New Version of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit

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Imagine my surprise when I browsed to the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit page on Codeplex and discovered a new version was released today.

There are some great new controls in the release:

  • AutoCompleteBox – Very similar to the Silverlight AutoCompleteBox I know and love
  • ListPicker – Similar to a ComboBox control; shows a selected item and allows a user to choose a new item from a list
  • LongListSelector – Like a ListBox on steroids…supports more advanced scenarios such as really long lists with ease
  • Page Transitions – Provides professional looking page transitions that are easy to use

Also, you get the controls released in the September version of the toolkit:

  • GestureService/GestureListener
  • ContextMenu
  • DatePicker
  • TimePicker
  • ToggleSwitch
  • WrapPanel

All of these controls can help you easily build great phone UIs. Get started by…downloading the toolkit here.

Next to use the toolkit controls, add a reference to the toolkit assembly (Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit) to your project,. Do this by right-clicking your project and selecting Add Reference. Then click the Browse tab and navigate to the toolkit assembly.

You should be able to find it here:

InstallDrive:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.0\Toolkit\Nov10\Bin

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Next, map the toolkit namespace in the XAML for your page…something like this:

xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit"

Now when editing the xaml for your page, if you type <toolkit:, you will automatically get Intellisense suggesting controls and types available in the toolkit. Also, the download includes a .chm file with some basic reference documentation to help you get rolling.

These are great controls brought to you by a great team and I can’t wait to get started using them.

Enjoy!

--Cheryl

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2010
    The ListPicker example for accent color would do better with a bit of transition instead of just appearing suddenly and disappearing when you select an item.

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2010
    WP7 is dead. No new developers will support this platform since Muglia has basically killed Silverlight.

  • Anonymous
    November 04, 2010
    Please stop mentioning what Muglia said. There is a (obvious) and very significant difference between HTML5 and Silverlight:      "Silverlight is what an app is for the iPhone" There will always be the need for a mature tool which allows development of pure offline-applications - this is something you just cannot do with any HTML version. So - in my everyday experience I see that comparing Silverlight with HTML5 just makes no sense.

  • Anonymous
    December 29, 2010
    Hi , I am trying to apply the toolkit to my project. I have added it as a reference and also insert : xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit" to my xaml page. But it seems that the tools are still not available. Is there any steps that are need to be done?

  • Anonymous
    January 19, 2011
    same problem, that tool kit xaml block everyone keep offering up on their blog does not work. <toolkit:TransitionService.NavigationInTransition>        <toolkit:NavigationInTransition>            <toolkit:NavigationInTransition.Backward>                <toolkit:TurnstileTransition Mode="BackwardIn"/>            </toolkit:NavigationInTransition.Backward>            <toolkit:NavigationInTransition.Forward>                <toolkit:TurnstileTransition Mode="ForwardIn"/>            </toolkit:NavigationInTransition.Forward>        </toolkit:NavigationInTransition>    </toolkit:TransitionService.NavigationInTransition>    <toolkit:TransitionService.NavigationOutTransition>        <toolkit:NavigationOutTransition>            <toolkit:NavigationOutTransition.Backward>                <toolkit:TurnstileTransition Mode="BackwardOut"/>            </toolkit:NavigationOutTransition.Backward>            <toolkit:NavigationOutTransition.Forward>                <toolkit:TurnstileTransition Mode="ForwardOut"/>            </toolkit:NavigationOutTransition.Forward>        </toolkit:NavigationOutTransition>    </toolkit:TransitionService.NavigationOutTransition> The tag 'TurnstileTransition' does not exist in XML namespace 'clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit'. many blogs discuss this but no working samples to be found, except for the actual toolkit which is so frustrating.