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Windows Phone API Mapping tool: switching from Qt to WP7

To help Qt programmers with minimal effort prepare to develop applications for Windows Phone, Symbian Qt was added to the Windows Phone API Mapping tool .

The mapping tool is something like a dictionary for developers who know one programming language and want to write applications for the Windows Phone platform with this knowledge. Developers familiar with other platforms' APIs can use the Mapping tool API to find the appropriate classes, methods, and events in Windows Phone.


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In essence, the Windows Phone API Mapping tool is a subject index for Qt API classes and methods, referencing the relevant WP7 API classes and methods gathered from the Silverlight, C #, and XNA documentation on MSDN.

Designed strictly for developers, the Windows Phone API Mapping tool includes the main Qt 4.7 libraries for Symbian: QtCore, QtGUI, QtLocation, QtNetwork, QtSql, QtXml, QtWebKit, QML Elements and QML Components. The API Mapping tool has code samples and tutorials that also help developers.


Along with Qt, iOS and Android are represented in the Windows Phone API Mapping tool. By the way, there is a reverse API Mapping tool that facilitates the transition from programming under iOS, WP7 and Android to programming on Qt.

If you are an absolute newcomer to developing for Windows Phone, we also recommend reading the “ Windows Phone Guide for Symbian Qt Application Developers ” released by Microsoft and Nokia, which describes the principles of Windows Phone programming for developers who have written to Qt for Symbian. The guide consists of eight chapters and includes recommendations on application design, C # programming, porting applications to Windows Phone and much more.

By the way, now Microsoft, in conjunction with Nokia, is holding a contest for application developers under Windows Phone 7. To participate in the contest, you need to write a new-year application for WP7, and if you're lucky, you can become the owner of the new Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/134670/


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