public async Task <ObservableCollection <ApressBook> > GetFeaturedBooks()
{
//ApressBookServiceClient client = new ApressBookServiceClient();
//var result = await client.GetFeaturedBooksAsync();
//return result;
ObservableCollection <ApressBook> featuredBooksCollection = new ObservableCollection <ApressBook>();
ApressBook WPMigration = new ApressBook();
WPMigration.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-3816-4";
WPMigration.ApressBookName = "Migrating to Windows Phone";
WPMigration.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Phone";
WPMigration.ApressBookAuthor = "Jesse Liberty , Jeff Blankenburg";
WPMigration.ApressBookDescription = "This book offers everything you'll need to upgrade your existing programming knowledge and begin to develop applications for the Windows Phone.";
WPMigration.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/MigratingToWP.png";
WPMigration.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 28);
WPMigration.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate";
ApressBook WPRecipes = new ApressBook();
WPRecipes.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-4137-9";
WPRecipes.ApressBookName = "Windows Phone Recipes";
WPRecipes.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Phone";
WPRecipes.ApressBookAuthor = "Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati , Emanuele Garofalo";
WPRecipes.ApressBookDescription = "Are you interested in smartphone development? Windows Phone 7.5 (code-named Mango) is packed with new features and functionality that make it a .NET developer's dream. This book contains extensive code samples and detailed walkthroughs that will have you writing sophisticated apps in no time!";
WPRecipes.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/WPRecipes.png";
WPRecipes.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 14);
WPRecipes.ApressBookUserLevel = "Beginner to Intermediate";
featuredBooksCollection.Add(WPMigration);
featuredBooksCollection.Add(WPRecipes);
return(featuredBooksCollection);
}
private async void pinButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (this.flipView.SelectedItem != null)
{
ApressBook selectedBook = (ApressBook)this.flipView.SelectedItem;
this.BottomAppBar.IsSticky = true;
string uniqueTileID = selectedBook.ApressBookISBN;
string shortTileName = selectedBook.ApressBookName;
string displayTileName = selectedBook.ApressBookTechnology;
string tileActivationArguments = uniqueTileID;
Uri logo = new Uri("ms-appx://" + selectedBook.ApressBookImageURI);
SecondaryTile secondaryTile = new SecondaryTile(uniqueTileID, shortTileName, displayTileName, tileActivationArguments, TileOptions.ShowNameOnLogo, logo);
secondaryTile.ForegroundText = ForegroundText.Light;
secondaryTile.SmallLogo = new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/SmallLogo.png");
FrameworkElement pinToStartButton = (FrameworkElement)pinButton;
Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.GeneralTransform buttonTransform = pinToStartButton.TransformToVisual(null);
Windows.Foundation.Point point = buttonTransform.TransformPoint(new Point());
Windows.Foundation.Rect rect = new Rect(point, new Size(pinToStartButton.ActualWidth, pinToStartButton.ActualHeight));
bool isPinned = await secondaryTile.RequestCreateForSelectionAsync(rect, Windows.UI.Popups.Placement.Above);
this.BottomAppBar.IsSticky = false;
}
}
public static ApressBook CreateApressBook(int ID, string apressBookISBN, string apressBookName, string apressBookTechnology, string apressBookAuthor, global::System.DateTime apressBookPublishedDate)
{
ApressBook apressBook = new ApressBook();
apressBook.ID = ID;
apressBook.ApressBookISBN = apressBookISBN;
apressBook.ApressBookName = apressBookName;
apressBook.ApressBookTechnology = apressBookTechnology;
apressBook.ApressBookAuthor = apressBookAuthor;
apressBook.ApressBookPublishedDate = apressBookPublishedDate;
return(apressBook);
}
private void dataTransferManager_DataRequested(DataTransferManager sender, DataRequestedEventArgs args)
{
if (this.flipView.SelectedItem != null)
{
ApressBook selectedBook = (ApressBook)this.flipView.SelectedItem;
// Set what to share.
