- Windows Phone 7.5：Building Location-aware Applications
- Zeeshan Chawdhary
- 167字
- 2021-08-13 18:15:21
What this book covers
Chapter 1, The Location-based World, explains location-based services, how they work, the important role of GPS in location-based services, and how Microsoft uses them in Windows Phone.
Chapter 2, Using Location in Windows Phone 7.5, starts with an introduction to the Windows Phone ecosystem and later on covers in-depth information on the Windows Phone Location Service and the Windows Phone location simulator.
Chapter 3, Using Maps in your Windows Phone App, introduces the reader to the world of Bing Maps; from working with a simple maps application to building a complex maps app with geocoding, directions, and local search.
Chapter 4, Events App — PacktEvents, covers building an events app that shows us nearby events, concerts, and gigs by artists by using the excellent Eventful.com API. The Windows Phone Panorama control is used to build this app.
Chapter 5, Location-aware News App — PacktNews, uses the Windows Phone Pivot control to build a hyperlocal news app—powered by AOL's Patch News API.