I sent a private XAP via email and when clicked on that I took a "cannot install company app". I tried to load it from the file explorer but I cannot see it.
Is it possible somehow to load private XAP files? The app is not downloaded from the store. It is built from me and not yet send to the store.
No,You can't deploy/install it directly from phone.
But you can do deploy it from PC :You need Windows Phone Deployment tool and make sure that your device is registered as developer.
More info: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn632395.aspx
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i have a question about certificate for windows phone 8.1 Universal app.
I passed these steps but certificate wasn't appeare in project:
I open it in Visual Studio 2015.
Right click project and choose Store=>Associate app with store
I log in my microsoft developer account and choose app from the list
I checke information about Publisher, Package and so on and press next
After these steps Package.StoreAssociation.xml is created, but AppName_StoreKey.pfx isn't.
Please, help me. What should I do to get AppName_StoreKey.pfx certificate.
(I don't need test certificate).
Thank you.
For my experience, only Windows 8.1 app project will contain a TemporaryKey.pfx file. If you create a universal Windows 8.1 app, it will include an AppName.Windows_TemporaryKey.pfx file under the Windows 8.1 project but not Windows Phone 8.1. This should also apply to the _StoreKey.pfx.
But it won't make effect on your package submission. Just make sure you have associated your app with the Store, the identity info will be aligned automatically. You can still manage to upload your package:
Updated:
Also, you can check the two Windows universal 8.1 package manifests in designer.
The Windows 8.1 package manifest have the choose certificate option while Windows phone 8.1 does not:
Create App pakages option is disabled..
Cuz i have to upload my app package so as to publish it.. so am stuck with it.
i Have also logind with my developer microsoft account to0.
Edit:
actually in Visual Studio 2013,
in PROJECT > STORE> (all the options available are disabled)... so this the problem.
If your app is Windows Phone 8.1 App, you can create appx package using project -> store in vs.
But if your app is Windows Phone 8 App or Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 App, you don't need to create appx file, the only file you need is xap file in Bin/Release(or Debug) folder. When you publish it, just upload your xap file is OK.
Happened the same to me, and (after 20 minutes of VS restarts), I realized the Project needs to be selected instead of the Solution at the Solution Explorer.
This way all Store options are enabled again.
I have created a windows Phone application, and how do I give this application to the client, Do I give him my project folder i.e Getcontacts? and also client wants to install this application to emulator because in the client machine only emulator is installed.
Is there any way to create the install file of the application that I give to the client and client will easily install into the emulator. Kindly suggest me on these queries..
Waiting for your reply.
Thanks.
If the client has the emulator installed, he can deploy a XAP to it using 'Application Deployment' (open the start menu and type Application Deployment). You can select the target (one of the emulators) and then choose the XAP file.
On your end, set the build configuration to Release and build the solution. Then navigate to the project folder/Bin/Release and that's where you will find the .xap that you need to send to your client.
Here's an MSDN article for the Application Deployment tool: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402565(v=vs.105).aspx#BKMK_tool
To test the app your client need to be a registered developer(He need to create developer account on Microsoft developer.
To Access Application Deployment tool your client needs to install Windows Phone SKD
then launch Application Deployment tool from installed SDK folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0\Tools\XAP Deployment\XapDeploy.exe
OR launch it from start menu by typing Application Deployment.
Now he just need to give the path of the xap file(debug or release version) and select the desired testing target.
P:S. you can also deploy the app on app store and set publish version to beta for testing the app at any device without having developer account and installing windows phone SDK.
I get the error code 80073cf9 when I try to install an 8.1 app (.appx) from the Store on my 920 with 8.1 Preview.
The app is 8.1 only and I'm able to run it and install it when deploying from my laptop.
I have the development build installed on my phone.
Solution
Uninstall the development build from your phone and then you will be able to download the app from Store.
Some interesting facts
Since 8.1 (.appx) you can not install an app from Store if you already have the app installed. This include your development builds deployed from your computer.
Before 8.1 (.xap) you were able to run both your development build and the Store app at the same time. This was since the Store changed the GUID of the app when it was uploaded. For some reason Store doesn't change the GUID of the uploaded app anymore.
I also meet the error 80073CF9. With my case, the reason is the setting of memory location. I reproduced the issue as below:
1. I chose phone memory to install apps
2. Second, I updated the phone from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Somehow, I changed to SD card memory to install apps.
3. After upgrading to Windows 10, some apps had to be reinstalled, but the error 80073CF9 raised. At that moment, the phone still used SD card memory to install apps, not the same as the original memory.
--> I switch the memory to install apps from SD card to phone (Setting / Storage / Store new apps on my Phone. It's done.
Conclusion with my case: The memory in order to install application has been changed
I had the same problem on my Lumia 730.
Solution: Go to settings->Tap on storage sense->temporary files-> delete
You can also check: https://geeksnipper.com/error-code-80073cf9/2229/
Im trying to deploy XAP files to my Lumia 620. They work if i download them from the store but when i try and load another XAP from somewhere else, e.g. TimeMe or from Windows Phone Hub, the phone fails to show them. Any idea why?
The Windows Phone 8 OS architecture doesn't allow installation of non store applications, to support this they have restricted the loading of XAP files from other download sources.
In some countries Window Phone store comes with a option for installation from SD Card option, under this option you will be able to view XAP files on your storage media of phone, if you select that XAP file the store application will check for that application in the Windows Store and if it is a free app it will get installed otherwise it will ask to buy for a license of the app to install it.
The Windows Phone hub is for enterprise environment, where a company distributes its LOB apps to its employees, if you are able to access company hub app than you must be able to download and install the app. Even in this case the process is automated as in case of Windows Store and nowhere you will manually unpack the final XAP file.
Windows Phone will not let you install XAP files that are not certified in the WP Store. The only way you'll be able to install XAP files yourself is to either:
Download and install a WP Store signed XAP file. You can do this by going to an app's page on your computer, downloading the XAP file, transferring it to your SD card, and installing it through the Store app.
Download and install a unsigned XAP file that hasn't been through the WP Store yet. You can install these XAP files on a developer unlocked phone using the Application Deployment program included with the WP8 SDK.
The app TimeMe that you included as an example is an unsigned XAP file. You can "sideload" this app through the Application Deployment program.