I have unlocked my Nokia Lumia phone for development.
1. I would like to know if I can test my app on my phone for any longer or is it restricted to some time period like 30 days. (I have not paid $19,as I am not planning on publishing the app as of now)
2. Also is there any restriction on the number of apps that I can test on the same phone with the same id.
Quote from MSDN
A Microsoft account
How do I sign up for a Microsoft account?
•Optionally, a valid and current developer account on Windows Phone Dev Center
Join
If you have a developer account, you can register three devices to use for app development, and you can publish apps in the Windows Phone Store.
If you don’t have a developer account, you can only register one device to use for app development. Before you can publish apps in the Windows Phone Store, you have to register.
Since you don't have developer account you can deploy app for limited time and you can deploy max 3 apps at once. If you have developer account then time period increases and you can deploy 10 apps at once.
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There is really no correct place to ask this question, so I hope someone here can answer me.
If I already bought an app through Google Play, do I have to repurchase it if I want it on my Windows 10 computer (to synch between Android phone and computer)?
I certainly seems that way. I am logged in with the correct gmail account on both devices. I also tried pressing the price button in the Windows 10 store, but it does ask for my credit details. Also, no apps appear under under the "Bought" menu.
I would appreciate any help here!
Currently apps on the Windows Store are apps that are for or run on Windows 10, the Google Play store is for apps under that store and ecosystem and an app on one store would have to be purchased from the other as well if want it on Android Phone and Windows 10 PC at the moment
I'm looking to buy a Windows Phone smartphone, and am looking into the possibility for 'deploying' private apps. I currently own an Android system, and it's a simple as building an APK file, and adding it to the filesystem of any phone I want to install it on.
I realize there have been some questions around this subject 1, 2, 3. They seem to say you either need a developers account, or an enterprise edition. These questions are old, and possibly outdated. I've tried to find more information on the topic, but all I could find was related to enterprise, or beta testing.
I have no interests in getting a developer's account, because I don't intend to develop or sell larger applications on the marketplace. It's mostly for private use.
If there is no way to do this by default (without paying any fees), are that alternatives that don't involve losing warranty?
You can register yourself in Windows App Studio and you will get to unlock one phone for development and side load up to 2 apps.
Currently that is the only way to put custom apps in your Windows Phone for free and without losing warranty.
If you, however register for a developer accout (which as you know has costs) you will be able to side load up to 10 apps in 3 different devices.
I am in process of developing app for windows phone 8. I need the adhoc distribution of my app to all devices within the organization. I don't want to publish it on the market instead i want the installation of app on the devices within the organization.
Do i need to buy another account for adhoc distribution or i can use the same $99 account for adhoc distribution of app.
Thanks in advance.
Well there are multiple ways to distribute apps,
Directly via Visual Studio or XAPDeploy (however the device must be developer unlocked, and connected via usb)
Via the normal Store/Marketplace
Via Store/Marketplace, with "Hide from users browsing or searching the Store" so that only users with the direct link to the store can find the app
Via Beta app distribution
edit: beta apps now do not have a 3 month limit anymore. Only restriction is, that you can "only" have 10000 users and each users email must be manually added for them to be able to download the beta
Company app distribution, which is likely what you are looking for. (However this seems to be relatively difficult) More information here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj206943(v=vs.105).aspx
Edit: I missed this one: Using "Windows Intune Direct Management for Windows Phone 8 Mobile Devices"
There are no other ways I know of.
I Have windows phone 8 And I want to Develop apps and Deploy it Freely.is this possible.
Ya, max 10 developer app or unsigned apps are allowed to install in your phone.
I assume what you want to do is sideload the apps . For that you need to developer unlock you lumia620 first , which obviously is going to cost you.Please check price for developer unlocking you phone with microsoft.
Other than that it is impossible to load apps freely ,if it is not through App store.
Hope my answer helped you.
It is possible to load any number of unsigned xap files onto a Windows Phone device provided it is fully unlocked (interop unlock). How you go about getting your device to that state presents a challenge. So far, only the Samsung ATIV S has been unlocked to that level for Windows Phone 8.
Once you have fully unlocked your phone you effectively have free reign over your device being able to fully access components such as the registry or file system.
Both Samsung and LG have provided back door diagnostic tools on their phones that facilitate making the needed registry changes to completely unlock their phones. Whether such features are available on other brands has yet to be discovered.
If you are a software developer, you will probably want to get your hands on an ATIV S before they disappear.
Does a developer unlocked Windows Phone 8 device need to be unlocked again if the original developer de-registers it and another developer wants to use it for development?
I have a developer unlocked Nokia Lumia 620, which was unlocked using my friend's account. Now, I want him to de-register it from his account so that I can use my account to register the device. Is it possible? Is the Publisher GUID associated with a device?
as i think the regesteration is associated with Microsoft account. so you can register it again with your new microsoft account on the device
but note a thing :
After you unregister a phone, apps that you deployed no longer run because the app licenses are no longer valid.
you can know more from this link
How to register your phone for development
You can just Factory Reset the phone and then register it with your account - no problems there. Publisher ID is associated with your developer account, not with device.