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saikamesh
saikamesh

Reputation: 4629

What is new in Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 from Beta 1

Can anyone please tell me from where I can read about what are all the improvements and API changes between the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 and Beta 1.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 148

Answers (3)

Richard Szalay
Richard Szalay

Reputation: 84734

The only available information on the changes are the Release Notes (and it only lists breaking changes), but I will summarise major ones here:

  • Touch input now occurs on a background thread unless ManipulationMode=Control is set on a control
  • Image decoding occurs on background thread by default, but it looks like they plan to revert this change before RTM
  • TaiwanCalendar has been removed for "geopolitical" reasons (?)
  • OnCancel has been removed from ScheduledTaskAgent
  • IsRunningSlowly has been removed from GameTimerEventArgs
  • The property types of MotionReading have been changed to reduce dependencies
  • IsoStore folders for task/application shared content have been changed
  • Background agents are no longer launched automatically in debug mode, instead the new LaunchForTest method must be called
  • Microsoft.Devices.YCrCbPixelLayout has been renamed to Microsoft.Devices.YCbCrPixelLayout
  • CaptureResolution has been dropped in favour of Size

Upvotes: 3

Jamie Keeling
Jamie Keeling

Reputation: 9966

The following MSDN page contains a list of all the changes found in the new developer tools:

What's New In Windows Phone SDK 7.1 - Beta 2

Furthermore you can look at the additional document provided on the download page to see a list of breaking changes based on modified APIs.

Upvotes: 1

harryovers
harryovers

Reputation: 3138

the beta 2 will have facilities to deploy the apps to developer phones running the beta os. they have also improved certain parts of the api after feedback from developers.

Upvotes: 0

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