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.
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Can I develop a Windows Phone 8 application on Windows 7 OS?
If yes, what would be the system requirements (both hardware and software) on Windows 7 machine?
If no, what would be the system requirements (both hardware and software) on Windows 8 machine?
Can I run Windows Phone 8 Emulator on Windows 7 machine? If yes, what would be the system requirements (both hardware and software)?
Do I need Zune software to register my Windows Phone 8 to deploy and test my app?
Yes, you can, but the Phone Emulator will only work on Windows 8 as far as I know. For developing (and testing on a real phone instead of the emulator), Windows 7 works - all you need is either Visual Studio 2012 with the Phone SDK installed, or Visual Studio 2013 (which includes the Phone SDK already). For developing Phone 8.1 apps, VS 2013 is mandatory
In addition, to run the Phone 8 Emulator, check this MSDN link for the hardware requirements.
I'm not sure about (5) the Zune software, but I think it's not necessary any more with the Phone 8.0 platform.
I am a newbie for WP.My windows phone 7.1 application works in windows phone 7 but the application hangs when I open it in windows phone 8. I also want to know how to test the application for compatibility in both windows phone 7 and windows phone 8.Thanks in advance.
The applications built for Windows Phone 7.x should work on Windows Phone 8. However,some applications may not work properly and you should definitely test your application on Windows Phone 8 devices.
You could also maintain two versions of your application: one for Windows Phone 7 and one for Windows Phone 8. You will be able to upgrade Windows Phone 7 project to Windows Phone 8 project, but you cannot downgrade. The best thing to do is to create a new Windows Phone 7 project and move all files from the WP8 project to the new one.
Fore more refer this
Hope it helps!
Windows Phone 8 Emulator needs Windows 8 Pro edition or greater.
Can Windows Phone 8 Emulator runs on Windows 8 Single Language?Or do we need to upgrade Windows 8 Single language to Windows 8 Pro ?
Or is there any way to run Emulator on Windows 8 Single Language
64-bit of Windows 8 Pro edition is the requirement. You have to upgrade the Windows.
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff626524(v=vs.105).aspx
I connected the windows phone 8 to windows 8 machine through usb via microsoft smart phone connectivity v4.0_11.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a dll. Its working fine.
but i tried the same with windows 7 machine its not working ( As there are no dlls on windwos 7) I copied the dll's from windows 8 machine to windows 7 machine but now its giving me the error for class ID is not registeerd. I tried to register the dll's but no lick.
I tried to use older version of connectivity dll ( v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a) then it detects only windows phone 7 so it is not detecting my windows phone 8 apps.
Please suggest.
This will probably never work as you're trying to install bits of the WP8 SDK piecemeal into Windows 7, which is not supported.
For WP8 apps you need Windows 8 OS.
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.