Find out how to add iPhone-like UI features to your WPF applications.
by Kevin McNeish
April 1, 2008
he iPhone is one of the most compelling and exciting user interfaces to appear on any consumer electronic device, with many innovations that make it a pleasure to use. This article demonstrates how you can implement these features in your .NET applications in a step-by-step format as you recreate the iPhone interface using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology with both Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression Blend.
Just when you finally master creating Windows applications using .NET Windows Forms, Microsoft comes out with a new replacement technology—Windows Presentation Foundation—that is completely different in just about every possible way and requires a significant learning curve! Fortunately, this break with the past comes with tremendous benefits and the ability to vastly improve the quality of user interfaces you deliver to your end users. Before jumping into recreating the iPhone interface, here's a quick WPF primer.
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he iPhone is one of the most compelling and exciting user interfaces to appear on any consumer electronic device, with many innovations that make it a pleasure to use. This article demonstrates how you can implement these features in your .NET applications in a step-by-step format as you recreate the iPhone interface using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology with both Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression Blend.
