I managed to install the Windows Phone 8 SDK on Windows 7, but from what I've read the emulator works only on Windows 8. Is this true? Is there any workaround to make it work on Windows 7, or can I only run the application on the device?
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I'm using Windows 7 and don not want to migrate to windows 8. I also want to develop Windows Phone applications. But Windows 8 SDK requires Windows 8. So Windows Phone SDK 7.1 can develop applications for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Phones.
You can develop Windows Phone 7.1 apps that will run on Windows Phone 8/8.1 devices. But you'll only be able to use features available in the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK.
You can not develop apps for Windows Phone 8/8.1 using Windows Phone 7.1 SDK. And to dvelop for Windows Phone 8.1/Windows 8.1 you need to have a Windows 8.1 installation . For Windows Phone 8 you need at least Windows 8. So you have to update your OS to do so.
I suggest a dual boot system as the best option, or you can install Windows 8.1 on a virtual Machine and then install Visual Studio 2013 and WP SDK in it. but it is very painful to develop like that and you will need a lot of resources in RAM and processing power. Best way if to go for a dual-boot system.
I have a windows 7 PC and i want to develop windows phone 7 apps. So i have installed windows phone 7 SDK, everything is working fine.
But i have a windows phone 8 physical device. So to debug my apps with my windows phone 8 physical device, i have to register my phone with "Windows Phone Developer Registration".
my problem is: i have a windows phone 7 SDK and windows phone 8 device. but i could not able to register my windows phone 8 with windows phone 7 SDK.
Any body encountered with this situation?
You can't do that, directly, however there is a few hacks to install Windows Phone 8 sdk on a Windows 7 computer. Read this article. You can't register or deploy on Windows Phone 8 device without Windows Phone SDK 8.
You can use windows 8 and install windows phone 8 sdk.With this you can make apps for windows phone 7.5 and windows phone 8 both.
I need to know if I can develop windows phone applications through the vs2012 with my computer
my computer has :
1- windows 7 OS .
2- 32 bit .
3- VS2012 .
I heard that you cannot develop windows phone 8 application through windows 7?
Can I use windows phone 7?
How can I download it ?
Windows Phone 8 development is possible on a Windows 7 OS using Visual Studio 2012. The Windows Phone 8 emulator, however, requires Window 8 64bit to run.
System requirements for Windows Phone Emulator:
The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 setup program checks the prerequisites for running Windows Phone 8 Emulator. It displays warnings if the prerequisites are not present, but it does not require them.
If your computer or your network doesn't support all the requirements for running the emulator, you can still install the SDK and develop apps for Windows Phone 8. You can only debug and test them, however, on a registered Windows Phone 8 phone.
In short, the requirements for writing Windows Phone 8 applications on Windows 7 are:
Visual Studio 2012
Windows Phone 8 SDK
Registered Windows Phone 8 device
Windows Phone Developer Account
Is there any work around so developers who does not have Windows 8 can develop for windows phone using Windows Phone SDK 8.0?
Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to develop for Windows Phone 8 on Windows 7. In the system requirements of Windows Phone 8 SDK it states you need to have Windows 8 to develop Windows Phone 8 apps.
Directly from MSDN:
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 requires 64-bit Windows 8 Pro or higher. You can't develop Windows Phone 8 apps on Windows 7, on Windows Server 2008, or on Windows Server 2012. The Windows Phone 8 Emulator has special hardware, software, and configuration requirements. For more info, see System requirements for Windows Phone Emulator.
This is mainly because of the Hyper-V emulator that is in windows 8. Be sure if you buy Windows 8 you get the Pro (64bits) version because the normal version has no Hyper-V in it also your BIOS has to support virtualization to run the emulator in Hyper-V.
How to Upgrade Windows Phone Emulator only Emulator 7 to Emulator 8
I am using Visual Studio 2010 Windows Phone 7 SDK. But i want to upgrade only Windows Phone 7 Emulator to Windows Phone 8 Emulator or i will have to Install WP* SDK.
If you want to use Windows Phone 8 Emulator, you have to install the Windows Phone 8 SDK. System requirements of this SDK are here:
What does it take to run the Windows Phone 8 emulator?