The Windows Phone 8 platform, new for 2012, provides a remarkable opportunity for Windows developers to create state-of-the-art mobile applications using their existing skills and a familiar toolset. Pro Windows Phone App Development, Third Edition helps you unlock the potential of this platform and create dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Marketplace--including using new features that the Windows 8 kernel provides and a treatise on developing Metro style apps. For developers new to the Windows Phone platform--whether .NET, iPhone, or Android developers--this book starts by introducing the features and specifications of the Windows Phone series, and then leads you through the complete application development process. You'll learn how to use Microsoft technologies like WinRT, Metro, .NET, Visual Studio 2012, and Expression Blend effectively, how to take advantage of the device's sensors with the location service, accelerometer, and touch, how to make your apps location-aware using GPS data, how to utilize the rich media capabilities of the Windows Phone series, and much more.Finally, you'll receive a full tutorial on how to publish and sell your application through the Windows Phone Marketplace and Windows 8 App Store. And in this third edition, learn quickly and easily how to take advantage of new API capabilities, cross-device support, and HTML5 compliance right in your browser. What you'll learn *The specifications and capabilities of the Windows Phone series and how to harness that power in your applications *To understand its relationship to .NET, Visual Studio, and Expression Blend and how to use those tools most effectively to develop Windows Phone apps *How to develop applications that take advantage of the available sensors, such as location service, accelerometer, and touch gestures *How to develop rich media applications that harness the graphics capabilities of Windows Phone models *The correct way to design and develop Windows Phone applications utilizing the Model-View-ViewModel architecture *The process of publishing your application to the Windows Phone Marketplace and Windows App Store Who this book is for If you're a Microsoft developer, this book is primarily for you--you're eager to learn how to use your existing skills to develop for the new Windows Phone platform. If you're an iOS or Android developer, this is an ideal guide for you to learn how to expand the market for your existing applications. This does assume some knowledge of C#, managed code in general, and a basic level of familiarity with Visual Studio. And if you're a proficient Windows Phone developer, get up to speed quickly with the new API endpoints and HTML5 browser support in the Tango update.Software developers proficient in other languages will also find this book helpful to get up to speed with developing Windows Phone applications.