WP8 project creation fails in VS2012 - windows-phone-7

I have VS2012 set up on Win7 32bit, WP8 and WP7.1 sdk set up, but whenever I try to create new project or add new WP8 project to existing solution i get this error.
http://i.stack.imgur.com/REAEM.png
I allso cannot use the feature described somewhere in webs to convert WP7 project to WP8 project, it just shots up as incompatible in solution explorer.
http://i.stack.imgur.com/GvbrR.png
Could you please point me to the problem?

You need Windows 8 to use the Windows Phone 8 SDK.
Supported operating systems: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro
Operating system type:
Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471

Related

Namespace issues in VS2017 and Win7 with Xamarin app?

I have VS2017 Community edition installed in a Windows 7 PC and a Windows 10 laptop. They both have the exact same installation.
Last night I created a Cross-Platform > Mobile App (Xamarin.Forms) project in my Win10 laptop, and it ran perfectly in the android emulator. No issues there.
I did the same exact thing in my Windows 7 PC, and I'm getting tons of compiler errors. All of them are of the The type or namespace name 'System' could not be found nature.
Is there anything I need to do in Windows 7 so these projects run?
In both environments (Win7 and Win10) I did the exact same thing: installed VS2017, created the new Xamarin cross-platform project, and debugged it. In Win10 it runs flawlessly while in Windows 7 I get a bunch of compiler errors with System namespace, which is literally the most fundamental namespace of the .NET Framework.
Any help is appreciated.
I'd like to add that I created a regular ASP.NET Web Application in Windows 7 and it runs flawlessly (no issues with System namespace), so it's an error with Xamarin cross-platform.
The solution for compiling the solution successfully on my Windows 7 PC was to install .NET Framework 4.7.2

Accessing Windows 8 libraries in VS2012 on Windows 7

Running VS2012 Pro on Windows 7 Pro, I need to develop a desktop application for a Windows 8 environment (this is NOT a metro-style interface). What I can't figure out is how to reference the Windows 8-specific libraries (for instance, Windows.Media.Capture). I've downloaded and installed the Windows 8 SDK, but when I try to add a reference to a Windows 8 library, nothing is available in either the Framework or Extensions list.
Any ideas? or am I stuck with having to move to Windows 8 on my development system?
Thanks.
You can develop a .NET 3.x or 4.x app on Windows 7 and run it on Windows 8 in desktop mode just fine. You can also create a C++ app that targets Win32 and run it on the Windows 8 desktop just fine. However, you cannot reference any assemblies on Windows 7 that have runtime dependencies on WinRT APIs. Windows.Media.Capture and the classes contained within (such as CameraCaptureUI) are WinRT APIs and cannot be used on Windows 7. Even if you had Windows 8, very very few WinRT APIs can be called from desktop applications. The Windows.Media.Capture APIs can only be used from a Windows Store (formerly Metro) app.
Dev support, design support and more awesome goodness on the way: http://bit.ly/winappsupport

How do I write apps for Windows 8 without running the official Windows 8 Operating System on my computer?

I don't have Windows 8 on my computer. However, I have the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 installed. Is there any way to create apps for Windows 8 on the Consumer Preview version? Visual Studio for Windows 8 doesn't install as it gives numerous errors.
To use the final release of Visual Studio 2012 to build Windows Store apps, you will need to use the Windows 8 RTM build.
You wouldn't want to use the Windows 8 Consumer Preview to develop Windows Store apps anyway--there have been substantial changes to the platform, frameworks, and tools between the Consumer Preview and the RTM build.
The short answer is you cannot develop Windows Store apps without Windows 8 RTM or greater.
If you don't wish to install/partition your hard disk following is a neat idea to get windows 8 installation going without having to partition your drive.
How to Create Windows 8 VHD for Boot to VHD using simple, easy to follow steps
Developer downloads for programming Windows Store apps
See, Windows 8 Apps use Windows 8 APIs such as Directories and all .
So to make any any Modern UI app , you need to have Windows 8 Installed with VS 2012

Development of Metro UI (Windows 8) from Windows 7

How do I develop for Windows 8 on my Windows 7 machine. I dont want to install a VM. I checked Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, but I am not sure if it allows me Metro UI development.
You cannot do Metro style development from Windows 7. If you cannot install Windows 8 either directly or via a VM or dual-boot, you will not be able to develop Metro style apps on that machine.
The simplest thing to do is set up your Windows 7 machine to dual boot into Windows 8. With a dual boot you can still access files on the Windows 7 machine when you're booted to Win 8. There are plenty of how-to's available; here's one: http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-8-with-windows-7/ .
You can also install the dev preview of VS11 on a Windows 7 box to build DLLs the Metro app will use, to experiment with C++ AMP, or just to get a head start on familiarity with the VS UI. Any app you build with that (or VS2010, or VS2008, or whatever) will happily run on the Desktop side of Win8, the same as it did on Win7.
What you can't do is build (never mind test) Win8 Metro apps using a Win7 box only. Yet.
It seems that the Windows 8 Virtual Labs (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/jj206431.aspx) don't need Windows 8 to be installed. Try it out on Windows 7.

Problem with XNA for Windows phone 7 development

I can compile succesfully my game but when emulator is show than i get that error:
The current display adapter does not meet the emulator requirements to run XNA Framework applications
my nootebook have a graphics card that can handle DirectX 10.0. this is website with specification http://www.nvidia.pl/object/geforce_9600m_gt_pl.html
I installed DirectX 10.0 .XNA 4.0 from this site : http://create.msdn.com/en-us/home/getting_started
-Harry 180
my operating system is windows 7 (x64)
yes i tried to update my DirectX and drivers
If you run Windows Vista, install this update.
As a radical solution, you might need updating to Windows 7 (only if you are using Vista).

Resources