Interest in the Windows Phone 7 platform is growing quickly and the need for apps is
increasing faster still. However, not everything related to a consumer's Live profile is
available on the phone natively. On Dec. 7, 2011 Microsoft released a new Windows Live
SDK which allows access to Calendars, Contacts, Documents, and more. We'll be walking
through the SDK and learn how to implement calls to Windows Live in order to support
the rich functionality desired by consumers of Windows Phone 7.
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Danny Warren
Working for InterKnowlogy in Carlsbad, CA
 http://www.interknowlogy.com
 http://blogs.interknowlogy.com/author/dannywar
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Twitter @dannydwarren
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Cloud Service
Backbone of Microsoft’s consumer world
Email
Calendaring
Documents
Storage
Social Networking
Photos and Videos (media)
More…
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Microsoft’s answer to the iThisAndThat,
Robots, and cool RIMs
A different take on the smart phone with
Metro
The mobile frontend of Windows Live (lite
edition)
Growing Market
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Aggregated Data Sources (check list)
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UserData namespace
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff769542(v=vs.92).aspx
Scope Definitions:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh220665(v=vs.92).aspx
Launchers and Choosers
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202972(v=vs.92).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh243646.aspx
Live Connect Site
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/default.aspx
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A lot of needed APIs missing on the Phone
Near full access to Windows Live
 Calendaring
 Social Networking
 Full SkyDrive Access
▪ Audio
▪ Photos
▪ Videos
▪ Documents
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Think WCF Data Service (REST API)
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FACT – As a developer you need both sets of
APIs in order to create the best experience
FACT – The phone can read just about
anything
FACT – Live SDK can create, read, update, or
delete just about anything
FACT – Another name for a Microsoft
Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'!
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http://www.funfunnyfacts.com/Fun-Funny-Facts.html
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Save Single Email
Choose Single Email
Save Single Phone Number
Choose Single Phone Number
Using the Contacts API developers can access all
contacts on the phone and their information including
non-Windows Live contacts (contacts are read-only)
 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2011/11/08/31-days-of-
mango-day-8-contacts-api/
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/microsoft.phone.userdata.contact(v=VS.92).aspx
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Cannot Create, Update, Delete Contacts
(from a third party app)
Cannot save Email and Phone Number at the
same time
Cannot make your bed or clean your room
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Can Create and Read (limited) Contacts
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/hh243648.aspx#contact
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/hh243648.aspx#user
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Update?
Delete?
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Read is limited
 Can’t read email addresses, postal addresses,
work profile, or phone numbers
 These can be created just not read?
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Update and Delete are not mentioned in the
documentation
 May or may not be supported
PHONE
LIVE SDK
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Use the Contacts API to
read contact information
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Jailbreak your users phones to support Update and Delete
from third party apps?
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Create Contacts Here
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The Appointments API allows read-only
access to all events in the user’s calendars
 When using this API understand that there is no
way to know which calendar the event is on, only
which account owns that event
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/microsoft.phone.userdata.appointment
(v=vs.92).aspx
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Cannot Read a specific Calendar
Cannot Create, Update, or Delete Calendars,
or Events
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Can Create, Read, Update, and Delete
Calendars, and Events
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/hh243648.aspx#calendar
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/hh243648.aspx#event
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Access to calendars and events is restricted only
by what permissions the user has on those
calendars and events
 As a developer we can view that information
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Can Subscribe to Public Calendars
Can only Read and Delete Recurring Events
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Cannot Create or Update Recurring Events
PHONE
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Use the Appointments API
to read events when the
owning calendar does not
matter
Use the Appointments API
when no data connection
exists
LIVE SDK
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Create, Update, and Delete
(Calendars and Events)
Use for reading when you
want to read a specific
calendar
Subscribing to Public
Calendars
Inform the user they need to go to the Calendar Application
to create or update a recurring event
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NOT POSSIBLE
BUMMER
LAME
Cannot access any files on the phone from a
third party app
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Create, Read, Update, Delete
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Folders
Albums
Photos
Videos
Audio
Documents
▪ The key here is to pass the URL of the document to the
WebBrowserTask and let the OS take over for us
 Other Files
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Pretty much what ever you want to do you can!
LIVE SDK FTW!!!!
http://winlivehelper.codeplex.com
Slides are boring! Show us some code!