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This article introduces the Nokia mix radio API for Windows Phone.
In this article we will take an overview of Nokia latest MixRadio API. Earlier its name was Nokia Music API. This Nokia service is platform independent and can be used in desktop apps, android apps, windows phone apps, windows store apps etc. Nokia MixRadio API is a collection of web services and other C-sharp APIs that allow the user to show the API elements in your own application with custom look and feel. With this API you can show various music contents like music charts, Albums, Artists ,Mixes and search results etc.
The best part of this API is that it is not limited to a single country or music type but it offers music from
This article mainly focuses on C# API and its use in windows phone 8. C# API is available for the following platforms:
This API can be used in two ways. The two ways are :
Using API with launcher is simple but is of limited use. Launcher API in windows phone allows your application to integrate with common operating system tasks such as taking picture, opening store, web browser, phone call, message etc.
Using Launcher API, The application can launch the Nokia MixRadio app with some settings and user can use that app. This method requires the client to have nokia MixRadio app preinstalled.
Using launcher API following tasks can be done:
If one want to use the full power of MixRadio API then the best way is to make use of API methods instead of using MixRadio launcher. Using MixRadio API methods the following tasks can be done:
Summary
That's enough to get an introduction about this API. In my upcoming article we will learn how to use it and integrate it in our windows phone 8 application.
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