Professional Microsoft Smartphone Programming

by Yang, Baijian; Zheng, Pei; Ni, Lionel M.

• ISBN13: 9780471762935
• ISBN10: 0471762938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-03
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

The second-generation Smartphone applications are exclusively designed to leverage the advantages of mobility and ubiquitous wireless access. This book provides you with an in-depth look at software development issues and design guidelines, and helps you gain the skills you need to develop your own efficient and feature-rich Smartphone applications that utilize the latest cutting-edge technologies.

Author Biography

Baijian Yang is an assistant professor in the Computer Technology program at Ball State University. He became a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in 1998 and was one of the core software designers/developers for etang.com. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Michigan State University in 2002. He is now engaged in research and development in the area of wireless networks and distributed systems.

Pei Zheng received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Michigan State University in 2003. He joined Microsoft as a software engineer in 2005. Before that he was an assistant professor of Computer Science at Arcadia University, and a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. His research interests include distributed systems, network simulation and emulation, and mobile computing.

Lionel M. Ni is Chair Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, and Director of the Digital Life Research Center at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Ni earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University in 1980. He has been involved in many projects related to wireless technologies, 2.5G/3G cellular phones, and embedded systems. He is co-author of the book Interconnection Networks: An Engineering Approach (Morgan Kaufmann, 2002), and Smart Phone and Next Generation Mobile Computing (Morgan Kaufmann, 2006).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xix
Introduction	xxi
Part I: Smartphone and .NET	1	(36)
Introduction to Microsoft Smartphone	3	(8)
What Is a Smartphone?	3	(1)
Smartphone Applications and Services	4	(2)
Mobile Commerce	5	(1)
Mobile Enterprise	5	(1)
Mobile Data Service and Entertainment	6	(1)
Challenges of Smartphone Application Development	6	(1)
Introducing Microsoft Windows Mobile	7	(1)
Windows Mobile 5.0	7	(1)
Microsoft Smartphone from a User's Perspective	8	(2)
Summary	10	(1)
.NET Compact Framework Fundamentals	11	(26)
Introducing the Microsoft .NET Framework	11	(4)
The Common Language Runtime	12	(1)
.NET Framework Class Libraries	13	(1)
Visual Studio 2005	14	(1)
Introducing the .NET Compact Framework	15	(2)
CLR of the .NET Compact Framework	15	(1)
.NET Compact Framework Class Libraries	15	(1)
Platform Invoke	16	(1)
Smartphone Development Tools	17	(1)
.NET Compact Framework Type System	18	(4)
Types	19	(2)
Attributes and Reflection	21	(1)
Generics	21	(1)
Exception Handling	21	(1)
A Quick Review of C#	22	(13)
Value Types	23	(1)
Reference Types	24	(1)
Operators	25	(1)
string and object	26	(2)
Classes and Interfaces	28	(4)
Polymorphism	32	(1)
Arrays and Collections	33	(2)
Summary	35	(2)
Part II: Smartphone Application Development	37	(268)
Developing Your First Smartphone Application	39	(24)
Required Tools	39	(4)
Visual Studio 2005	40	(1)
Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Smartphone	41	(1)
Smartphone Device Emulator	41	(1)
ActiveSync	42	(1)
All-In-One Package	43	(1)
Building Your First Smartphone Application	43	(9)
Creating a Smartphone Project	43	(6)
Adding Code to the Form	49	(2)
Project Files	51	(1)
Testing and Debuggling Applications	52	(4)
Packaging and Deploying Applications	56	(6)
Packaging Applications	56	(3)
Signing Applications	59	(2)
Delivering and Installing Applications	61	(1)
Summary	62	(1)
User Interface and Input	63	(42)
UI Design with Forms and Controls	63	(22)
Supported Controls	64	(1)
Control Behaviours	65	(20)
Smartphone UI Design	85	(11)
Soft Keys	86	(1)
The Home and Back Keys	86	(1)
General UI Flow of Smartphone Applications	87	(1)
Creating an Application with Multiple Forms	88	(8)
Keyboard Input and Input Mode	96	(6)
Input Mode	96	(5)
Soft Key Functionality	101	(1)
Additional UI Considerations	102	(1)
Auto-Save	102	(1)
DPI and QVGA Issues	102	(1)
Performance	103	(1)
Summary	103	(2)
Data Storage and File I/O	105	(26)
Overview of Smartphone Data Storage	105	(2)
The System.IO Namespace	107	(6)
Creating a File Directory Browser	113	(7)
Implementing a Memo Application	120	(9)
Summary	129	(2)
Data Access with SQL Server Mobile	131	(34)
ADO.NET Overview	132	(2)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition	134	(4)
SQL Server Mobile Architecture	135	(1)
Installing SQL Server Mobile	136	(2)
Setting Up the SQL Server Mobile Server Environment	138	(13)
Installing SQL Server Mobile Tools	138	(1)
Creating a Database and Tables from SQL Server 2005	138	(4)
Creating a Publication	142	(3)
Configuring Web Synchronization	145	(2)
Creating a SQL Server Mobile Database	147	(1)
Creating Subscriptions in SQL Server Mobile	148	(3)
Writing SQL Server Mobile Applications	151	(12)
A Simple Application with the DataGrid Control	151	(6)
