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From: zax

11/20/2012 10:42:26 PM

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Windows Phone Developer Toolkit updated for Windows Phone 8
November 20, 2012 | By Surur

wmpoweruser.com

Microsoft has announced the release of the Windows Phone 8 version of the Windows Phone Toolkit.

The Windows Phone Toolkit provide an additional package of controls that developers can use with the Windows Phone SDK to easily add useful controls to your Windows Phone app.

The updated toolkit of course contain bug fixes, but also new sets of controls for Windows Phone 8, such as multi-select for images that replicate the native Windows Phone 8 controls.

The new toolkit can be downloaded from CodePlex and will install exclusively through NuGet.

The package contains the Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 toolkits in a single package, and adds new controls such as:

MapExtensions (WP8 only)
Various Effects/Transitions
CustomMessageBox
RatingControl
LongListMultiSelector – List Layout (WP8 only)
LongListMultiSelector – Grid Layout (WP8 only)
ExpanderView
ListPicker
HubTile
DatePicker
TimePicker
ContextMenu
ToggleSwitch Control
AutoCompleteBox

Read more and see examples at Microsoft here.

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