I have a requirement to port a C# application developed on Win CE to Windows Phone 8. Can we port directly from Win CE, or do we need to tweak/develop from scratch?
Microsoft provides porting resources from a few platforms (Android, iOS, and XAML, as of this writing). Windows CE is not among them.
All you can do is to create the app from the scratch using the Windows Phone 8 API
in Visual Studio 2012.
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I want to develop windows phone 8 app using Phonegap. I have used phonegap for Android and iOS and it works fine. As per my research, I have found some prerequisites to develop WP8 apps using phonegap are:
Node.js
Windows phone SDK
IE10
A 64-bit version of Windows 8 Pro
Windows Phone SDK
Visual Studio 2012 Professional, Premium, or Ultimate
I have windows 7 installed on my system. My question is: Can I develop WP8 apps using phonegap in Windows 7. I have not found any material regarding this.
Thanks.
When developing locally (ex: using Visual Studio, the Cordova CLI, Ionic CLI, or PhoneGap CLI local builds), these are the requirements per MSDN re: Windows Phone 8.0 SDK:
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 requires 64-bit Windows 8 Pro or higher. You
can't develop Windows Phone 8 apps on Windows 7, on Windows Server
2008, or on Windows Server 2012. The Windows Phone 8 Emulator has
special hardware, software, and configuration requirements. For more
info, see System requirements for the emulator for Windows Phone 8.
I am running a windows 8 (64bit basic) machine , since hyper v is not available for win 8 , i tired to install win 8.1 basic (64bit) in virtual box to start windows phone 8 development.
As first step i enabled Intel Virtualization in the BIOS screen and tried to look for hyper v feature in VM's features , but could not able to find it.
So tried to run intel tool in the Host(win 8) and VM(win 8.1)
The result for the host machine :
The result for the VM :
Additionally , i also tried to run coreinfo.exe -v tool on command promt
The result for the host machine :
The result for the VM :
I would be thankful , if anyone help me to enable hyper v on my VM
Please also clarify , is it possible enable hyper-v (on my host machine) if i upgrade my main host machine from win 8 basic to win 8.1 basic ?
No. Hyper-V is a Windows 8.1 Pro feature. It is not available on Windows 8.1 Basic. You will need Windows 8.1 Pro to run Hyper-V
See Compare Windows 8.1 Editions
You do not need Hyper-V to develop Windows Phone apps. You can use Windows 8.1 Basic and Visual Studio 2013. Without Hyper-V you cannot run the emulator, but you can test on a physical device.
You cannot use Windows 8.0 Basic to develop Windows Phone apps. You'll need Windows 8.0 Pro (to develop Windows Phone 8 apps only, with Visual Studio 2012) or an Windows 8.1 (to develop Windows Phone 8 or 8.1 apps with Visual Studio 2013).
See Getting started with developing for Windows Phone 8 for Windows 8 requirements and Visual Studio Community 2013 for Windows 8.1 requirements.
What installations I require for Windows Phone 8.1/8 SDK?
I have been through How to get started with windows phone SDK 8.1?
, but no luck.
Its ok if anyone wants to down vote. But please help me get through the installation. :)
You need Visual Studio 2013 update 2 or later. You can download the latest free version here:
Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows with Update 3
To run it you need at least Windows 8.1.
If you want to use the emulators, you need Windows 8.1 Pro x64, but if you have a physical Windows phone 8.1 device, you can use it to test your apps, instead of the emulators
First of all for windows phone 8/8.1 you would be needed to have windows 8.1 (x64)Operating System, Then you should check for whether your System is Supporting Hyper-v and SLAT or not.
To check for Hyper-V and SLAT, You can have Refrence from here Does my processor support Hyper-V : Coreinfo
If you have Hyper-V and SLAT, you are ready with Devlopment for windows phone 8/8.1.
for Development of windows phone 8/8.1 You would be needed to install Visual Studio 2013 with update 2 or later. here is a download link for Express 2013 for Windows that can be used for windows, windows phone as well as for Universal Apps.
for windows phone 8.1 emulators, you can download them from here windows phone 8.1 emulators
I recently updated my Visual Studio 2013 such now it allows to develop Windows Phone 8.1 applications.
But now, when I create a Windows Phone project, it is systematically for WP 8.1 and I can't change the target.
The only way I found in order to develop WP 8.0 apps it's to create Silverlight Windows Phone project.
Whence my question : What's the concrete difference between Windows Phone project and Silverlight Windows Phone projet in Visual Studio 2013 ?
Thanks for any answer
The Windows Phone project uses the Windows Runtime APIs. A lot of the Windows Runtime API introduced in Windows Phone 8 project is common to both Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, making it easier to write once and share code between your apps on both platforms.
As expected the Windows Phone Silverlight project uses the Silverlight based APIs.
Can I develop Win 8.1 Store App by using VS 2013 Express and Windows software development kit (SDK) 8.1 on My Win 7 Laptop ? Should I install Win 8.1 on My Laptop or Can I Use Win 7 with Above Tools ?
Windows software development kit 8.1
Your link is for Desktop development, not Windows Store development (scroll to the top to see Windows | Dev Center - Desktop). Please refer to this link. At the middle you will find the Visual Studio 2013 support for Windows Store app and Windows Phone development section. This section defines what OS is required for development. In the section you will that Express for Windows requires Windows 8.1 to build Windows Store apps.
You need Windows 8.1. Modern App Store development cannot be done on Windows 7.