I know this is a very basic question but I really want to know if regularly testing your app on windows phone 8 developer unlocked device adversely affects the device performance and working or in some manner can affect device?
I've done this on 3 separate phones and I've never noticed any difference!
If your apps are all well behaved and you don't reach the limit of 10 such apps installed on your phone then the answer is no. If you do have 10 such well behaved apps installed then you will not be able to test more apps until you uninstall one of the previous apps.
If your apps are badly behaved with memory leaks, battery hogging etc. then of course they will adversely affect your phone until you uninstall them.
If you develop very large apps which use large amounts of storage then you may run out of storage on your phone until you uninstall them.
If you are trying to develop some kind of phone app virus and you succeed then again installing (which will happen automatically if you test on the device) will install the virus on your phone. Hopefully such an app would fail MS certification.
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I can test my addin in Excel for Windows / Online, but can't test it from a Mac and iPad because I don't have that setup and don't have plans to acquire it.
I'm being rejected because of Mac tests by the team, and I'm unable to fix the errors.
Is there any way to cap Macs from the manifest file and don't make them avaible to Mac users when they browse the store?
Office Web Add-ins are designed to work across the entire Office platform. As such, there isn't a mechanism for enabling the add-in by platform.
In the end, these add-ins are just web apps that run within a browser context. If you're running into a blocker on a single platform, posting those questions on Stack Overflow would be a reasonable next-step. Generally browser specific issues are well known by the community here and can be quickly answered.
There are also several vendors that offer cloud-based Mac access. MacinCloud for example has a $1 per hour option (you pre-pay for 30 hours so it's a $30 investment). I've used this service myself for testing add-ins.
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 have been programming for windows since about v2.1 and am interested in some apps for the phone now that it seems to be coming of age.
Search as I might, I cannot find a developer's unlocked version of a phone other than CDMA one and I can't use that as there is only AT&T and TMo available out here in the boonies.
Buying a dev's version for Android was simple as going to Moto's site and dropping one in the shopping cart.
If msoft are wondering why there are so few win-phone devs and/or, they might start looking at how hard or easy it is to get started. I have installed the SDK and the emulator is OK, but not something I would trust enough without testing it on my own phone.
Any helpful thoughts and suggestion on where to get a phone that it is not against the warranty to unlock?
You can use any windows phone as long as it supports the OS version (windows phone 8/8.1 is not supported in the older models) you're coding for. You don't need a developer version of a phone.
You need a developer's account though (should be 20/year now) and take a look at this page for registering your device. For older devices you need Zune software but it's not needed for windows phone 8 and up.
And if you want to use a real device for testing, without wanting to buy a device, you could use the Remote Device Access service
With it you can use a real device (located in Tampere/Finland) over the internet with your browser. Limitations include the lack of physically touching/rotating the device, and that calls/SMS are disabled both incoming & outgoing ones.
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.