//string textToShare = "Currently Reading Book: Name: " + selectedBook.ApressBookName + " | Author: " + selectedBook.ApressBookAuthor + " | Published: " + selectedBook.DisplayablePublishDate + ".";
//args.Request.Data.Properties.Title = "Apress Featured BookShare:";
//args.Request.Data.SetText(textToShare);
//args.Request.Data.Properties.Title = "Apress Featured BookShare:";
//args.Request.Data.SetUri(new Uri("http://www.msn.com"));
//args.Request.Data.Properties.Title = "Apress Featured BookShare:";
//string someHTML = "<strong>Bold Text</strong> <em>Emphasized Text</em>";
//args.Request.Data.SetHtmlFormat(HtmlFormatHelper.CreateHtmlFormat(someHTML));
// DataRequestDeferral deferral = args.Request.GetDeferral();
//try
//{
// StorageFile storageFile = await localFolder.GetFileAsync("CustomSerializedFile.xml");
// List<IStorageItem> storageItems = new List<IStorageItem>();
// storageItems.Add(storageFile);
// args.Request.Data.Properties.Title = "Apress Featured BookShare:";
// args.Request.Data.SetStorageItems(storageItems);
//}
//finally
//{
// deferral.Complete();
//}
//DataRequestDeferral deferral = args.Request.GetDeferral();
//try
//{
// StorageFile imageFile = await localFolder.GetFileAsync("Logo.png");
// args.Request.Data.Properties.Title = "Apress Featured BookShare:";
// args.Request.Data.SetBitmap(RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromFile(imageFile));
//}
//finally
//{
// deferral.Complete();
//}
}
}
public static Book CreateBook(ApressBook apressBook)
{
if (apressBook == null)
{
return(null);
}
var title = apressBook.Ecommerce.Impressions.FirstOrDefault().Name;
var url = apressBook.Url;
var price = new Price();
price.Currency = (Currency)Enum.Parse(typeof(Currency), apressBook.Currency, true);
price.Cost = apressBook.BestPrice;
var book = new Book(url, title, "Apress", "", "", price);
return(book);
}
protected override void LoadState(Object navigationParameter, Dictionary <String, Object> pageState)
{
// Allow saved page state to override the initial item to display.
if (pageState != null && pageState.ContainsKey("SelectedItem"))
{
navigationParameter = pageState["SelectedItem"];
}
// Get the selected Book Item from Navigation parameter.
ApressBook selectedBook = (ApressBook)((App)Application.Current).FeaturedBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.First(X => X.ApressBookISBN == navigationParameter);
// Also fetch the corresponding Technology Group.
GroupedApressBooks selectedGroup = (GroupedApressBooks)((App)Application.Current).FeaturedBookListVM.GroupedFeaturedApressBooks.First(X => X.ApressBookGroupName == selectedBook.ApressBookTechnology);
this.DefaultViewModel["BookGroup"] = selectedGroup;
this.DefaultViewModel["BookItems"] = selectedGroup.BookCollection;
this.flipView.SelectedItem = selectedBook;
}
public void LoadFlipViewDemoVM(FlipViewDemoViewModel flipViewDemoVM)
{
flipViewDemoVM.FeaturedWindowsPhoneApressBooks = new ObservableCollection <Models.ApressBook>();
ApressBook WPMigration = new ApressBook();
WPMigration.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-3816-4";
WPMigration.ApressBookName = "Migrating to Windows Phone";
WPMigration.ApressBookAuthor = "Jesse Liberty , Jeff Blankenburg";
WPMigration.ApressBookDescription = "This book offers everything you'll need to upgrade your existing programming knowledge and begin to develop applications for the Windows Phone.";
WPMigration.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/MigratingToWP.png";
WPMigration.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 28);
WPMigration.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate";
ApressBook WPRecipes = new ApressBook();
WPRecipes.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-4137-9";
WPRecipes.ApressBookName = "Windows Phone Recipes";
WPRecipes.ApressBookAuthor = "Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati , Emanuele Garofalo";
WPRecipes.ApressBookDescription = "Are you interested in smartphone development? Windows Phone 7.5 (code-named Mango) is packed with new features and functionality that make it a .NET developer's dream. This book contains extensive code samples and detailed walkthroughs that will have you writing sophisticated apps in no time!";
WPRecipes.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/WPRecipes.png";
WPRecipes.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 14);
WPRecipes.ApressBookUserLevel = "Beginner to Intermediate";
ApressBook WPAppDev = new ApressBook();
