Windows Mobile App Feedback
This is a question for those of you who write Windows Mobile applications (preferably managed, but native is fine too). We're developing a managed Windows Mobile application, and one of the issues we've run into is that we'd like to support both Smartphones and Pocket PCs (or WM6 Standard and WM6 professional devices, respectively).
My first WM application was a Sudoku game I wrote that worked fine on both Smartphones and PocketPCs, but it was in my spare time. I didn't handle things like text input (A-Z, a-z, symbols, etc), localization, and Pocket PC input panels. I also wrote all of my own controls (of which there was exactly 1). I also didn't get code coverage numbers (a new post on that later this week).
Unfortunately, there are some differences that make it hard to have one binary running on both. For example, we resize appropriately when the InputPanel control on the PocketPC is shown, but obviously, it's not required on the Smartphone. Another common problem we have is setting keyboard shortcuts. We want to make sure the application experience is great, regardless of whether you're on T-9 device or have a full fledged keyboard with touch screen.
My current thought is have mostly the same source, but reinvent certain controls like the StatusBar and ComboBox so that they work and are accessible on both platforms. Then I'll have one primary project and have two outputs : one for Smartphone (with a custom set of #defines), and one for PocketPC (with its own set of #defines).
So my question is:
What do others do, and what do you recommend?
I'm looking for both advice and personal experiences while developing a WM app.
Thanks!
Edit: To be clear, my plan is to have one primary project targeting the PPC, and one "ghost" project which targets Smartphone. All of the "ghost" project's files will actually be links to the primary project's files.
