XNA for Silverlight developers: Part 11 - Tombstoning
Published on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:40:18 AM UTC in Programming
An often discussed topic on Windows Phone 7 is that of "tombstoning", which describes the process of your application being suspended and removed from the running processes (think hibernate) to free resources on the phone. The application can be "revived" later when the user navigates back to it. It's the developer's responsibility to create a user experience that gives the appearance of a seamless transition between applications even when tombstoning happens. For games, the basic concept is the same as for other applications; however, the implementation is done in a slightly different way. In this article, we learn about the differences between conventional Silverlight applications and games developed in XNA with regards to this concept. As always, you can read it over at Silverlight Show.
Tags: Games · Windows Phone 7 · XNA