WPAppDev.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-3936-9";
WPAppDev.ApressBookName = "Windows Phone App Development";
WPAppDev.ApressBookAuthor = "Rob Cameron";
WPAppDev.ApressBookDescription = "Pro Windows Phone 7 Development helps you unlock the potential of Microsoft's newest mobile platform and updates—NoDo and Mango—to develop visually rich, highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Marketplace.";
WPAppDev.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/WPAppDev.png";
WPAppDev.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 26);
WPAppDev.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate to Advanced";
flipViewDemoVM.FeaturedWindowsPhoneApressBooks.Add(WPMigration);
flipViewDemoVM.FeaturedWindowsPhoneApressBooks.Add(WPRecipes);
flipViewDemoVM.FeaturedWindowsPhoneApressBooks.Add(WPAppDev);
}
private Book GetBook()
{
ApressBook apressBook = null;
try
{
var json = _htmlDocument
.DocumentNode
.Descendants("script")
.Where(y => y.InnerHtml.Contains("\n dataLayer ="))
.FirstOrDefault().InnerText;
json = json.Remove(0, 17);
json = json.Remove(json.Length - 3, 2);
apressBook = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ApressBook>(json);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Error during book conversion from Apress service. \nError:\n" + ex.Message);
}
return(BookFactory.CreateBook(apressBook));
}
private async void searchPane_SuggestionsRequested(SearchPane sender, SearchPaneSuggestionsRequestedEventArgs args)
{
args.Request.SearchSuggestionCollection.AppendQuerySuggestions((from book in ((App)Application.Current).FeaturedBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks
where book.ApressBookName.ToLower().StartsWith(args.QueryText.ToLower())
select book.ApressBookName).Take(5));
IEnumerable <ApressBook> recommendedBooks = from book in ((App)Application.Current).FeaturedBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks
where book.ApressBookName.Substring(0, 5).ToLower() == args.QueryText.ToLower()
select book;
if (recommendedBooks.Count() > 0)
{
ApressBook firstRecommendedBook = null;
foreach (ApressBook book in recommendedBooks)
{
firstRecommendedBook = book;
break;
}
StorageFile imageToRead = await localFolder.GetFileAsync("MigratingToWP.png");
args.Request.SearchSuggestionCollection.AppendResultSuggestion(firstRecommendedBook.ApressBookName, firstRecommendedBook.DisplayablePublishDate, firstRecommendedBook.ApressBookISBN, RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromFile(imageToRead), string.Empty);
}
}
public void AddToApressBooks(ApressBook apressBook)
{
base.AddObject("ApressBooks", apressBook);
}
public void LoadFeaturedBooksDemoVM(FeaturedApressBookListViewModel featuredApressBookListVM)
{
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks = new ObservableCollection <Models.ApressBook>();
ApressBook WPMigration = new ApressBook();
WPMigration.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-3816-4";
WPMigration.ApressBookName = "Migrating to Windows Phone";
WPMigration.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Phone";
WPMigration.ApressBookAuthor = "Jesse Liberty , Jeff Blankenburg";
WPMigration.ApressBookDescription = "This book offers everything you'll need to upgrade your existing programming knowledge and begin to develop applications for the Windows Phone.";
WPMigration.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/MigratingToWP.png";
WPMigration.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 28);
WPMigration.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate";
ApressBook WPRecipes = new ApressBook();
WPRecipes.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-4137-9";
WPRecipes.ApressBookName = "Windows Phone Recipes";
WPRecipes.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Phone";
WPRecipes.ApressBookAuthor = "Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati , Emanuele Garofalo";
WPRecipes.ApressBookDescription = "Are you interested in smartphone development? Windows Phone 7.5 (code-named Mango) is packed with new features and functionality that make it a .NET developer's dream. This book contains extensive code samples and detailed walkthroughs that will have you writing sophisticated apps in no time!";
WPRecipes.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/WPRecipes.png";
WPRecipes.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 14);
WPRecipes.ApressBookUserLevel = "Beginner to Intermediate";
ApressBook WPAppDev = new ApressBook();
WPAppDev.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-3936-9";
