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Nickolas Landry, MVP Principal Architect Infusion Development WMB304 Who Is ActiveNick? Principal Architect Practice Manager – Enterprise Mobility, HPC Business Dev Manager – LIS Infusion Development – New York City Blog: http://home.infusionblogs.com/nlandry Corporate: http://www.infusion.com Web: http://www.activenick.net Email: [email protected] 16+ years of professional experience Microsoft MVP: Device Application Development (a.k.a. .NET Compact Framework MVP) Member of INETA Speakers Bureau Speaker at many events worldwide (Tech·Ed, MEDC, DevConnections, DevTeach, Code Camps, user groups, workshops, etc.) Who Is ActiveNick? (Cont’d.) Vice-President of IASA New York Specializes in enterprise mobility, architecture, Virtual Earth, smart clients, high performance computing (HPC), game development with XNA, Microsoft Robotics Studio, … .NET Mobility Blogger & Author – CoDe Magazine: Mobile CoDe.NET, MSDN White Papers & others Adopted Visual Basic at v.1.0 in 1992 Former MSDN Regional Director (Mtl) Microsoft Certified, IBM Certified on XML WWISA – Founding Member Assumptions & Disclaimers This is a level 300 session! You already know the basics of Windows Mobile development with .NET Compact Framework Making things easy: Windows Mobile 6 Professional = Pocket PC Windows Mobile 6 Standard = Smartphone All demos in this session apply to both Windows Mobile 6.1 & 6.5 Based on hardware-specific APIs Agenda Windows Mobile Device Input Options Mobile UI Design Guidelines & Best Practices Next Generation Input for Devices Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API (Codeplex) Working with Accelerometers Working with Light Sensors Detecting Simple Touch Screen Gestures Provide Sensory Feedback to Users Summary Windows Mobile Device Form Factors Pocket PC (including Pocket PC Phone) Tactile screen, stylus, standard buttons QWERTY Keyboard: Built-in, “slideable”, none Smartphone Numeric keypad or full QWERTY keyboard No stylus, cursor keys Industrial/Embedded “Ruggedized” Pocket PCs Numeric/Alphanumeric keypads Handheld PC Clamshell, Tablet-style VGA, ½-VGA screen QWERTY Keyboard Understanding the Windows Mobile User Interface Limited Screen Real Estate Limited Memory Environment Touch-Sensitive Screen on Pocket PCs: Stylus or Finger Input Soft Input Panel (Pocket PC) Hardware Keys Built-in/slideable Keyboards (on certain models) Numeric Keypad (Smartphone) Voice Commands Key User Interface Principles Design a new UI for a mobile device, don’t port your desktop UI Completely redesign the user interface Business logic may be reusable Choose the correct model based on the form factor Pocket PC should always be full-screen Limit free text entry on devices with no keyboards Keep the user interface simple Avoid control overcrowding Limit the required number of clicks as much as possible Take advantage of new UX hardware options! New UX Hardware Options User Experience (UX) includes input & output Touch Screen Gestures Feedback via Vibration Feedback via Sounds Accelerometers Light Sensors Navigation Wheels Capacitive Touch Screens* Not featured on any Windows Mobile device announced to date Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API Allows developers to easily access the hardware sensors that are available on various devices Accelerometer (GSensor) Light Sensor Stylus Sensor Navigation Wheel CodePlex Open Source Community Project http://sensorapi.codeplex.com Created by Koushik K. Dutta http://www.koushikdutta.com Devices: HTC Touch*, Samsung Omnia/Instinct Accelerometer: GSensor Return a device orientation vector The vector is the direction of force relative to the orientation of the device. Tilt X: 0 is flat, -1000 to +1000 Tilt Y: 0 is flat, -1000 to +1000 Tilt Z: 0 is straight up, -1000 is flat, 1000 is face down Switch between landscape/portrait mode Can be used to as an alternative to 4-way cursor keys Create a new light sensor with HTCSensorOpen(HTCSensor.GSensor) in HTCSensorSDK.dll +Y -X -Z +Z +X -Y Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API Working with the Accelerometer using GSensor Light Sensor Return the ambient luminance based on a device’s light sensor Single numerical value Ranges from 0 to 30 Change UI color scheme based on ambient lighting Create a new light sensor with HTCSensorOpen(HTCSensor.Light) in HTCSensorSDK.dll Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API Detecting Ambient Lighting with LightSensor Touch Screens & Gestures Windows Mobile devices use a resistive touch screen: single touch point Can detect simple gestures using the “mouse” events in .NET Compact Framework Stylus and fingers fire mouse events in Compact Windows Forms MouseDown: Capture the start position MouseUp: Detect end position, calculate direction, even the distance if needed Track the position with MouseMove if the user goes off-screen Detecting Simple Screen Gestures Tracking the Stylus with “Mouse” Events in WinForms Providing Feedback to the User Visual Cues on Screen Playing Sounds Vibrating the device Playing Sound in NETCF 3.5 // Play custom sound files with SoundPlayer Dim soundplayer As New Media.SoundPlayer With soundplayer .SoundLocation = "\My Documents\My Ringtones\murloc.wav" .Play() End With // Play standard system sounds Media.SystemSounds.Asterisk.Play() Media.SystemSounds.Beep.Play() Media.SystemSounds.Exclamation.Play() Media.SystemSounds.Hand.Play() Media.SystemSounds.Question.Play() Summary Users expect more from their mobile devices Create a next generation user experience (UX) Tap into the advanced hardware capabilities of your Windows Mobile devices Make your device application input intuitive Use simple gestures to add another layer of interaction to your mobile application Provide audible and sensory feedback to your users Download and test drive the Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API from CodePlex Additional Resources Windows Mobile Developer Center @ MSDN Online http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsmobile/default.aspx Koushik Dutta’s Blog: My Brain Hurts http://www.koushikdutta.com Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook By Andy Wigley, Daniel Moth, Peter Foot – Microsoft Press (2007) Additional Resources Mobile WCF Session Thursday (WMB401) Upcoming White Paper on WCF Mobile Co-authored by Michele Leroux Bustamante & Nickolas Landry http://wcfguidanceformobile.codeplex.com Overview Getting Started with Windows Mobile Development WCF Primer for Mobile Developers Code Samples: Greeting, ToDo, WS-Security, etc. Differences from Full WCF to Mobile WCF Contract Design, Proxy Generation, Bindings Debugging, Exception Handling, Message Headers REST-based Services, Mobile WCF Security, etc. Michele’s Blog: www.dasBlonde.net Nick’s Blog: home.infusionblogs.com/nlandry home.infusionblogs.com/nlandry www.infusion.com [email protected] Resources www.microsoft.com/teched www.microsoft.com/learning Sessions On-Demand & Community Microsoft Certification & Training Resources http://microsoft.com/technet http://microsoft.com/msdn Resources for IT Professionals Resources for Developers www.microsoft.com/learning Microsoft Certification and Training Resources Windows Mobile® Resources TechNet TechCenter – System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 http://technet.microsoft.com/scmdm TechNet TechCenter – Windows Mobile http://technet.microsoft.com/windowsmobile MSDN Center – Windows Mobile http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsmobile Webcasts and Podcasts for IT – Windows Mobile http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msecmobility.aspx General Information – Windows Mobile http://www.windowsmobile.com General Information – System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 http://www.windowsmobile.com/mobiledevicemanager Windows Marketplace Developer Portal http://developer.windowsmobile.com Windows Mobile® is giving away Blackjack II's ! 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