On updating app and publishing in windows phone marketplace,the phones do not show that update is available for some days.Is there any way to check the update in app from the code?
Im using the one from LocalJoost:
One of the biggest advanced: Zero lines of code solution for in-app checking for updates on Windows Phone
You can find the complete documentation here
Launching the MarketPlace Details task should trigger the update.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh394017(v=vs.105).aspx
This article must be helpful-
Checking for updates from inside a Windows Phone app
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I have a unity app built for Windows desktop. Client wants this to be distributed through Windows 10 Store. This is just a desktop app and has no support to tabs or phones.
But looks like with Windows 10 there is no desktop only option.
Is there any documentation on what are the steps I need to follow to submit the unity built app to Windows store?
I did some reading and looks like this is what I will have to do.
https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/One-Dev-Minute/How-to-publish-your-Unity-game-as-a-UWP-app
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/win_cert/windows-certification-portal
But want to get a confirmation from some one who has already done that. As I don't have a Windows developer account right now to try that out.
Is there any documentation on what are the steps I need to follow to submit the unity built app to Windows store?
The steps of publishing a unity app is similar to UWP app. You can refer to App Submissions for more details.
After your packages have been successfully uploaded, you will find the Device family availability section that indicates which packages will be offered to specific Windows 10 device families.
For your requirement, you could check Windows 10 Desktop device option, as the follow picture shows:
For more info, you could refer to Device family availability official document.
I developed an app for Windows phone. Now I want to deploy it on Windows app store and wants to put restriction.I want only specific people will able to install it. How can I do that. Any suggestion will be appropriated.
Thanks,
Well that depends on who these specific people are. You can set age restrictions and region restrictions, and that's about it.
If you mean you want to hand-pick users that can use your app, then provide a login screen where you manually authorize your registered users.
If you mean that only users you choose can download the app, then you can't use the Store; you'll need to use sideloading.
You can control distribution in the Distribution and Visibility section of your app submission on the developer dashboard.
There are three basic options (for Windows 10 - two for Windows Phone 8.x):
Hide this app and prevent acquisition. Customers with a promotional code can still download it on Windows 10 devices
Give codes to the people you want to be able to use the app. This is Windows 10 only.
Hide this app in the Store. Customers with a direct link to the app’s listing can still download it, except on Windows 8 and Windows
8.1
Send links to the people you want to use the app. This will work on Windows Phone 8.1 as well as Windows 10. Anybody with a link can download it though, so it won't truly limit to just the people you want to use the app.
Hide this app and make it available only to the people you specify below, who can download this app on Windows Phone 8.x devices. A
promotional code may be used to download this app on Windows 10
devices
This is the classic beta-mode for Windows Phone 8.x. You can specify which Microsoft Accounts have access to the app.
I have a Windows store app (made for Windows 8.1). After upgrading to Windows 10, I was able to install my app without problems.
I was always able to find my app through the category and the top charts. But now, I cannot find it at all. Only when I search for a keyword related to the app, it shows up as expected.
Is that normal? What could be the reason?
I have contacted Microsoft regarding this matter and received a reply.
It appears that Microsoft has changed the chart listing algorithm in Windows 10, kicking all apps out (from Windows 8/8.1) that are not cross-platform pc-mobile. You can still find the applications by the search, but they are not visible in any charts anymore.
I want to find my windows phone app version from market place.
Is it possible to find current app version from market? if ,then help me to find this.
For Windows Phone 8.1
If you swipe to the "details" panel on the app's page, it should say the app version at the top under "Information". It includes the current version as well as the last time the app was updated.
For Windows Phone 8
On the main panel for the app, underneath the information, there should be a "Report concern to Microsoft" link. Just beneath this link is information on the Publisher, last update and the current version.
Let me know if this helps!
I recently created an app for windows phone 7 and in final stage of development lets assume that its version is 1.0.. I can check if any update is available(eg. v1.1) through my website which returns a json. And if an update is available the user can download and install the update.
How do i setup it to automatically update it's version. i.e user just need to click OK if it prompts for an update and no need to go to marketplace..
Having determined that there is an update for the user, you could inform the user, and then show the MarketplaceDetailTask to enable the user to update the application.
NOTE: To show the details for the current application, you do not need to specify a value for the ContentIdentifier property.
The only way to update apps is to use the Windows Phone Marketplace, where updating apps is a integrated part of it.
So, no, you can't do what you're trying to do.