Dhananjay Kumar

Note : Content of this post is taken as it is from release note of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 . Please read release document more carefully. I have listed the breaking relase opints as it is from there. Original content is on relase note.

On 27^th June 2011 Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 got released.

 

 

You can download it from below link,

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26648

Release information is as below,

If you installed Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta 1, you must uninstall it before installing Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2.

Few points ,

1. There are many known issue in the release. So before installing read release document very carefully.
2. There are many breaking changes like

 

• Touch input for the ScrollViewer and ListBox controls happens on an independent thread by default, instead of on the UI thread.
• Image decoding happens on a background thread by default, instead of on the UI thread.
• The TaiwanCalendar class has been removed from the API.
• The OnCancel override method was removed from the ScheduledTaskAgent class.
• The IsRunningSlowly property was removed from the GameTimerEventArgs class.
• IExecuteResult was removed from the Windows Phone OS 7.1 API.
• The MotionReading property types have changed.
• The Background Transfer Service folder in isolated storage was renamed.
• Tile data in isolated storage must use the folder Shared\ShellContent.
• The ShellTileEnumerator class was removed.
• Background agents are not launched in the debugger by using the Add and Find methods.
• The maximum and default database and buffer pool size values are now lower for SQLCE databases.
• . Connection string parameters that are not supported are removed.
• . Microsoft.Devices.YCrCbPixelLayout was renamed to Microsoft.Devices.YCbCrPixelLayout.
• Microsoft.Devices.CaptureResolution was removed.

 

Installation of Winows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2

First uninstall Windows Phone SDK 7.1. Uninstall below items

1. Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta
2. Windows Phone Emulator (Beta)
3. Microsoft Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1

 

 

After uninstalling Beta 1 install Beta 2.

Screen shorts are as below

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy with Windows Phone 7.1 Beta 2

 

 

 

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