Launchers & Choosers in Windows Phone

KARTHIKEYAN ANBARASAN

FOUNDER F5DEBUG.NET, BDOTNETER

MICROSOFT MVP | ROCKSTAR INDIA | NOKIA CHAMPION

Agenda

Launchers

Choosers

What’s new in WP8

Demo

Launchers & Choosers

“A Launcher is an API, that launches built in functionality for the user to accomplish some task and returns nothing back to the calling function in  your app. API to make calls, Send SMS or Emails etc are an example of such APIs”

“A Chooser is also an API , that launch a built in functionality for the user to accomplish some task and returns back the data that was chosen by the user to the app. API for Choosing contacts, photos etc. come under this category.”

Launchers in WP7

Phone Call Task

SMS Compose Task

Email Compose Task

Web Browser Task

Search Task

Media Player Launcher

Connection Settings Task

Bing Maps Directions Task

Bing Maps Task

Search Task

Share Link Task

Share Status Task

Marketplace Detail Task

Market place Hub Task

Marketplace Review Task

Marketplace Search Task

Choosers in WP7

Camera Capture Task

Photo Chooser Task

Phone Number Chooser Task

Email Address Chooser Task

Save Phone Number Task

Save Email Address Task

Save Contact Task

Game Invite Task

Address Chooser Task

Photo Chooser Task

Phone Number Chooser Task

Save Ringtone Task

Steps to create Launchers

Creating an instance of the task

Setting the parameters to organize the task

Calling the show method to invoke the task

Steps to create Choosers

Creating an instance of the task

Identifying the callback method to run after the task completes

Setting the parameters to organize the task

Calling the show method to invoke the task

Implementing the completed event handler to get the data and status.

New Launchers & Choosers in WP8

Save Appointment Task

Map Downloader Task

Maps Task

Maps Directions Task

Share Media Task

Demo