I am creating a Xamarin project, and I made it working with Android and iOS, but I can't figure out how to start the Windows Phone 8.1 emulator.
Windows Phone 8.1 is created as a project just like the other platforms.
I am running Visual Studio 2015 Community and Xamarin Business.
EDIT
I made it running by setting it as startup project, but are there others way by e.g. changing the project (where you choose if it is debug or release)?
I also want to know, how I can create the application to Windows store
To create app package go to
Project->Store->Create App Package - It will open wizard for creating app package that You are able to send to store (reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh975357.aspx)
As for the other ways:
In Visual Studio 2015 You can choose in taskbar: debug/release, CPU architecture, startup project and where to deploy an app - eg. emulator or device
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So here's the story:
Back in 2013 I was developing apps in Windows Phone 7.1/8 platform, using Visual Studio 2012. After some point I had all my apps published and eventually stopped working on them; then I formatted my PC and only kept copies of my VS2012 "Projects" folder.
Last week I received an email from Microsoft that one of my apps will be unpublished from the Marketplace due to non-compliance with specific articles. That's fair enough, so I wanted to edit the app and re-submit, so that I avoid getting my app unpublished.
I installed Visual Studio 2015 on my Windows 7 PC and copied the project folder into VS2015's "Projects". Then I tried to open the .sln file (which had been last edited back in 2014 in VS2012) and got a compatibility error, with the project and its files being listed as "unavailable" in the Solution Explorer.
I tried downloading VS2013 and installing that one instead, but I'm running Windows 7 and VS2013 won't install (requires later Windows version).
Has anyone of you faced a similar situation and if yes, how did you deal with it? I am desperate to create a new updated version of my app ASAP, as I don't want it to go off the Marketplace, but my hands are pretty much tied.
Thanks
You can not create or edit windows phone 7.1 projects in vs 2015. The last version of visual studio you could use was vs 2012. Here is a link to the windows phone 7.1 sdk which should install windows phone express
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27570
and the update for windows phone 7.8
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36474
I need to publish my windows phone 8.1 silverlight application to the store.
I used Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate for developing the application.
But I could not find 'Associate App with the store' option in the project tab.
Lauch app certification kit is the only available option . How do I associate app with the store ?
Please help.!
Silverlight apps don't need to be manually associated with the store. The application ID, etc. will be set automatically on the xap when it is uploaded and signed.
For a Windows Runtime app the "Associate the app with the store" menu will copy the application ID, publisher ID, etc. locally into the appxmanifest.
Only universal phone app can be associated with the store to be able to bundle it with Windows Store app into one package. It's useless for silverlight apps.
You should select:
"Store" -> "Create app package" and follow the steps there.
Here you can find more information:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh975357.aspx
We are evaluating Xamarin Forms for our next project to develop the same application for the three major platforms: Android, iOS and Windows Phone.
As we mostly work with WP and Windows apps within the company, we have a well working base setup for work environment. It consists of a Windows 8.1 Pro/Enterprise install, Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 with both WP 8.0 and 8.1 emulators and targets, and all the rest of the packages (e.g. Office Development packages, etc.).
So I grabbed such a laptop, and installed Xamarin on it, using the official download URL on their site. It installed fine, but when I tried to create a new Forms project, it only created the Android part of it, no WP or iOS projects were created.
After checking the settings and all, it turns out that Xamarin Studio won't load the iOS and WP parts which would make it possible to create the projects.
How could I make it see those extensions?
You will need to download the Windows phone SDK update and that will create Windows phone project for you
I've downloaded the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK Update and I'm attempting to make a Windows Phone 8.1 project. I've updated visual studio with the latest patches but the only template options I have for 8.1 is the standard Windows Store apps as seen in the screenshot below:
Windows Store
Any idea how I can get "Windows Phone" to appear with the appropriate OS target?
I think you didn't install everything. Because i've got actually another screenshot. Following this link you must install Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 - everything needed for WP8.1 is there. Also if you wish to develop Windows Store apps (universal or something) you should install Windows 8.1 SDK from here
Look a bit bown in the list on your screenshot. On the same level the 2nd last option is Windows Phone. That should be it.
I am running Windows 8.1 with Visual Studio Professional 2013 including Update 1.
I want to write apps which can be deployed to Windows Phone, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Android.
Here is a great tutorial on what I want to do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=PLR6WI6W1JdeYSXLbm58jwAKYT7RQR31-W&v=_DHDMNB_IeY&t=107s
but right at the start when the Portable class library is created the presenter has the option on the 'Add Portable Class Library' window where you can select the target frameworks, the video has "Mono for Android' but I do not have the option.
I assume that I need to install it through Extensions and Updates. It finds the 'Ninja Coder for MvvmCross' by Adrian Sudbury. It prompts me to download, I follow the link, download and run the msi, it successfully installs, then restart VS2013 but the MvvmCross does not appear in the list of installed packages.
Reading the link
http://www.nuget.org/packages/MvvmCross.HotTuna.Plugin.All/
I need to type on the PM> console
Install-Package MvvmCross.HotTuna.Plugin.All
this does stuff and returns
....
Successfully added 'MvvmCross.HotTuna.Plugin.All 3.1.1' to TestApp.
Then if I try and create a new PCL then I still do not have the option of 'Mono for Android'
How do I create a project that can be deployed to Windows Phone, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Android.