I have upgraded the Windows Phone 7 Barcode Scanning app to a Windows 8 Phone app and I deployed the app to my Windows 8 Phone. The package is .xap. How do I sideload this app to another phone? I am using this app for business purposes and it will not be available on the Windows Store.
Zune never connects to my Win8 phone and I am unable to use the Win7 Phone Application Deployment tool.
Like you used the Windows Phone 7 deployment tool for WP7, just use the Windows Phone 8 deployment tool for WP8. It's located in the folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0\Tools\XAP Deployment
Of course, that is if you have a developer-unlocked device.
Can we restrict our applications to run on particular devices by using the device id? means the application should run on only registered devices
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I am developing a new cordova app which should be avaible for android, ios and windowshpones. The problem is that you can add cordova platform windows and cordova platform wp8. What is the difference? Is the platform windows not for all windowsphones? Do I have to add another one (wp8)? Also are there more wp8 phones than windows phones so is it enough to just add wp8?
Hope someone can expain me that ;)
cordova platform windows means it's for windows system 8.1 and windows system 10 desktop application and wp8 means windows phone 8 and 8.1 and 10. if you are making only phone applicaiton i preffer add with wp8 only. Because in cordova platform windows has more then one platforms inside it for windows machine, windows phone as well so it will be confusing. so better add wp8 only.
WP8 support all windows phone device.
I have already developed an app targeting Windows Phone 8, but it doesn't work on Windows Phone 7.5. To get it working on both platforms, I have decided to target Windows Phone OS 7.1 via Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 instead.
Will my app works on both WP 7.5 and WP 8 if I target WP OS 7.1 in VS 2012?
Windows Phone applications are forward compatible. This means that applications built for Windows Phone 7.x should work on Windows Phone 8. However, this is not a guarantee. Some applications may not work properly and you should definitely test your application on Windows Phone 8 devices.
You can also maintain two versions of your application: one for Windows Phone 7 and one for Windows Phone 8. You publish both versions as one application so that users of each device can get the best application for their device.
You can upgrade Windows Phone 7 project to Windows Phone 8 project, but you cannot downgrade. The best thing to do is to create a new Windows Phone 7 project and move all files from the WP8 project to the new one.
yes your app will work on both paltforms..
if you develop an app for wp8 then it wont be able to run on wp7.x but vice versa will work fine but it wont be able to use the new features introduced in wp8
WP 7.1 (sdk) == WP 7.5 (consumer designation) and yes, WP 7.x apps work on WP 8 devices.
Just for clatification, WP8 and Windows 8 are two different things. If you have a Windows 8 app it will not run on WP 8 or WP 7.x.
Yes u can develop app that will target both platforms refer following link for detail...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj206997%28v=vs.105%29.aspx
Is it possible to make a Windows Phone App target only the Windows Phone 7 platform?
I already have the Windows Phone 8 version of the app out, and changed a few things to release for Windows Phone 7 (like resolutions and limitations etc) but when I'm adding it to the marketplace it always has "Supported OS: Windows Phone 7 & 8" and doesn't allow me to change it.
Thanks.
I don't think that is possible, if you upload a 7.5 app it can run on both WP7 og WP8 devices. If you also have an WP8 version of your app, the user with WP8 devices only get the 8 app and not the 7.5 app. Also if the user on WP8 device first download a WP7.5 version of your app, and you later uploads a WP8 version, the WP8 devices will be updated with the WP8 version when ready on the store!
I want to test my phone 7 application in my device that I have developed.please guide me on how to install my app in a device?And Which Windows Phone 7 Device is Good for Testing?
It's covered here, under the section titled "Deploying to a Physical Windows Phone Device". It requires an developer unlocked device.
If you don't have done it already you need to register your phone as a developer phone.
http://create.msdn.com/en-us/home/membership
Then you need to download and install Zune, when you have don that it just to plugin you phone and choose to deploy to phone instead of emulator in visual studio.
Assuming you have 7.1 SDK and Zune installed:
Goto start search for Windows Phone Developer Registration.
After registering you can debug on the phone from Visual Studio by selecting target as "Windows Phone Device".
I'm developing an app for Windows Phone 7 mobile device. I've finished testing with the emulator and now I want to test on an actual phone. Does anyone know how I can upload the app to my phone?
I know that iPhone has a direct upload, Blackberry can install from any website.
How do I do this with Windows Phone 7?
Register your phone as a developer device using your link - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff769508(v=VS.92).aspx
If you're writing in Visual Studio, then choose Windows Phone 7 Device as the target instead of Emulator
If you've just got a XAP file (from the bin/debug or bin/release directory) then you can use the "Application Deployment" tool.