UI controls difference between WP8 and WP7

Question

I have worked on WP7 app development(C# and XAML). I need to work on a windows phone 8 app development. I googled on what are all the API difference between WP7 and WP8 SDKs, especially I want to know whether there are any changes in UI controls available in WP7 SDK. I have not found any luck. Please point me to the right place where I can get the proper info.

Answer 1

Read What's new in Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - it give you all, what you need.

Exactly for controls:

Windows Phone 8 features the following new controls:

• Windows Phone 8 includes a LongListSelector control that you can use to group, display, and scroll through long lists of data. It also provides a mechanism for users to jump to a specific section of a list.
• In Windows Phone 8, Pivot and Panorama controls have been removed from the SDK and are now located in the phone's read-only memory (ROM). This way your app can use a separate native input thread, which means a significant increase in the input responsiveness of these controls. The working set memory of the Panorama control also has been reduced.
• The WebBrowser control is now based on Internet Explorer 10, which offers HTML5 and expanded CSS support for richer in-browser experiences.
• The performance of the ProgressBar control has been improved. You should use this control to report value-based or indeterminate progress.

I hope my answer will be helpful.

Answer 2

there is lost of API changes instead of UI, You can refer the below mentioned URL for the same.

Download pdf poster Windows Phone API Quick Start

Hope it helps