I want to develop windows phone 8 app using Phonegap. I have used phonegap for Android and iOS and it works fine. As per my research, I have found some prerequisites to develop WP8 apps using phonegap are:
Node.js
Windows phone SDK
IE10
A 64-bit version of Windows 8 Pro
Windows Phone SDK
Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium, or Ultimate
I have windows 7 installed on my system. My question is: Can I develop WP8 apps using phonegap in Windows 7. I have not found any material regarding this.
Thanks.
When developing locally (ex: using Visual Studio, the Cordova CLI, Ionic CLI, or PhoneGap CLI local builds), these are the requirements per MSDN re: Windows Phone 8.0 SDK:
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 requires 64-bit Windows 8 Pro or higher. You
can't develop Windows Phone 8 apps on Windows 7, on Windows Server
2008, or on Windows Server 2012. The Windows Phone 8 Emulator has
special hardware, software, and configuration requirements. For more
info, see System requirements for the emulator for Windows Phone 8.
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I am aware that there are several changes between Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 with regards to mobile development.
Before I upgrade to Windows 10, I'd like to make sure that I can still develop Windows Phone 8.1 from a Windows 10 PC with VS2013 (Update 5).
Can anyone advise if I will have problems developing 8.1 phone apps with Windows 10?
TIA
You can still develop Windows Phone 8.1 apps (both Runtime or Silverlight) on Windows 10 with either Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2015 (I'd recommend upgrading to the latter).
Here's a quick snip of Windows Phone 8.1 projects in VS2015 on Windows 10:
What installations I require for Windows Phone 8.1/8 SDK?
I have been through How to get started with windows phone SDK 8.1?
, but no luck.
Its ok if anyone wants to down vote. But please help me get through the installation. :)
You need Visual Studio 2013 update 2 or later. You can download the latest free version here:
Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 3
To run it you need at least Windows 8.1.
If you want to use the emulators, you need Windows 8.1 Pro x64, but if you have a physical Windows phone 8.1 device, you can use it to test your apps, instead of the emulators
First of all for windows phone 8/8.1 you would be needed to have windows 8.1 (x64)Operating System, Then you should check for whether your System is Supporting Hyper-v and SLAT or not.
To check for Hyper-V and SLAT, You can have Refrence from here Does my processor support Hyper-V : Coreinfo
If you have Hyper-V and SLAT, you are ready with Devlopment for windows phone 8/8.1.
for Development of windows phone 8/8.1 You would be needed to install Visual Studio 2013 with update 2 or later. here is a download link for Express 2013 for Windows that can be used for windows, windows phone as well as for Universal Apps.
for windows phone 8.1 emulators, you can download them from here windows phone 8.1 emulators
I recently updated my Visual Studio 2013 such now it allows to develop Windows Phone 8.1 applications.
But now, when I create a Windows Phone project, it is systematically for WP 8.1 and I can't change the target.
The only way I found in order to develop WP 8.0 apps it's to create Silverlight Windows Phone project.
Whence my question : What's the concrete difference between Windows Phone project and Silverlight Windows Phone projet in Visual Studio 2013 ?
Thanks for any answer
The Windows Phone project uses the Windows Runtime APIs. A lot of the Windows Runtime API introduced in Windows Phone 8 project is common to both Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, making it easier to write once and share code between your apps on both platforms.
As expected the Windows Phone Silverlight project uses the Silverlight based APIs.
I'm just confused, I just began Windows Phone programming and I was asking myself :
can I use a Windows phone 7 (HTC HD7) as device in Visual Studio 2013 and SDK for Windows Phone 8?
(sorry, maybe my question is stupid !)
Thanks in advance !
Jon B is correct. If you want to develop Windows Phone apps and use your Windows Phone 7.x device, you need to go back to Visual Studio 2012 and install the Windows Phone 8 SDK, which allows development for both WP7.1 and 8.0.
To recap:
Visual Studio 2013 + WP8 SDK (installer option): Build WP8.0 apps only
Visual Studio 2012 + WP8 SDK (separate installer): Build WP7.1 & WP8.0 apps
Visual Studio 2010 + WP7.1 SDK (separate installer): Build WP7.1 apps
Another important consideration is Windows. The version of Windows required is dictated by the WP SDK. The WP7.1 SDK requires Windows 7 & up. The WP8 SDK requires Windows 8 Pro & up.
I hope this helps.
No. Windows Phone 7 applications will run on a Windows Phone 8. Window Phone 8 applications will not run on Windows Phone 7.
Can I develop Win 8.1 Store App by using VS 2013 Express and Windows software development kit (SDK) 8.1 on My Win 7 Laptop ? Should I install Win 8.1 on My Laptop or Can I Use Win 7 with Above Tools ?
Windows software development kit 8.1
Your link is for Desktop development, not Windows Store development (scroll to the top to see Windows | Dev Center - Desktop). Please refer to this link. At the middle you will find the Visual Studio 2013 support for Windows Store app and Windows Phone development section. This section defines what OS is required for development. In the section you will that Express for Windows requires Windows 8.1 to build Windows Store apps.
You need Windows 8.1. Modern App Store development cannot be done on Windows 7.