In this step, you'll create a Windows Phone application using CoverFlow for Windows Phone. You will also add a StackPanel control, a TextBlock control, and a folder containing three album cover images to the project.
Complete the following steps:
1. In Visual Studio 2010, select File | New | Project to open the New Project dialog box.
2. In the New Project dialog box, select a language in the left pane, and in the templates list select Windows Phone Application. Enter a Name for your project and click OK. The New Windows Phone Application dialog box will appear.
3. Click OK to close the New Windows Phone Application dialog box and create your project.
4. Right-click the project in the Solution Explorer and select Add Reference.
5. In the Add Reference dialog box, locate and select the C1.Phone.dll assembly and select OK.
6. Add the XAML namespace to the <phone:PhoneApplicationPage> tag by adding xmlns:my="clr-namespace:C1.Phone.Extended;assembly=C1.Phone.Extended" so it appears similar to the following:
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage x:Class="C1WP7.MainPage" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone" xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone" xmlns:my="clr-namespace:C1.Phone.Extended;assembly=C1.Phone.Extended" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="480" d:DesignHeight="768" FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}" FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}" Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}" SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait" shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True">
7. Edit the TitlePanel content to change the text in the TextBlock controls. It will appear similar to the following:
<!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->
<StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
<TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="CoverFlow" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
</StackPanel>
8. In the XAML window of the project, place the cursor between the <Grid x:Name="ContentPanel"></Grid> tags and click once.
9. Add the following markup between the <Grid x:Name="ContentPanel"></Grid> tags to add a StackPanel containing a C1CoverFlow control:
<my:C1CoverFlow></my:C1CoverFlow>
In this step, you created a project and added a C1CoverFlow control to it. In the next step, you'll customize the control.