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In a confusion of Upgrading Visual studio 2010 to 2012/ 2013.
2013 is the only option for creating Windows store apps.But not giving a clear picture on the support for Windows Phone apps development.
My question is can i use VS2013 for the development of Windows Phone 8 apps?
Not so sure Windows 8.1 is available on phones as well or not in that case if i go for VS2013 can i create Windows Phone 8 app as well ?
This question is a duplicate of Windows Phone 8 template in Visual Studio 2013 Preview but since I haven't got the reputation to post a comment, I'll combine JP Hellemons' answer and my own to answer this specific question.
The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 only incorperates into Visual Studio 2012, even when Visual Studio 2013 is installed. To install the SDK for VS2012, we need to specify this during the initial installation of Visual Studio or do it afterwards by modifying the installation via Control Panel → Add or remove programs.
Windows 8 (aka Metro) and Windows Phone are two distinct platforms. There's some speculation that the platforms will ultimately converge, but we are not there yet.
In order to start developing for Windows Phone you need to install the Windows Phone SDK. Unless you are using Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate which supposedly ships with the WP SDK pre-installed.
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Is it possibility to create windows universal app for windows 10 in Visual Studio 2013? Should I install some kind of SDK, and after that everything will be ok or I have to use VS2015?
VS2013 won't work, you have to use VS2015.
You can run VS2015 on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 to create Windows 10 apps.
Make sure to install the components for Windows Universal App Development during the installation of VS 2015. VS 2015 can be installed side by side with VS 2013.
More info can be found on MSDN
No need to have 2015. Not everyone is having this.
If you are using a different development environment than Visual Studio 2015, you can download a standalone Windows SDK for Windows 10 installer. Note that you don’t need to install this SDK if you’re using Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – it's already included.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads
Below is the link for SDK
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=822845
Ramprasad.
I today upgraded to Windows 10 Build 10074 that I downloaded from here. Now, I wanted to develop apps for Windows and Windows Phone as a Universal app. Also that I'm willing to do the same for Android devices therefore, I downloaded Visual Studio Community 2013 with Update 4 from here. Now, after it installed it first gave a warning that the system doesn't support Windows Phone 8 emulator (and I understand this because I suppose the processor, Core 2 Duo E7000 doesn't support visualization/SLAT technology). After this I opened Visual Studio which first loaded, then closed automatically (quite abruptly). I opened a sample solution afterward which loaded, then a dialog came stating you need to enable developer mode in Windows 10 under Settings>Update and Security>For Developers but when I went there and clicked For Developers, the window closed (similar to Visual Studio).
How do I enable it then? And I don't know should I re-install/uninstall it? Or maybe I should download Visual Studio 2015 RC?
Thanks,
Kvaibhav01.
If you really want to develop for the new universal app Platform, you will need VS2015 RC, but your apps won't work on Windows 8 devices, only for Windows 10.
I have the Professional edition of VS 2012 installed on Windows 7. When I go to start new projects, there are really no new types over VS 2010. When I tried to follow along with creating a WRL component as at:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/jj155856.aspx
I get a HRESULT exception upon attempting to install the template.
Simple question: Does this even work on Windows 7?
Getting started with Windows Store apps:
"Windows Store app development is supported only on Windows 8. You can't develop Windows Store apps on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2012."
So no, it will not work on Windows 7.
You cannot develop Windows Store Apps on Windows 7 you need Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012. There is a free version of Visual Studio Called Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8. It lets you make Windows Store Apps. If you Install Visual Studio on Windows 7 it blocks the development of Windows Store Apps. So what I am trying to tell you is you need Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 to Develop Windows Store Apps.
You can download Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 for free:
http://microsoft.com/express
You can also get a Windows 8 Trial for 90 days for free:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx
Today Microsoft released Windows 8 Release Preview and visual studio 2012 rc. I'm a Windows phone developer. What dev tool I have to use for create my apps in Windows 8 rp?
In Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 express download page, it is mentioned like
"A Visual Studio 2012 Express product for Windows Phone will be available in conjunction with the next Windows Phone release. Until then, you can continue to use Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone to create Windows Phone apps."
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/products/express
The Windows Phone 8 SDK is out now, for those that are still reading this. It includes the 7.1 and 7.1.1 as well, and all runs within Visual Studio 2012. You can get it here:
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk
For Windows 8, install VS2010, the Windows Phone SDK, and don't forget the 7.1.1 SDK update that fixes problems with Windows 8.
We all know that windows 8 will be released very soon, and that Visual Studio 11 will be released too. With Visual Studio 11 you can make Metro UI apps exactly like WP7.
My question is that if we program with VS 11, is it supported on Windows 7, Vista and XP?
You can install VS11, but you will not be able to develop Metro UI unless you're in Windows 8.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-NZ/toolsforwinapps/thread/0155ffb8-b526-46f3-9286-3befd5563b32
That is why they are giving you the Win8 Dev Preview image that you can install VS11 Ultimate and test it out.
Windows 8 Developer Preview Downloads Page
VS11 Developer Preview
Here is the best way to install VS11 and develop Metro apps:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToInstallingAndBootingWindows8DeveloperPreviewOffAVHDVirtualHardDisk.aspx
Visual Studio 11 Beta will only run on Windows 7 or Server 2008 and above.
Targeting depends on the project type. Windows 8 Metro app projects can only be built when running VS11 on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. But the MFC/CRT etc. can target down to Vista.
What sort of application were you thinking of building?