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Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 Released: Installation Steps

Posted by Dhananjay Kumar Articles | Windows Phone 8 July 01, 2011
The content of this article is taken as-is from the release notes of Windows Phone SDK 7.1.
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Note : The content of this article is taken as-is from the release notes of Windows Phone SDK 7.1. Please read the release document more carefully. I have listed the breaking release points as-is from there. The original content is in the release notes.
 
On 27th June 2011 Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 was released.

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You can download it from following link,

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

Release information is as below:

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

A few points:

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

    • Touch input for the ScrollViewer and ListBox controls happen 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. Then uninstall the following items:
  1. Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta
  2. Windows Phone Emulator (Beta)
  3. Microsoft Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1

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After uninstalling Beta 1 install Beta 2.

Screen shorts are as below:

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Enjoy with Windows Phone 7.1 Beta 2

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