I need to develop a windows mobile application. I have Windows 8.1 (Enterprise) PC with Visual Studio 2012 Premium. Which version of windows phone SDK can I use?
I searched in net and found here(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2864215) that SDK 8.0 can not be used with Win8.1+VS2012. Everybody suggesting that I have to use VS2013 with SDK8.1. Is there anyway to use SDK8.1 in VS2012?
Is Win8.1+VS2012 useless for windows mobile development?!
I can not change the OS(8.1) and VS2012; those are fixed. Apart from those, I am free to install/update anything in my PC. Could anyone please let me know a way to make my PC to usable for windows mobile development?
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When I try to install the Windows Phone Template Pack on Visual Studio Community 2015, the following error is obtained.
What is the reason? Where can I check the error log from?
Couple of issues:
The Windows SDK link you provided (http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=8442) is for Windows 7. It is not compatible with Visual Studio 2015 for Windows Phone development.
I think this error you're seeing with the Windows Phone Template Pack (HRESULT: 0x80070057) is because the Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Tools are not installed on your computer along with Visual Studio Community 2015.
I am able to reproduce this only when the Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Tools are not installed.
If I click skip, then I see the error dialog you included above.
To resolve this issue,
Go into the Control Panel
Open up Add/Remove Programs (or Programs & Features depending on your OS version)
Select Visual Studio Community 2015, then click Change
In VS setup, click Modify
Make sure that the "Tools and Windows SDKs" feature under "Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 Tools" is checked.
If you're running Windows 8.0/8.1/10 x64 Professional or higher with a Hyper-V capable computer and then you should also be able to install the Windows Phone 8.1 emulators.
-Paul Chapman [MSFT]
Found this answer today, but it no longer works, or doesn't work if the host OS is Windows 7 Pro. I just installed Windows 7 Pro (plus all updates) and then VS2015 (plus all of ITS updates) on an otherwise CLEAN computer. NO SDK was installed. My options for modify look like this:
The Windows 8.1...Tools option is TOTALLY MISSING. The Windows 10.0 SDK is offered under the Universal Windows...Tools option, but that doesn't help me with Windows 7 targeted development.
Also, FWIW, the Windows 8.1 install tool that Microsoft is offering for download just gets an APPCRASH every time I try to use it (and yes, I've downloaded it several times, even to different machines, but always with the same result.)
So for me, I can either stick with Visual Studio 2010 or suffer the user interface abomination that is/was Visual Studio 2012 (not gonna happen). Sigh.
I am Developing Apps on "Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 For Windows Phone". I develop Windows Phone 8.0 Apps.
Now I need to develop Windows Phone 8.1 Apps free. Which Visual Studio to use for this purpose.? and What about windows Phone 8.1 Emulator.
If possible share both download links.
You Should use Visual Studio 2013. here is a download link for Express 2013 for Windows
that can be used for windows and windows phone as well as Universal Apps. for windows phone 8.1 emulators, you can download them from here Windows Phone 8.1 Emulators
To develop Windows Phone 8.1 App, You should use Visual Studio 2013.
And here is the download link: Visual Studio Downloads
On the Dev Center of Microsoft you can find all information, samples and tools you need to develop Windows and Windows Phone apps.
Info from the site regarding to WP development:
Windows Phone 8.1 development tools:
The Windows Phone 8.1 development tools are installed with Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 2 and Visual Studio 2013 Update 2.
Windows Phone 8.1 Emulators:
This package requires Visual Studio 2013 with Update 2 or later, Windows 8.1 (x64) Professional edition or higher, and a processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).
Here are several links to useful parts of the site:
Downloads (scroll to Windows Phone section)
SDK
Note: with these tools, you can still develop Windows Phone 8.0 apps as well.
You have to use Option in visual studio 2013 express from here.
Edit:
After Installation open your windows phone 8.0 project in visual studio 2013 fallow the process described here. As same as windows phone 8 emulators will comes under windows phone Sdk
Check this link about Documention.
Note:
I suggest you to back up of your windows phone 8.0 project to separate Folder to continue the development of windows phone 8.0.
Why:
You cannot downgrade a upgraded app with version 8.1 to version 8 or 7.1.
All the Best.
Am using Visual Studio 2010 and developed a application and debugged it in a windows phone 7.5, after registering with [windows phone developer Registration] app.
Now i got a new windows phone 8, i could not register because i read that, the windows phone 8 will not be supported by zune. Without zune [windows phone developer Registration] will not detect your phone.
Some people says i need to use Visual studio 2012 for windows phone 8, then the problem i have i am using only windows 7 desktop operating system. Visual studio 2012 needs windows 8 desktop operating system.
Please suggest me can i run my app in windows phone 8 with visual studio 2010.
If the only way is to develop in Visual studio 2012 then will my application support for windows phone 7.
Please help me with your suggestions and answers.
That is how it is, you need VS2012 for WP8, which itself needs Windows 8. You can always download an evaluation version of both and use them, eventually inside a virtual machine. Pretty much the same story than for developing Windows 8 applications.
Regarding compatibility between phone versions, Microsoft recompiles WP7 apps so they can run on WP8 but I'm unaware this happening the other way around.
WP8 doesn't need Zune and it's not available anyway on Windows 8.
I myself had to switch to Windows 8 for this very reason...
I want to develop apps for windows phone. For this, I have installed visual studio 2010 in windows 8 machine. After that, I opened visual studio and created new project. But in silverlight option, I did not find "Windows Phone Application" template.
I searched on google and installed visual studio 2012 express for windows phone by which windows phone 8 sdk is installed. But still I am not getting "Windows Phone Application" template. So what should I do now?
To create Windows Phone 7 applications in VS2010, I believe you need to install the Windows Phone 7 SDK. Because you're running Windows 8, I recommend downloading the update for it, too, from here.
The template should be visible in VS2012, though, if you've installed the WP8 SDK, so I'm not sure why you can't see them in that.
Is it possible to get the WindowsPhone 7.1.1 sdk to work with Visual Studio 2012?
Edit: As stated in the title of my question: I wanted to know whether its possible to develop windows phone 7.1.1 apps using Visual Studio 2012.
I already tried installing the SDK and the hotfix but I still can't open Windows Phone 7.1 projects with VS2012. Hence, my question: Am I missing something obvious or is it simply not possbile?
There we go :) --> Windows Phone SDK 8.0
I have both Visual studio 2012 RTM (for Windows 8 store application development) and Windows phone 7.1.1 SDK in my Windows 8 Release Preview and they are working fine.
And like you, I am also waiting for the Windows Phone 8 SDK.(btw, there is no windows phone 7.8 sdk)
UPDATE: This Windows Phone 8.0 SDK link states that "you can install Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (and the WPSDK 7.1.1 Update) and continue to build apps and games that target Windows Phone 7.5. The existing Windows Phone SDK installs side by side with Visual Studio 2012, and you can feel confident that the code you write today will work on Windows Phone 8 devices."