Is it possible to run an Adobe Air standalone app (portable, it got packed with the captive runtime) on Windows 8 RT?
No, it cannot. AIR supports Windows 8 desktop mode only. There is zero support for the Metro side. As Windows 8 RT only has the desktop available for Office and Windows Explorer, AIR is not supported.
From the Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes:
Adobe AIR is available and supported for Windows 8 Desktop on x86-based computers. Adobe currently has no plans to support Adobe AIR for Windows 8 Modern UI applications or Windows Mobile.
They originally did plan to support it, but cancelled support shortly after Windows 8 launched (and caused quite the stir among the community, too). Additionally, Windows 8 RT is ARM-based, which is not supported either (x86-only).
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Does Appium or selenium support the older version of Windows operating system for mobile ? Windows 6 operating system.
Appium support page says, that Windows apps testing uses Windows Application Driver, which is only available for Windows 10 devices, so Windows Mobile 6 is definitely not supported. Selenium doesn't seem to support old (or any at all) mobile Windows neither (see "Supported Browsers and Platforms"). I tried searching a bit, but couldn't find any automated UI testing tools for old Windows Mobile at all.
I'm developing a windows phone app. I'm using Windows 7 OS.
Which Visual Studio version should I use and also which Windows App version should I target?
Can it be WP7.1?
And also, I would need to use WebView. Is WebView available in 7.1? Or is there any other alternative of WebView in WP7.1?
I've gone through many articles but still unable to decide.
I highly recommend not to develop against the Windows Phone 7.1 API. It's outdated for more than three years now. You can generally install the Windows Phone 8.0 SDK on a Windows 7 system: How to Install Windows Phone 8 SDK on Windows 7
The results will satisfy you and your users more than a Windows Phone 7 app.
The mobile app market turns really fast. Much faster than the desktop application market. You should consider to do the free update to Windows 10 in order to be able to create Windows Phone 8.1 apps. Windows 10 Mobile is about to come this year. It supports the Universal Windows Platform so developers only need to develop an app onnce and run it on desktop PCs, phones and other Windows 10 devices. If I started a new app now I'd definitely create a UWP app.
Don't waste your time developing apps against an outdated API. Maybe you can still develop Windows Phone 7 apps now. But you'll probably don't get them into the stores in the future. It's just a matter of time when Microsoft stops developers to publish these old apps.
I am developing windows 8 RT app using phonegap technology but now my client wants app support for WP8, IOS and Andriod. So my question is that Do I need to change recode for other platform or I can just export it for other platforms?
build.phonegap.com service doesn't support windows 8 RT build.
I am just confused in Windows 8RT and WP8 phonegap technology support.
Update:
Actually I am coding it for Windows 8 RT using cordova. My question was Can I use same code for IOS, Android and Windows Phone 8?
Windows Phone RT, are the new 8.1 apps, based on new tools and libraries.
They share more common feature with Windows 8.1 RT apps, than its predecessor (Windows Phone 8 Silverlight) and provide new APIs. There is still support for Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight apps, although they are different from Windows Phone 8.1 RT.
Your might want to edit your description as it is not very clear, you say you develop a Windows 8 RT app (thats a Windows 8.x app, not a Phone app), then on the next line you mention
that build.phonegap.com service doesn't support windows 8 RT build.
Do you develop for the tablet or for the phone?
So Delphi now supports programming for Windows, MacOS, Android & iOS. Is there any way to use Delphi (XE5) to write programs for Windows Mobile?
You may look at Oxygene compiler from RemObjects, they have support for many platforms, including WinRT, iOS and Android, Here's a quote from their website:
Oxygene 6 is out now, supporting 3 major target platforms: .NET, WinRT
and Mono, Java and Android and NEW! native Cocoa development for Mac
and iOS. the same language lets you targets all three platforms, and
produces 100% native output for the respective platform
Oxygene isn't a Delphi product, but it was bundled with Rad Studio as Delphi Prism
Delphi XE5 targets Windows desktop, 32 and 64 bit, 32 bit MacOS, iOS (ARM) and Android (ARM). It does not target any flavour of Windows mobile.
You can use Lazarus. http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org
It has support for WinCE.
Google for lazarus wince and you'll see a sizeable list of references.
Don't have experience with WinCE myself.
Delphi XE5 targets Windows 32bit, Windows 64bit, MacOS 32bit, iOS, Android and Web. It does not target any Windows Mobile.
You can download lazarus from http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org
It has support for WinCE.
You can upgrade to Delphi 10.1 Berlin or even wait for Delphi 10.2 Godzilla. Delphi 10.1 Berlin Update 2 includes Windows 10 development and thus the ability to convert your Win32 or Win64 app to an AppX file. An AppX file is used to run apps on Windows 10. This includes Desktop, Xbox One, HoloLense, Mobile, Tablet, IoT, etc. Although I believe Delphi 10.1 Berlin Update 2 conversion to AppX uses the Desktop Bridge from Microsoft and thus your converted app might probably only run on Windows 10 desktop and Windows 10 tablet.
I am new to Windows Phone Development Environment, looked around on SO but couldn't find a clear answer to the question I have.
With Windows Phone SDK 8 publicly available, and new Windows Phones getting good reviews, one of our Clients is looking to launch their app on Windows Phone Platform as well (they already have it on iPhone). The app is pretty simple. Obviously Client would like their app to be compatible and available to as many as possible users/devices - WP7, WP7.5 and WP8.
Question is - what SDK version should I use to develop this app? Currently I have Windows 8 with 64-Bit, VS 2012 Express and Windows Phone SDK 8.0 already installed and ready to go for development. So if develop app using above tools, will it run on all the devices with WP 7,WP 7.5 and WP 8 on them?
What is a good approach to develop a brand new Windows Phone App that would run on WP 7,WP 7.5 and WP 8 Devices.
The complete answer is on this MSDN page:
Windows Phone versions
Basically you can create application targeting the WP7.5 platform and it will run on all current Windows Phone devices, or you can target only Windows Phone 8, then it will run only on new WP8 devices, but when targeting this newer platform, you can use broader set of APIs and features.
When you create new project, you are asked to choose between Windows Phone 7 and 8.
WP7 app runs in old and newer phones, but WP8 app runs only in WP8.