{"id":2736,"date":"2011-08-12T20:47:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T10:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2011-08-12T20:47:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T10:47:31","slug":"boydo-to-tango-with-windows-phone-mango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/boydo-to-tango-with-windows-phone-mango\/","title":{"rendered":"Boydo to Tango With Windows Phone Mango"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a quick update tonight.<\/p>\n

I have managed to write a dummy app (just a simple Hello, World! one following some instructions I found on the web) and it has progressed far enough in the app submission lifecycle to score myself an invite for Mango Beta 2 testing and development.<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a>

Windows Phone App Certification Failure<\/p><\/div>\n

For the record, my app failed certification as it contravened four guidelines, specifically:<\/p>\n

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  1. The application must be fully functional (this sort of test app is prohibited in the Marketplace),<\/li>\n
  2. The iconography, screenshots and application tile images were not of the required format nor representative of the application (I had left the “pin-to-start” and application list icons as the generic ones, the application screenshots contained the emulator border and I was missing what seemed to be an optional 173 x 173 PNG icon in the submission process).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"The<\/a>

    The "Optionally Mandatory" Large Mobile App Tile<\/p><\/div>\n

    I wasn’t expecting to have the app pass anyway but I’ll bear that in mind when I submit something for real. If you want to see the results of my app upload, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just a quick update tonight. I have managed to write a dummy app (just a simple Hello, World! one following some instructions I found on the web) and it has progressed far enough in the app submission lifecycle to score myself an invite for Mango Beta 2 testing and development. For the record, my app … <\/p>\n

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