Which Xap file is to be submitted to windows phone store - windows-phone-8

I have developed an application using Nokia Imaging SDK. It builds two forms of the XAP file, one for ARM platform and another for x86. Can anyone tell me which XAP file should be submitted to windows phone 8 store ??
And should I submit the file from debug folder or from release folder and why ??
Thank you!!


Can anyone tell me which XAP file should be submitted to windows phone
8 store ??
Use Any CPU, this will allow them to test it on emulators (x86) or real devices (ARM).
And should I submit the file from debug folder or from release folder
and why ??
Release, because this mode includes optimizations not present on Debug mode.


You have to submit the one in the Release folder:
In the Upload XAP dialog, be sure that you select the release build of your XAP
From: Upload and describe your XAP(s)


You need to set target platform as ARM while creating XAP in release mode because mobile phone have ARM processors so they will need XAP build on ARM configuration. x86 is for emulators only.


The XAP in the ARM Release ie- <Project Folder>..\Bin\ARM\Release\ should be submitted to the Windows Store.
Windows Phone Devices uses ARM based processors.
To generate the output-
First Select Release from the Solution Configuration DropBox.
Then go to configuration manager and change the AnyCPU field to
ARM.
Then Build the project.

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