Using Microsoft Windows 7 and either Visual studio 2010 or 2012, how should I program for Windows Phone 8?
Assuming it is not possible, when does Microsoft plan to fix that?
Asked a different but related question, and got this answer, which if correct gives me the answer I was looking for.
You can't - you'll need Windows 8 64-bit to develop for Windows Phone 8, and additionally you'll want the Professional version of Windows 8 to leverage the emulator.
See http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471 for details.
I don't think the following is a recommended approach but I don't see any compelling reason for why that is so feel free to read on.
According to this answer it seems that you can make programs that are runnable on Windows Phone 8 (WP8) although it won't have all the features but probably most, and maybe the developer experience will not be the same. Also it does not seem to be an officially supported way ( I am not sure about that point ).
So it seems like you could use SDK 7.1 for example and update it to SDK 7.8. According to the System Requirements it runs on Windows 7. Keep in mind that I don't know if it is officially supported.
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I saw state and notification broker for Windows Mobile, but I can't find anything like it for Windows 8.
I found this for the older OS:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32200/Own-your-phone-Taking-back-control-of-your-mobile
Didn't see anything on MSDN. Where can I start on this?
I don't care which language. I have a Nokia if it matters.
EDIT: Does this mean I can't build one?
https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-US/OEM/docs/Customization/Phone_call_SMS_filter_applications
These APIs are not exposed to third-party developers.
You can not do this unless you are a OEM. Only OEMs have this functionality enabled for them. For normal developers such API does not exist for Windows Phone. Only partners with Microsoft can download the source code or view it.
i bumped into issue when I wanted to use EventHandlerList in Windows Phone application. Errro occured telling me it was not found even though msdn claims it is supposed to exist on WP platform. http://msdn.microsoft.com/pl-pl/library/system.componentmodel.eventhandlerlist%28v=vs.110%29.aspx Do you happen to know what I;m doing wrong?
The link you provided does not mention support of Windows Phone anywhere in the documentation.
Please be aware that Windows Phone 8 uses a subset of the .NET 4.5 framework, so not everything is present.
I have to create windows phone 7 or 8. I installed visual studio 2013. It came with windows phone SDK.
I have problem. I have Windows 8.1 pro OS. But my processor does not support Hyper-V platform. I did enable BIOS settings. Even though i did not get this.
Any alternative way to test or debug app in emulator.
Any idea or suggestion should help me a lot.
Thanks in advance.
make sure you have enable hyper V from control panel also.
The best alternative would be to test your app on an actual device (this does not require Hyper-V). For more information have a look at this discussion.
Not the most convenient way, but simple and it's working:
You need to register account at developer.nokia.com and follow this link http://developer.nokia.com/resources/remote-device-access. You'll find list of devices that you can use for testing your apps. Just choose one of them and reserve it and use it as you want!
This video may help you to start:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-GbgPnTSxI&sns=tw
I have to implement "in-app purchase" both for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 app. The API looks the same for both platforms, besides one method: "CurrentApp.ReportProductFulfillment" (only WP has it). However, both platforms have "CurrentApp.ReportConsumableFulfillmentAsync".
My preference is to write fully reusable code (same code) for both platforms, if possible. MSDN documentation is not clear enough, so I want to understand:
Can I use ReportConsumableFulfillmentAsync on WP instead of ReportProductFulfillment? Are they have the same functionality? (maybe they left ReportProductFulfillment for backward compatibility).
Do I have to call ReportConsumableFulfillmentAsync after buying consumable only, or after every store purchase?
Thanks!
According to MSDN ReportConsumableFulfillmentAsync is Windows Phone 8.1 API, so you cannot use it when creating Windows Phone 8 apps. Stick with ReportProductFulfillment and Windows Phone 8 apps for now, it will take some time for Windows Phone 8.1 to get on the market
Only for consumables
If your are looking or a nice in-app wrapper, take a look at this https://github.com/igorkulman/Kulman.WP8/blob/master/Kulman.WP8/Services/WindowsPhoneStoreService.cs
I used C# develop a WP8 app. I'm wondering if the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK supports WinJS?
I saw there are some news that windows phone 8.1 start to support WinJS
If so, I will move to WinJS for WP and WinRT both.
Your comment welcome
As of April 18th, 2014, yes, JavaScript and the WinJS framework are supported by Windows Phone 8.1.
Announcement here: http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2014/04/18/winjs-on-windows-phone-8-1/
As of February 2014, there is no official documentation available currently on Windows Phone 8.1.
So, any comments here would be speculative or based on confidential/leaked documentation. I would suspect that your question will be answered at the Microsoft BUILD 2014 conference in April 2014 (either confirmation or that it was just a rumor).
Given the information disclosed, you might also consider that WinRT applications would be possible on the Windows Phone 8.1+, which would mean that you could write a Win 8.1 Store application using C# and XAML that would run on both platforms. So, switching to WinJS might not be necessary if you wanted to continue to use your core XAML and C# skills.