Like this many desktop software have external link to their download pages in Windows Store. So we bought access to Windows Store and until Windows Store allows desktop applications (which will happen with Windows 10 I think) we want to have link to our download page. But we can't figure out how to publish download link only. Because it require package which require Metro project in Visual Studio I think? So are we need to create empty project in Visual Studio or something like that?
See Windows Store onboarding for desktop apps for the official docs and step-by-step
As a basic summary, you'll need to create a desktop dashboard account and certify the app by passing the desktop Windows App Certification Kit tests
You'll also need a Windows Store company account. This will let you log into the Windows Store dashboard and submit the certified app for submission.
Add in the metadata (name, description, link, etc.) and submit!
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I have a windows store app for Windows 8.1 - it's a specific app that is supposed to run only at one device. I deliver it to client via AppDevPackage and it's installed / updated via Power Shell script.
The app works fine when developer license is valid on the device but this license shouldn't be used in production enviroment. Also there is need to renew this license occasionaly (that's very inconvinient).
I know that's obsolete technology, but my question is, what should I do to get rid of the need of having developer license at this device (and to keep posibility of publishing the app via AppDevPackage)?
Please help ;)
I am having windows phone 8 silverlight app. I need to publish it on Windows store. Can you please provide or explain step by step guide to publish this app in store.
Stackoverflow link discussed already. But after changing the values in files manually what need to do after tha?
I followed the steps mention here, but i am getting certification issue after submitting app.
This is a guide to publishing applications in Windows Store. Important -Silverligth app supported only Windows Phone and not supported Windows 8 and Windows 10. For supported Windows RT you need to make migration to universal app.
Windows App certification kit is very nice utility. Before publishing app use this app for analysis. When i run analysis of my XAP file using this utility, I found that i was using some default images that was main issue in certification failure. Now i am updating that. And will let you if this works or not.
We paid a developer account in Windows Store (enterprise).
We created a Cordova 3.7 app for Windows Phone 8.1 and even we could test directly on a phone with Windows 8.1 from Visual Studio 2013 and everything worked in the hardware.
therefore, We begin to fill in the details for the App We need to publish in the store.
There is a section in which we are asked to upload a packaged App so here We have the chance of selecting it on the disk.
Our problem is We don't know how to create the pack and where in the disk Visual Studio left it.
We started to search in msdn.microsoft.com and these are the ideas we could get (but still couldn't make a pack):
1) Every where in MSDN they talk about a STORE option on Visual Studio. We can see this option in the ppal menu but all its options are disabled.
But in a forum, after searching a lot, We could figure out that this is normal for Cordova Apps on Visual Studio 2013 because they are considered as Silverlight Apps.
Then We find out again a doc in MSDN about uploading Silverlight Apps to Win Store. They say this kind of Apps must be packed and uploaded by hand.
2) So We focused in find out how to prepare a Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 app for publishing.
This is a link in MSDN :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn655122(v=vs.105).aspx
But a new problem comes out, We don’t have any Package.appxmanifest.xml file in our project but only have aWMAppManifest.xml file.
We finally find out only Windows Phone 8.1 projects on Visual Studio have the Package.appxmanifest.xml file and it seems that my Cordova Project was generated like a kind of a Win Phone 8.0, what is not that bad because we want our App to be supported by Windows P. 8.0 and 8.1 devices.
But at the end of all this journey, we are stuck at the first step again. So we realized we don't know how pack a Windows Phone 8 (Cordova) App in order to be uploaded to Windows Store.
How and where Visual Studio 2013 make the pack and what is the extension name of this file.
The App, as I said, is ok and can be deployed and executed OK in a real phone from Visual Studio (run button)
Sorry, We know the question is large but We wanted to clear what We had reached so you know What We are asking and What We could have done bad just in case.
Thanks in advance, We think a lot of people could profit of the answer of experts in this matter because a summary is needed, the info in MSDN seem disperse.
You cannot upload a Windows Phone Silverlight xap to the Windows Store, only to the Windows Phone store. To upload to the Windows Phone store you won't need the Package.appxmanifest for a Windows Phone 8 app (only for a Windows Phone 8.1 app).
You'll upload the xap file created when you build for release with the normal build process. You don't need to do any further modifications for a Silverlight app.
You can create either Windows Phone or Windows Store apps with Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova
Use Project->Store->Create App Packages.. from visual studio menu.
http://taco.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/tutorial-package-publish-readme/#package-the-windows-version-of-your-app
For eg. we use https://testflightapp.com to distribute iOS app (also android now) and for Android directly send across the .apk file. But windows phone is not allowing installing the app directly using build .xap file.
This is only possible when the devices of the testers are registers as developer devices. This in turn means that your testers need to have a developer account. You as developer can register up to 5 devices as developer devices under your account, even if they don't belong to you. Other than that you cannot deploy an xap package onto a device.
When you upload an app to the Windows Phone you can mark this app as beta. This will lead to a reduced certification time and you can update your beta any time. Then you can provide up to 10000 E-Mail addresses of users that will test your app and only those will be able to download it. You can find more info on that here
I want to make windows phone 8 app.In which i want to integrate online builder tool to create online mobile app and download xap file on device.is there any API present for it ?
That is not supported on Windows Phone. You can only sideload apps under certain conditions (such as having a dev account or I think a max of 2 apps).
Either way, you have to install it using MS tools, there are no API's available
No there isn't. There are a few options for installing xap files.
Install it in a developer unlocked device using the SDK tools
Publish it as a beta, selected users can download it from the store
Publish it the normal way (duh)
Company deployment.
Have a look here: http://developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/App_deployment_options_for_Windows_Phone