Now from what I see it is possible to test my app on windows phone 8, however would I need to import the project to vs2012 and would i need to download the sdk8.0 or can i use the sdk that i have (7.1, vs 2010)
You need the Windows Phone SDK 8.0 to deploy your app to a Windows Phone 8 device. And the SDK 8.0 only works with Visual Studio 2012 (Pro, Express, ...). Here's more reading on deploying and testing 7.1 apps for version 8: How to deploy and run a Windows Phone app (About deploying and running apps on a Windows Phone device).
You need to add the new sdk and follow all the explanation of this link :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj207030(v=vs.105).aspx
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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 am unable to create an app for Windows phone 7.5 [Nokia Lumia 900] or deploy app to the phone from Visual Studio 2012. I have installed Windows Phone 8.0 SDK. Can anyone give me steps to do so?
You need to download and install Zune desktop app to deploy apps to WP7 devices.
Once it is installed, launch it, it will connect to your device and you then should the be able to deploy and debug apps from Visual Studio.
The SDK includes a tool called "Windows Phone Developer Registration". Once you've registered with the marketplace you can use this tool to unlock a device and deploy to it directly from Visual Studio.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36474 did work me. WP 8 SDK earlier did not support 7.8 phones. Need to update 7.8 SDK before testing on 7.8 devices.
I am a Windows Phone 7 app developer. Now I am using Visual Studio 2010 and WP7 SDK and Windows 7 OS. But I am planning to install Windows 8 OS and Windows Phone 8 SDK and Visual Studio 2012 in my system. If I do so, can I develop windows phone 7.0 and windows phone 7.1 apps with WP8 SDK and Visual studio 2012 ?
And also I developed some apps in WP7, So if any bug fix needs, Can I do it using WP8 SDK ?
You can develop 7.1 Apps and 8.0 apps but NOT 7.0 apps with the 8.0 SDK... Although I think devices with system version prior to 7.1 don't have access to the store so you don't need to maintain a 7.0 version of your app....
Of course any wp7.1 project can be opened with the new SDK 8.0 without problems.
Yes, Windows 8 and visual studio 2012 support WP7 development. There's a WP7 emulator and you can also connect and use your own WP7 test device.
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."