Studio for Windows Phone Features and Highlights

20+ Windows Phone Controls and Growing

ComponentOne Studio® for Windows Phone includes over 20 UI controls for data visualization, text editing, layout, and navigation. Plus, you get four code libraries which speed up development time. Studio for Windows Phone not only fills the gap with what's missing in the standard toolkit, but it adds more enterprise-level features you can't get in the box. Check out the roadmap to see what's coming next!

Display and Edit HTML

RichTextBox for Windows Phone is the only Windows Phone 7 control available which enables rich text editing in both RTF and HTML formats. You can also use the control to display blocks of rich content, such as RSS feeds.

Edit Tabular Data

Only with the legendary FlexGrid for Windows Phone can you get tabular data editing on the Windows Phone. Display data records across columns and down rows with this simple, yet powerful grid control. Plus, unlock advanced features such as sorting, cell merging, and even editing with a platform-specific UI.

Gesture Support

Touch gestures for zooming, panning, scrolling, and selection are included with Studio for Windows Phone. Touch gesture support ensures that you deliver compelling, interactive applications to your end users.

XAML or Code: You Choose!

Customize the controls in your preferred method: XAML, C# or VB.NET code-behind, or both. Studio for Windows Phone controls support complete XAML markup for most features and dependency properties for data-binding in MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) designed applications.

Code Sharing with Silverlight

Studio for Windows Phone controls share the same codebase with our Studio for Silverlight. Developers already familiar with Silverlight will be able to create new applications for Windows Phone without a steep learning curve. Reuse code and XAML and save development time.

Free Online Support

Collaborate with ComponentOne technical experts and fellow developers on the community forums. ComponentOne officially supports all forums for technical issues both during trial and after purchase.

What's New in Studio for Windows Phone 2012 v3?

This release adds two new specialized ListBox controls, enhanced Chart selection and animation features, and improved PdfViewer performance. The new features make it easier to work with the C1Chart control, and the performance enhancements will make every user of the C1PdfViewer control very happy! See the complete 2012 v3 version history for more details, improvements and breaking changes.

New ListBox Controls

Get two high performance controls for displaying lists of bound data with ComponentOne ListBox™ for Windows Phone. Display lists with tile layouts or with optical zoom using the C1ListBox and C1TileListBox controls. These controls support UI virtualization so they are blazing-fast while able to display thousands of items with little-to-no loss of performance.

Studio for Windows Phone Enhancements

Chart for Windows Phone

• Selection: It's now easier to implement selection interaction when the user taps a specific plot element. Customize the selection by defining the appearance of the selected plot element and an optional attached label.
• Animation: The new animation API simplifies creating various visual animated effects for plot elements. Now you can easily add loading animations to make your charts feel more alive.
• Series Data Binding: New properties ChartData.SeriesItemsSource and ChartData.SeriesItemTemplate allow for automatic series generation. The new feature is useful in various MVVM scenarios and allows to automatically generate series based on provided template.

PdfViewer for Windows Phone

• Performance Enhancements: The C1PdfViewer control has been refactored using the new C1ListBox control for faster performance and smoother scrolling. Try it for yourself to see the improvements.

Slim Down Your XAP Size in the Market Place

In one click you can reduce the size of your XAP up to 70% and secure your code with obfuscation. ComponentOne XapOptimizer™ now supports Windows Phone 7.1. Add it to your dev cycle with build automation, backups, and limitless options. Learn more.

What's New in Prior Releases?

Take a look at Studio for Windows Phone's release history to find out what's new in previous releases.