WPAppDev.ApressBookName = "Windows Phone App Development";
WPAppDev.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Phone";
WPAppDev.ApressBookAuthor = "Rob Cameron";
WPAppDev.ApressBookDescription = "Pro Windows Phone 7 Development helps you unlock the potential of Microsoft's newest mobile platform and updates—NoDo and Mango—to develop visually rich, highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Marketplace.";
WPAppDev.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/WPAppDev.png";
WPAppDev.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 26);
WPAppDev.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate to Advanced";
ApressBook AzurePlatform = new ApressBook();
AzurePlatform.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-3563-7";
AzurePlatform.ApressBookName = "Windows Azure Platform";
AzurePlatform.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Azure";
AzurePlatform.ApressBookAuthor = "Tejaswi Redkar , Tony Guidici";
AzurePlatform.ApressBookDescription = "Learn to architect and build cloud services using the Windows Azure platform. Best practices and techniques for using Windows Azure, SQL Azure and Windows Azure AppFabric are supported by a thorough overview of architectural concepts.";
AzurePlatform.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/AzurePlatform.png";
AzurePlatform.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2011, 12, 19);
AzurePlatform.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate to Advanced";
ApressBook SQLAzure = new ApressBook();
SQLAzure.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-2961-2";
SQLAzure.ApressBookName = "Pro SQL Azure";
SQLAzure.ApressBookTechnology = "Windows Azure";
SQLAzure.ApressBookAuthor = "Scott Klein , Herve Roggero";
SQLAzure.ApressBookDescription = "Pro SQL Azure introduces you to Microsoft's cloud-based delivery of its enterprise-caliber, SQL Server database management system—showing you how to program and administer it in a variety of cloud computing scenarios.";
SQLAzure.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/SQLAzure.png";
SQLAzure.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2010, 10, 29);
SQLAzure.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate to Advanced";
ApressBook UltraFastASP = new ApressBook();
UltraFastASP.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-4338-0";
UltraFastASP.ApressBookName = "Ultra-Fast ASP.NET 4.5";
UltraFastASP.ApressBookTechnology = "ASP.NET";
UltraFastASP.ApressBookAuthor = "Rick Kiessig";
UltraFastASP.ApressBookDescription = "Ultra-Fast ASP.NET 4.5 provides a practical guide to building extremely fast and scalable web sites using ASP.NET and SQL Server, with eminently usable advice and all of the detail you need to understand the recommendations.";
UltraFastASP.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/UltraFastASP.png";
UltraFastASP.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2012, 7, 25);
UltraFastASP.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate to Advanced";
ApressBook ASPWebAPI = new ApressBook();
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookISBN = "978-1-4302-4725-8";
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookName = "Pro ASP.NET Web API";
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookTechnology = "ASP.NET";
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookAuthor = "Tugberk Ugurlu , Alexander Zeitler";
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookDescription = "With the new ASP.NET Web API framework, HTTP has become a first-class citizen of .NET. Pro ASP.NET Web API shows you how to put this new technology into practice to build flexible, extensible web services that run seamlessly on a range of operating systems and devices.";
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookImageURI = "/Assets/ASPWebAPI.png";
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookPublishedDate = new DateTime(2013, 3, 13);
ASPWebAPI.ApressBookUserLevel = "Intermediate to Advanced";
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(WPMigration);
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(WPRecipes);
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(WPAppDev);
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(AzurePlatform);
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(SQLAzure);
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(UltraFastASP);
featuredApressBookListVM.FeaturedApressBooks.Add(ASPWebAPI);
}
