1.
#comdaybe
Building search-driven Windows
8 and Windows Phone 8 apps for
SharePoint Server 2013
RealDolmen
Joris Poelmans

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About me
• Work at RealDolmen
• Principal consultant and product
manager
• SharePoint Server MVP since 2005
• Active in Belux Information Worker
User Group – www.biwug.be
• Blog: http://jopx.blogspot.com
• E-mail: joris.poelmans@gmail.com
• Twitter: @jopxtwits
• www.slideshare.net/jplq631

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Agenda
• Cloud App Model Overview
• Phone 8 Development Basics for
SP2013
• Search explained
• Windows 8 Search App

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Cloud App Model Overview
Why building WP8 and W8 apps for SP2013 is
easier...

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Vision: Modernizing the Office Platform

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The result: a new cloud app model
Build a new class of apps that extend and personalize the way
we create and consume information
right from within Office and SharePoint

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SharePoint 2007SharePoint 2010SharePoint
2013
App Model: Past, Present and Future

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Mobile Apps and SharePoint
• List Apps
• OOB List
• Custom Lists
• External Lists
• General Apps
• Silverlight CSOM
• Possible to use
push notifications
and geolocation
field

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Security
• Supported authentication
• Form based authentication
• Office 365/SP Online
• Basic
• Cross firewall connectivity
• Unified Access Gateway (UAG) SP3
• Alternate Access Mappings

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Phone development basics
How to get started – the tools and environments

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SharePoint Development Environment
• Available options:
• Use Office
365/SharePoint Online
• Windows Azure VMs
• Local virtual machine
• Windows Server 2008 R2/2012
• SQL 2008 R2/2012
• 12 GB RAM minimum see
Hardware and software
requirements for SharePoint
2013 -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc262485.aspx
SharePoint Server
2013 is not
supported on
client operating
systems

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Phone Development Environment
• Supported environments:
• Windows 7/8 and VS 2010 or 2012
• SharePoint 2013 Client Components SDK -
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35585
• SharePoint SDK for WP8 - http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=36818
• 2 new templates (C# only)
– Empty SharePoint Application template
– SharePoint List Application template
• Specific references for interacting with SharePoint
– Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Phone
– Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Phone.Auth.UI
– Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Phone.Runtime
• List application uses MVVM pattern

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Client Side Object Model (CSOM)
• API for building remote
applications
• Similar to Server OM
• Introduced in 2010
• 3 implementations:
• .NET Managed, Silverlight
(plus Phone), Javascript
• Uses /_vti_bin/client.svc
• Communication is done in
batches

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CSOM in 2013 – What’s new
• Extended with REST capabilities
• Direct access from REST clients
• Implemented in accordance with
ODATA
• New APIs for SharePoint Server
• UserProfiles,Search,Taxonomy,Workfl
ow,eDiscovery, IRM,Analytics,
Business Data
• New API for Windows Phone
Applications

15.
demo
WP8 SharePoint Apps

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Phone Developer Experience
• Windows Phone
SharePoint List
Application
• Launches a wizard
• Select List
• Select View
• Select Operations
• Select Fields
• Project is created

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VS Project Files
Key File Description
App.xaml Handles application lifetime
DisplayForm.xaml Defines the UI for displaying a list item on the
phone
EditForm.xaml Defines the UI for editing a list item on the
phone
NewForm.xaml Defines the UI for creating a new list item on
the phone
List.xaml Defines the UI for the All Items view on the
phone
ListViewModel Data source for the All Items view
DisplayFormViewModel Data source for the display item view
EditFormViewModel Data source for the edit item view
NewFormViewModel Data source for the new item view
DataCache Supports data caching and off-line access

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Search explained
What‟s new in 2013 and how can you use it

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Microsoft’s goals for search in SharePoint
2013
Find what you‟re looking
for with intelligent results
tailored to you
Get answers and take
action with an experience
that‟s always a step
ahead
Build smarter/no-code
applications that can scale
for any need or business
requirement

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Search 2013 – Main improvements
• New clean user interface with focus on providing
actionable search results
• One unified search architecture supported by strong
analytics. Consolidation of FAST and Enterprise
Search components
• Personalized search results based on search
history. Full control over ranking, sorting, etc …
using query rules
• Easier to extend and configure the search user
experience. Rich contextual previews.

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Query rules

22.
demo
Search in 2013

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Search and CSOM/REST
• CSOM
• Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Search.dll or SP.Search.js
• KeywordQuery and SearchExecutor
• REST API
• GET
• /_api/search?queryText=„<query>‟
var query = new KeyWordQuery(context);
query.QueryText = “ComDayBe”;
var exec = new SearchExecutor(context);
var results = exec.ExecuteQuery(exec);
CSOM:
var call = $.ajax({
url:
“http://sp2013/_api/search/query?querytext=„sp201
3‟,
type: “GET”,
dataType: “json”,
headers: {
Accept: “application/json;odata=verbose”
}
Javascript
REST:

24.
demo
Search from WP8 with CSOM

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Building a Windows 8
Search App and
What‟s new in 2013 and how can you use it

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demo
Search from W8 with CSOM

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Windows 8 (WinJS) and CSOM
• Use separate WinRT
Component
• ClientResult is not a
valid WinRT parameter
type – use arrays
• Check that correct
capabilities are enabled
• Do not use nested
classes
Similar implementation with Social on
http://jopx.blogspot.be/2013/04/building-windows-8-app-for-sharepoint.html

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Leverage Windows 8 Search Contract
• App Declarations
• Package.appxmanifest
 Declarations 
Search
• SearchPane Event
Handlers
• Windows.ApplicationMo
del.Search.SearchPane
• QuerySubmitted event
• SuggestionsRequested
event

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SharePoint 2013 API Stack

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Search REST APIs
• _api/search/query
• _api/search/postquery
• _api/search/suggestio
ns
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nadeemis/archive/2012/08/24/sharepoint-2013-
search-rest-api.aspx

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Summary
• Search CSOM and REST APIs allow
you to extend your apps with SP2013
search
• SP2013 can handle search intent
using query rules
• Focus on specific search personas
and business scenarios
• Check out jopx.blogspot.com for code
samples

32.
Thank you!