Windows Phones Windows Phone Windows Phone 7 WP7 Get to Windows Phone Mango #1: From XNA to SLXNA Code for this project

Do you have an existing application or game that you want to bring to Windows Phone Mango?

This is a new series of videos where we'll show you exactly how to do that, step by step.

Our first video is about taking an existing XNA game, and modifying it to leverage our new Silverlight / XNA integration enabled by Windows Phone Mango.

Here are some other resources you might find helpful as you consider building projects that leverage both Silverlight and XNA:

Other Videos in this Series

  1. From XNA to SL / XNA <-- YOU ARE HERE
  2. Adding FAS to XNA
  3. Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application
  4. Adding Secondary Tiles
  5. Adding Background Agents
  6. Using a Live Camera Feed
  7. Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast
  8. Using a Local Database
  9. Background Audio

Questions or comments? Contact me @larryalieberman

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-1-From-XNA-to-SLXNA Code for this project Do you have an existing application or game that you want to bring to Windows Phone Mango? This is a new series of videos where we'll show you exactly how to do that, step by step. Our first video is about taking an existing XNA game, and modifying it to leverage our new Silverlight / XNA integration enabled by Windows Phone Mango. Here are some other resources you might find helpful as you consider building projects that leverage both Silverlight and XNA: The Silverlight &amp; XNA Frameworks for Windows Phone How to: Combine Silverlight and the XNA Framework in a Windows Phone Application Using the Project Template that Combines Silverlight and the XNA Framework Silverlight / XNA Framework Sample (demonstrates how to render SL controls and text from the XNA Framework using the UIElementRenderer class. My Little Teapot Sample, (demonstrates using a Silverlight storyboard to animate controls, and using the Silverlight input system to respond to user gestures) Adam Kinney, on &quot;How Do I: Combine Silverlight and XNA in Windows Phone 'Mango'&quot;, (video, code &amp; guide) Other Videos in this Series From XNA to SL / XNA &lt;-- YOU ARE HERE Adding FAS to XNA Adding FAS to a Typical Silverlight Application Adding Secondary Tiles Adding Background Agents Using a Live Camera Feed Using Push Notifications with Secondary Tiles and Deep Toast Using a Local Database Background Audio Questions or comments? Contact me @larryalieberman 981 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-1-From-XNA-to-SLXNA Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:55:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-1-From-XNA-to-SLXNA Larry Lieberman Larry Lieberman 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Get-to-Mango/Get-to-Windows-Phone-Mango-1-From-XNA-to-SLXNA/RSS Gaming on Windows Phones Windows Phone Windows Phone 7 WP7