I am wondering if windows 8 apps will run on windows 10. I am considering to build an app on windows 8.1 but wondering if windows 10 user would be able to use it.
EDIT: And Vice versa are windows 10 apps supportable on windows 8.
Thanks.
Yes :) Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 will run on Windows 10.
But no, Windows 10 apps will not run on Windows 8 or 8.1.
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I'm building a Windows 10 UWP app, and would like to know if it will run on Windows Phone 8.1 and/or Windows 8.1 Desktop. Windows 8.1 is still quite prevalent, and I would like to be able to reach these users with my app.
Windows 10 apps can only run on Windows 10 (and newer). If you want to target 8.1, you have to build a 8.1. A 8.1 should run on Windows 10 without any problems.
I have a few questions which i need to be clear on before i do windows 10 development.
1.Will 8.1 app work in windows 10 os(both phone and pc)
2.Is it possible to port 8.1 app (store app) to 10 app through command line. If yes,please explain how.
Yes windows 8.1 app will work just fine on windows 10.
Porting is possible from windows 8.1 to windows 10 as there are API changes so you code can brake. for details how you can port windows 8.1 to windows 10 watch this video
Hope this helps
yes it will work fine. the repository API,s of the Windows 10 might be different but a few changes to them can work very fine.
I new to Windows 8 Mobile app development and my development laptop has 8 GB RAM and Windows 7 64-bit OS with VS 2012.
Now to develop Windows Phone 8 mobile app do i need to install windows 8 OS on my laptop or i can continue using the same OS.
I read somewhere that Windows 8 OS is must for Windows Phone 8 apps or is there any work-around to continue with same OS.
thanks,
The only "workaround" would be using Windows 8.1 in a virtual machine like.
I am totally new in Windows app development, and wondering whether the application developed for, let's say, Windows mobile 8.0 will work on Windows mobile 7.8 and Windows RT, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, OR there is need to adapt the application?
I would really appreciate any tutorial to have an understanding what to do not to fail.
Thanks.
To summarize the answer
Windows Phone 7.x apps can run on Windows Phone 7.x & 8.0 (reverse not possible)
Windows Phone apps can't run on Windows 8
Current desktop apps can run on Windows 8 (not Windows 8 RT)
Current Windows 8 (or Store) apps can run on any Windows 8 device
If you want to build an app which should run on all devices i.e. Windows Phone 7.x and above, Windows desktop, Windows 8 etc... You can separate the user interface part and business logic. There is something called as Portable Class Libraries. You can use them to share the code between apps.
For more information:
http://mayurtendulkar.com/2013/09/cross-platform-hybrid-or-native/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/gg597391(v=vs.100).aspx
Hope it helps.
Could you confirm whether Windows Phone 8 ISO or SDK is available to install with VS2012 Ultimate which I have installed on Windows 7 Home Basic.
Since unable to install Phone 8 environment as get message about Windows 8 needed, but have Windows 8 Preview running in VMWARE workstation.
Please suggest some workaround so that can dev with Windows Phone 8 with existing setup.
Thanks.
Maneesh
The Windows Phone 8 SDK requires Windows 8 as specified here. The Windows Phone 7.8 SDK supports Windows 7, but won't let you develop Windows Phone 8 apps just 7.5 and 7.8 apps.
The Windows Phone 8 SDK uses Hyper-V to run the emulator which is why you need Windows 8. This article claims to define how to use Hyper-V inside a VMware Workstation 8 VM. Following those steps it should be possible to install VS2012 and the Windows Phone 8 SDK inside the VM and get everything running.