I did a soft reset of my WP7 phone, unlocked it for development and updated it with Zune, but I got the version 7.0.739, not 7.1! This means that I cannot deploy my Mango testing apps into the phone :(
Where can I find the latest update for developers?
You will not Find the update as you have not been given an Invitation to the Microsofts Connect website, you should seek out another Developer's Mango Beta 2 files and install those on your machine, register your phone and unlock the device using the Windows Phone Tools you get with the installer, the Zune software that is in Beta points to another Location for Updates specifically to developers registered before Mid June if I am not mistaken, those all got an invite to download using the Microsoft Connect website,
This is the only way you will be able to get Mango I am afraid, go and look on the XDA Forums as the RTM Version they have is Carrier Exempt it just flashes straight on to your phone,
Please note that the RTM of mango will not be released to developers. The RTM will only be available through your carrier.
The beta version (7712) is available through the apphub/connect.
You need to be a registered developer on the App Hub (create.msdn.com) to get access to a Mango phone update. You can of course use the emulator for development of Mango apps however.
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I'm developing an app using the Cordova tools for VS 2015 Enterprise. I would like to test my app on Windows Phone, but when I try to debug using the built in "device" option, I get these errors:
Does anyone know how to fix this? For reference, I'm using a Lumia 550, in developer mode, which is plugged in through USB to a computer running Windows 10 (with the latest version of VS and the Cordova tools). I looked in my services app, and IpOverUsbSvc is running already. I'm using the latest version of VS and my phone was updated to the latest version of WP10 today.
I have tried doing a hard reset on the phone, as well as using WPPT to deploy the app, both of which did not work.
This is a known issue for Insider Builds. Please see similar case here.
Please try rolling back to stable version (e.g. 10586).
You can use Windows Device Recovery Tools to roll back.
Will this tool work on phones running Insider Preview builds?
Yes. When you use this tool on a phone that's running a preview build, it will reinstall the latest version of Windows approved for your phone by its manufacturer.
Since the release (and in some cases prior to) the release of Windows Phone 8, several WP7 apps on the marketplace have had updates that simply state "Updated for Windows Phone 8."
What does this mean, exactly? Because the marketplace allows multiple XAP uploads, is it a new XAP for WP8 but the app only allows a single description (thus "updated for WP8")? If so, does the marketplace push an update for WP7 even if the WP7 XAP hasn't changed?
Or, are there changes to the 7.1.1 SDK that optimize for WP7 apps on WP8? If so, could you provide a link outlining this? (I did a search, but all I could find is the 7.1.1 update targets 256MB devices.)
Bottom line, although I know WP7 apps are compatible on WP8, is there something I should be doing with my WP7 apps for WP8 while still functional on WP7?
Take a look at this, seems to be an issue that is being worked on at the moment.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpsubmit/thread/789b3017-d242-4151-9d0b-84c85c4b3c24
These tags of "Updated for Windows Phone 8" don't necessarily mean that the app has been upgraded to a Windows Phone 8 application. It could also mean that the developer has tested and fixed bugs that can break functionality for a Windows Phone 7 app in Windows Phone 8. For example, I found two bugs involving local storage in Windows phone 7 projects when running on Windows Phone 8. Therefore, I had to make some adjustments to get my project running 100% on Windows Phone 8 (but its still a WP7.1 project). For more information on bugs and "quirks" when running WP7.1 projects on Windows Phone 8 here is a link to Microsoft's information.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj206947(v=vs.105).aspx
I'm starting to develop a player for windows phone 8. I have a login on appHub and can access docs and tools for WP7 development. It seems that there are some differences between WP8 and WP7, e.g., WinRT APIs are used instead of Silverlight for player development. I wonder whether the development documents and sdks for WP8 are available now. Where can I get them?
Right now you only have SDK for Microsoft Surface.. The SDK for WP8 is still not available
the sdk for wp8 is still not available hence you won't be able to get any material for those now.
you just have to wait.
you could still continue to develop for wp7 in the meantime and port it over to wp8 later on when the sdk is release.
You can now download the WP8 SDK and documentation here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471
Can I use the copy/paste functionality that I can find in the updated emulator (January 2011 dev tools update) on my phone?
You cannot use it without the phone being updated.
As of today, the official updated OS build that supports copy/paste is not out yet. Until you get that update and install it on the test device, you cannot use the new functionality on a phone with the older OS build, even though you can access it in the emulator.
Just found this post:
How to: Test Copy and Paste in Windows Phone Emulator
Check also the official post and release notes:
http://create.msdn.com/en-US/news/Windows_Phone_Developer_Tools_January_2011_Update
Would an application built using a siverlight 3 or silverlight 4 dll be allowed into the market place?
WP7 is built on Silverlight 3 with some inclusions/exclusions to suit the mobile platform.
You can pull DLLs in provided they make use only of features compatible with the platform.
For a guide to what is supported on the platform, refer to these documents.
Features Supported in Silverlight for Windows Phone
Differences Between Silverlight on Windows and Windows Phone
Class Library Support for Windows Phone
You will have to download the CTP version of the Windows Phone 7 tools (available Sept 16th) and compile your app with those for your WP7 app to be accepted into the marketplace.
It's not a matter of being "allowed", it is a matter of "will it work"? Read the details on what they expect of an app and how it works, and if they don't say you can't do what you suggest, then assuming it actually works, it should be acceptable in the marketplace.
Keep in mind that the version of Silverlight running on the release version of WP7 will not be the equivalent of SL v4. I would be surprised if a v4 DLL would work in WP7. A MS WP7 team member I heard on a podcast (Hanselminutes, I think) said that SL on WP7 is, like, SL v3.7 or so.