The SqlServerCe Namespace	157	(6)
Summary	163	(2)
Networking	165	(36)
An Overview of Smartphone Networking	165	(1)
Emulator Networking	166	(1)
Web Access	167	(9)
The HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse Classes	168	(1)
Creating HTTP Request	169	(7)
TCP Servers and Clients	176	(11)
The IPEndPoint Class	176	(1)
The IPAddress and IPHostEntry Classes	176	(1)
Network and Host Byte Order Conversion	177	(1)
The TcpListener and TcpClient Classes	178	(2)
An Example of TcpListener and TcpClient	180	(7)
Network Sockets	187	(12)
TCP Sockets	188	(8)
UDP Sockets	196	(2)
Nonblocking Mode and Asynchronous Methods	198	(1)
Summary	199	(2)
E-mail, SMS, and PIM Data	201	(26)
Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM)	201	(2)
The WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook Namespace	203	(2)
Creating E-mail Applications with Managed APIs	205	(11)
Creating a Simple E-mail Application	208	(2)
Creating an E-mail Application with Attachments	210	(6)
Accessing PIM Data	216	(4)
Using SMS	220	(6)
Summary	226	(1)
XML and Web Services	227	(28)
Overview of XML and Web Services	227	(7)
XML Support in .NET Compact Framework	229	(1)
XML Syntax	229	(2)
An XML Example: Customizing the Home Screen	231	(2)
XML Schema	233	(1)
XML-Related Classes	234	(14)
XmlDocument and XmlTextReader	235	(5)
XmlNodeReader and DataSet	240	(2)
An XML Processing Sample Application	242	(6)
Building a Smartphone XML Web Service Application	248	(5)
Adding a Web Reference	248	(1)
Consuming Web Services	249	(4)
Summary	253	(2)
Platform Invoke	255	(26)
Managed and Unmanaged Code	255	(2)
Building Unmanaged DLLs	257	(3)
Using P/Invoke in the .NET Compact Framework	260	(18)
Declaring and Calling an Unmanaged Code Function	261	(1)
Error Handling	262	(1)
Marshaling Data	263	(8)
An Example of a P/Invoke Application	271	(7)
Optimizing P/Invoke Performance	278	(1)
Summary	279	(2)
Exception Handling, and Debugging	281	(24)
Exceptions and Exception Handling	281	(12)
Exceptions	282	(1)
The try...catch Statement	282	(1)
The finally Statement	283	(2)
The throw Statement	285	(1)
Exception Stack Trace	286	(2)
The Exception Class	288	(1)
The SystemException Class	289	(1)
The ApplicationException Class	290	(2)
Best Practices of Exception Handling	292	(1)
Debugging in Visual Studio 2005	293	(3)
Debugging Windows	293	(1)
Debugging Setting	294	(1)
Deploying and Debugging in Visual Studio	294	(1)
Defining Symbols	294	(1)
Limitations in Debugging	295	(1)
Multithreaded Debugging	296	(8)
Managed Threads	296	(2)
Race Condition	298	(2)
Deadlock	300	(4)
Summary	304	(1)
Part III: Advanced Topics	305	(132)
Device and Application Security	307	(26)
Mobile Threats	307	(2)
Glossary of Terms	309	(3)
Digital Signatures, Certificates, and Application Signing	309	(1)
Privileged and Unprivileged Applications and Certificate Stores	310	(1)
Trusted and Normal Applications	310	(1)
Security Policies and Roles	311	(1)
Windows Mobile 5.0 Security Models	312	(2)
Certificate Management in Windows Mobile 5.0	314	(8)
Obtaining Certificates	314	(1)
Signing Applications with Certificates	315	(4)
Managing Certificates	319	(3)
Security Policies	322	(3)
An Example Code	325	(5)
Perimeter Security	330	(2)
Physical Access Control	330	(1)
Antivirus Considerations	331	(1)
Summary	332	(1)
Data and Communication Security	333	(30)
Data Protection	334	(12)
Data Encryption	334	(7)
Database Encryption and Password Protection	341	(5)
Securing Communication Channels	346	(7)
Network Authentication	346	(1)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)	347	(3)
Virtual Private Networks	350	(3)
Wi-Fi	353	(1)
Securing Web Services with Soap Headers	353	(9)
Server Side	354	(6)
Client Side	360	(2)
Summary	362	(1)
Globalization and Localization	363	(22)
Globalization and Localization Support	363	(1)
Culture	364	(2)
The CultureInfo Class	365	(1)
Developing a World-Ready Application	366	(11)
Creating Localized Resources	366	(4)
A Sample Application with a Localized Satellite Assembly	370	(7)
Localizing Data	377	(5)
Dates, Time, and Calendars	377	(2)
Numbers and Currency	379	(2)
Strings	381	(1)
Best Practices	382	(1)
Summary	383	(2)
Graphics	385	(26)
.NET Compact Framework Graphics	386	(1)
The Graphics Class	386	(14)
Creating a Graphics Object	387	(1)
The Color, Pen, and Brush Objects	387	(2)
Vector Graphics	389	(8)
Drawing Text	397	(2)
Working with Fonts	399	(1)
Drawing Images	400	(9)
Drawing Bitmaps	402	(6)
Embedded Resources	408	(1)
Summary	409	(2)
Performance	411	(26)
General Principles	411	(1)
Using .NET Compact Framework Performance Counters	412	(5)
CLR Performance	417	(7)
Garbage Collection	417	(1)
Call Overhead	418	(5)
Math	423	(1)
Reflection	423	(1)
Generics	423	(1)
Class Library Guidelines	424	(4)
BCL Collections	424	(2)
StringBuilder versus String	426	(1)
Regular Expression	427	(1)
XML and Data Access	428	(2)
XMLReader and XMLWriter	428	(1)
XML Schema	428	(1)
XML Serialization	429	(1)
Data Access	429	(1)
Windows Forms	430	(4)
Form Loading Performance	430	(1)
Form Layout	431	(2)
BeginUpdate and EndUpdate	433	(1)
Summary	434	(3)
Appendix A: New Features in .NET Compact Framework 2.0	437	(4)
Appendix B: A Glance at the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Class Library	441	(18)
Appendix C: The Smartphone Bootstrapping Process	459	(6)
Index	465