Integrating with Windows Phone 8

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

In this section, we describe how you can integrate your app with Windows Phone features, hardware, and extensibility.

Features

These features and apps are built into the phone and available to use with your app.

• Launchers and Choosers for Windows Phone 8

• Tiles for Windows Phone 8

• Lock screen for Windows Phone 8

• Notifications for Windows Phone 8

• Contacts and Calendar for Windows Phone 8

• Maps and navigation for Windows Phone 8

• Location for Windows Phone 8

• Device status for Windows Phone 8

• Speech for Windows Phone 8

• Wallet for Windows Phone 8

• Media for Windows Phone

• Auto-launching apps using file and URI associations for Windows Phone 8

• Background file transfers for Windows Phone 8

Hardware

There are a number of devices that you can use in your app, like cameras, sensors, and external storage. See the following topics for more info.

• Sensors for Windows Phone 8

• Camera and photos for Windows Phone 8

• Device status for Windows Phone 8

• Proximity for Windows Phone 8

• Bluetooth for Windows Phone 8

Extensibility

You can use extensibility to embed your app into the Windows Phone experience. After you’ve implemented extensibility in your app, a user can launch your app from a variety of built-in apps. See the following topics for more info.

• Tiles for Windows Phone 8

• Photo extensibility for Windows Phone 8

• How to integrate with the Music and Videos Hub for Windows Phone 8

• Search extensibility for Windows Phone 8

• Wallet for Windows Phone 8

• Auto-launching apps using file and URI associations for Windows Phone 8