This is a question for an old platform, but I happen to need to write an app for Windows Phone 8.1. This app needs to launch the Microsoft Equalizer (audio) app that could be installed on some Nokia Lumia devices and enabled audio equalizer in the phone's Settings section.
I know I need the app's URI scheme to launch it through code, but I can't find the scheme for this particular app anywhere.
Also I know for a fact that it is possible to launch this app because there are other apps on the Store that can do that.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me the URI scheme - or any other way - to launch the equalizer app on a Windows Phone 8.1 device.
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I have recently finished working on an App for Windows Phone 8.1 and 10 - I have successfully been able to deploy it on both type of phone by using Windows Phone Application Deployment 8.1 tool.
I am now trying to load the app into the store and create a flight package so my develop phone should be able to see, download and install the app from the Microsoft Store on the device.
I am having 2 'problems' right now:
+ the App is not showing on the Store
+ using the app URL from the store, I am able to find the app but it is only available for downloading on the Windows 10 phone and it comes back unavailable on the Windows Phone 8.1
Here is some screenshots which should give an idea of my set ups:
Apart from the above, I would like to mention that I have added my Microsoft account to the devices so ideally I should be able to see the App!
Let me know guys if it makes sense and if you need further details to help me
Thanks
I have a Windows Phone 8.1 Universal app that supports voice commands. When I launch cortana, it shows a list of apps that can be launched as examples. It lists my app, but shows a different app icon which is not even defined in my manifest.
I have all visual assets defined in Package.appxmanifest. So my question is this - is there a way to change the icon which shows up next to your app in Cortana?
Windows.System.UserProfile.Lockscreen is not available in the WinRT API for Windows Phone. Is it possible to programatically modify the lockscreen background of a windows phone device from a winrt app by some other means?
No. LockScreen providers are in the list of Windows Phone 8 features for which there is no Windows Phone Store equivalent. They are available only to Silverlight apps.
I've been working on a Windows Phone 8 app, which I now want to change to be Windows Phone 8.1. How can I do this?
Should I create a new Windows Phone 8.1 app and copy all my existing files into it? Or is there an automated way for me to upgrade the existing solution to 8.1?
There are two ways to do that:
like in comment - right click on oyour project and you should see Retarget to Windows Phone 8.1
or you can open Properties window of your project and the in dropdown box Target Windows Phone OS version you can choose Windows Phone 8.1
In every case the VS should ask if you are sure to do that - it's one-way operation, so it's worth to make a backup of your solution. As WP8.1 has backward compability, in most cases there shouldn't be any problems.
Some clarification for the followers:
As WP8.0 apps are Silverlight, after retargetting it will still be a Silverlight app but WP8.1 (some new features and enhancemens).
Thought, if you want to retarget to WP8.1 Runtime, it's a totally different thing - it's a different type of an app, different API and more. You will have to port it manually. Note that not all features from WP8.0 are yet available in WP8.1 Runtime - here is a good article about that.
Is there a way to install signed applications over the air on the windows 8 and windows phone 8 platforms?
I'm looking for something similar to iOS wireless app distribution with its itms-services:// uri scheme. Basically, I want to direct users to a web page where they can download and install a signed application package on their device by clicking a link.
But it seems (from the information I gathered from the available documentation) that Microsoft allow app installation only by using the Windows Store, or by Sideloading (in the case of Windows RT, 8 Pro and 8 Entreprise) or by enrolling users phones for company app distribution (in the case of Windows Phone 8).
are these really the only methods available?
Thanks in advance.
For the Phone you could use the beta testing feature. It will not show in the store and only be available for users you have registered via their Microsoft account formerly Live ID. The app will run through certification and therefore will not be hosted on your own server.
For Windows 8.x you will still have to go the side loading route as there is currently no beta testing feature available.
HTH