Windows Phone 7: How (Not) to Fail Marketplace Ingestion

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The document provides guidance on how to avoid failures when submitting applications to the Windows Phone Marketplace. It outlines key policies around application certification requirements, iconography, support information, notifications, running apps under lock screen, back button behavior, themes, languages, common upload failures, and using the correct version of developer tools. Developers should thoroughly read certification documents, understand icon and notification policies, test on multiple devices and languages, and use the latest tools to avoid failures.

Windows Phone 7: How (Not) to Fail Marketplace Ingestion

How (not) to Fail Marketplace Ingestion.

Read the DocsUnderstand the policies that represent the requirements all applications need to meet in order to pass certification testing.The Windows Phone 7 application certification requirements are posted at http://developer.windowsphone.com.All the policies and requirements are documented in detail.Spend 30 minutes reading the documents to save yourself a lot of time in the long run.

Know Your IconographySection 4.6 (Application Screenshot)Screen shots should encompass the full 480 x 800 dimension, must be a direct capture of the phone screen or emulator and need to represent the correct aspect ratio.Section 4.5 (Windows Phone Marketplace Iconography)Avoid using the default Windows Mobile icons.Including a panorama background image is optional but recommended. This will enable Microsoft to potentially feature your panorama image on the Marketplace catalog to help improve your application’s visibility (with the likely result of more downloads).

Support InformationSection 5.6 (Technical Support Information)Until 31/10/2010, it is recommended that applications include the version number or support information (for example a URL or email), which is easily discoverable by end-users. Modify your applications now to help plan for 1/11/2010 when this test case will be enforced.

Toast NotificationsSection 6.2 (Push Notifications Application)There must be the ability for the user to disable toast notification.On first use of HttpNotificationChannel.BindtoShellToast method, the application must ask the user for explicit permission to receive a toast notification.

Apps Running Under Lock ScreenSection 6.3 (Applications Running under a Locked Screen)This only applies to applications that continue to execute when running under the locked screen and does not apply to applications in a suspended state. Prompt the user for explicit permission to run under a locked screen upon first use of ApplicationIdleDetectionMode.

The Back ButtonSection 5.2.4 (Use of Back Button)Back button behavior is one of the most typical failures. A common failure is pressing the back button during application runtime exits the application, instead of returning the application to a previous page or closing the presented menu or dialog.

ThemesSection 5.1.1 (Multiple Devices Support)Avoid controls and text washing-out by testing applications with the Theme Background set to “light”.

LanguagesBe sure that the application description and the text the application displays to end users is localized appropriately in the target language.

Failures Upon UploadThere is a validation tool that assesses your application upon upload to the Marketplace. One common failures is:Error 1029 – Your XAP in missing an interopmanifest.Make sure the interop syntax is specified in the manifest file.If the account does not have permissions to run interop, this error message will also be generated.

Windows Phone Developer ToolsBe sure to use the RTM version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools.Applications built on previous tool versions will fail testing.

© 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7 and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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2. How (not) to Fail Marketplace Ingestion.

3. Read the DocsUnderstand the policies that represent the requirements all applications need to meet in order to pass certification testing.The Windows Phone 7 application certification requirements are posted at http://developer.windowsphone.com.All the policies and requirements are documented in detail.Spend 30 minutes reading the documents to save yourself a lot of time in the long run.

4. Know Your IconographySection 4.6 (Application Screenshot)Screen shots should encompass the full 480 x 800 dimension, must be a direct capture of the phone screen or emulator and need to represent the correct aspect ratio.Section 4.5 (Windows Phone Marketplace Iconography)Avoid using the default Windows Mobile icons.Including a panorama background image is optional but recommended. This will enable Microsoft to potentially feature your panorama image on the Marketplace catalog to help improve your application’s visibility (with the likely result of more downloads).

5. Support InformationSection 5.6 (Technical Support Information)Until 31/10/2010, it is recommended that applications include the version number or support information (for example a URL or email), which is easily discoverable by end-users. Modify your applications now to help plan for 1/11/2010 when this test case will be enforced.

6. Toast NotificationsSection 6.2 (Push Notifications Application)There must be the ability for the user to disable toast notification.On first use of HttpNotificationChannel.BindtoShellToast method, the application must ask the user for explicit permission to receive a toast notification.

7. Apps Running Under Lock ScreenSection 6.3 (Applications Running under a Locked Screen)This only applies to applications that continue to execute when running under the locked screen and does not apply to applications in a suspended state. Prompt the user for explicit permission to run under a locked screen upon first use of ApplicationIdleDetectionMode.

8. The Back ButtonSection 5.2.4 (Use of Back Button)Back button behavior is one of the most typical failures. A common failure is pressing the back button during application runtime exits the application, instead of returning the application to a previous page or closing the presented menu or dialog.

9. ThemesSection 5.1.1 (Multiple Devices Support)Avoid controls and text washing-out by testing applications with the Theme Background set to “light”.

10. LanguagesBe sure that the application description and the text the application displays to end users is localized appropriately in the target language.

11. Failures Upon UploadThere is a validation tool that assesses your application upon upload to the Marketplace. One common failures is:Error 1029 – Your XAP in missing an interopmanifest.Make sure the interop syntax is specified in the manifest file.If the account does not have permissions to run interop, this error message will also be generated.

12. Windows Phone Developer ToolsBe sure to use the RTM version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools.Applications built on previous tool versions will fail testing.

13. © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7 and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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