![]() You can install the app by scanning a QR code. Apps generated use XAML and C#.Īpp Studio also compiles a Windows Phone binary package (not yet for Windows Store apps) which you can install immediately, provided you have added the necessary certificate. Once in Visual Studio, you can do what you like, though there is no way back to the visual builder. New in this version is the ability to generate a Windows Store App for Windows 8.1, as well as a phone app. You can add actions including initiating a phone call or email, searching Nokia music, or getting directions from Nokia HERE maps.Īs you work, a live preview of the app appears alongside your work, a nice feature. You can also add elements including HTML text, RSS feeds, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, and Bing searches. You could store a short list of addresses, for example. Large or sophisticated data sets are not the target here though. This allows you to create live apps that don’t need to be updated when you want to change data. If you update your data in App Studio, your app will automatically update. For example, I added an RSS feed, entered the URL for this blog, and it built a UI to browse and read blog entries.Įverything is data bound, and the data can be stored either locally or else hosted by Microsoft, in which case you can amend it dynamically:Īpp Studio Data Services means the data is stored in App Studio and depends on an internet connection. There is no interface builder at the level of buttons and listboxes rather, you drag high-level elements into sections and the user interface is built for you. That said, the development environment is reasonably intuitive. “You can also create a custom action”, it says, but does not tell you what such an action can do or how to use it. Microsoft is continuing its peculiar and infuriating aversion to proper documentation, but there is a a how to that is somewhat informative. Still, I like the idea of an app that will make it easier to read this blog on Windows Phone, so I went in and built an app. What is the point of this kind of app? If I want to create a fan project, wouldn’t a mobile-friendly web site or blog be better? And for businesses, what is the value of an app that lacks intelligence? For example, a restaurant might want an app linked to a loyalty scheme where you collect points towards a free meal or qualify for offers, but how many will want an app just to check a menu, which they could easily do online? The personal use case is an app to show off your recent holiday, favourite band, movie or team, and for businesses, a showcase for your company or a menu for your restaurant. App Studio is carefully described as a tool for building “content-based apps”. The changes are described here.įirst, a quick tour. ![]() Microsoft has improved its browser-based Windows Phone App Studio beta and added the ability to generate Windows Store apps.
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