I recently upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8.1. Now I need to update my windows phone 7 application. Is there a way to develop WP7 apps on windows 8 with visual studio 2012.
Thanks
No problem. Just download Windows Phone 8 SDK and it will include the earlier stuff for WP7, too.
There is no problem with your use case, just install the Windows Phone SDK.
There is no pb. You have to install VS2012 and the sdk of wp8 then the sdk of wp7.1.
Good luck ;)
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i have windows 7(OS), visual studio 2010, windows sdk 7.1, my phone is Nokia Lumia 525
could you please tell me whether my apps run in my device or not?. and also is it possible to install windows sdk 8 and visual studio 2012 for windows phone in windows 7(OS), if it is possible, tell me stepwise and also send download link about windows sdk 8 and visual studio 2012 for windows phone
Thank you
No to both questions.
It is not possible to run Windows apps on Windows Phone. This is regardless of the versions of either.
If it not possible to install the SDK for "Windows Phone 8.0" on a Windows 7 machine. (system requiements)
However, according to the system requirements you can install the 8.1 SDK on Windows 7
Note also though that Windows 7 is out of support in a few months (on 13/01/2015) so you should probably consider upgrading. Especially as the 8.1 SDK lets you build "universal" apps for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1
I have windows 7 and visual studio 2012 and want to start developing windows phone apps. Do I need an SDK? If yes, What version of the SDK is required?
On Windows 7, you need to use VS 2010 (full or express version) to develop for WP7 .
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/wpapps/en-us/0e40579d-12a5-4aba-81cb-ab83e5956fc2/windows-7-visual-studio-2012-windows-phone-development?forum=wpdevelop
You need Windows 8 (or 8.1) to develop Windows Phone 8 applications, for which you can use the Windows Phone 8 SDK.
You cannot use Windows 7 to develop native Windows Phone 8 apps. You can, if I recall, use the older Windows Phone 7 SDK with Visual Studio 2010 in Windows 7 but you're really limiting yourself with Windows Phone 7.
I am developing phone gap application for windows phone.I am using visual studio 2010 & windows phone sdk 7.0.
How to run my application on windows phone 8?Or I have to run it on windows phone 7.
I am unable to connect my windows phone os 8 to visual studio.
Please help
If you have a windows phone 8 device which you want to use for app debugging purpose, you NEED the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 installed, which needs at least a 64-bit Windows 8 Pro or better.
If i haven't forgotten something, then Phonegap has 2 project templates - 1 for WP7 and 1 for WP8. Which allows to think that WP7 project won't run on WP8.
I have seen there is support for windows phone 7 app on windows phone 8. I have developed some apps on windows phone 7 and I want to run it on windows phone 8 emulator to test my app. Is there any way for doing this?
Yes, just open your Windows Phone 7 Solution in Visual Studio 2012 with Windows Phone 8 SDK installed, select as target Windows Phone 8 emulator and run your app. You can even choose between various screen resolutions.
The minimal system requirements for running Windows Phone 8 emulator are here:
What does it take to run the Windows Phone 8 emulator?
Once you open your WP7 app in VS 2012 with WP SDK 8.0 with target platform for WP8 you can't use this project anymore as WP7 project.
If you want to continue to develop in new environment in VS 2012 you need to use Target platform: WP 7.1
Best regards
You can also use the XAP Deployment tool so that you don't have to open the project in Visual Studio.
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."