I am going to publish a new Windows Phone 8.1 application using the new Windows Dev Center and I would like to know the Windows Phone 8.1 store link before publishing the application.
In the old Windows Phone Dev Center I was able to "guess" it using the apps GUID, but now I don't see how I can get the app's GUID, and all the new Dev Center shows me is the Windows 10 link that won't work in Windows Phone 8.1 devices.
Can someone help me find a way to figure out the app link before publishing it?
When you create a new application in your dashboard you should see on the left side menu a category App Management -> App identity. On the bottom of this page you have the link. This link will automatically redirect to the right WP8.1 app when opened on a WP8.1 device.
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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.
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
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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:
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?
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.