I want to program a mockup of a Windows Phone application. I installed the WP8 SDK but the software Microsoft Expression Blend 4 doesn't show me Windows Phone. Do you have any idea how can I could solve this problem?
Expression blend 4 generally had support for windows phone 7. With WP8 microsoft shifted to Blend for visual studio. See this link ANNOUNCING WINDOWS PHONE 8 SDK
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I am trying to create my first Store app for Windows 8.
I installed VS2015 RC and the Windows Software Development Kit for Windows 8 (I followed the instructions at this page).
Unfortunately I can't see the Windows Apps templates in VS, differently from what the link shows .
I am running VS2015 Enterprise RC on a Windows 7 machine.
What am I missing? Thank you
Minimum required OS for developing Windows Store Apps is Windows 8. With Windows 7 you wont be able to develop Store apps.
I have installed Windows Phone 8.0 SDK with VS 2012 Express, and also a VS2013 Pro with Blend v12. How can I create windows phone mockups in the Blend, because I don't see this type of project in the Blend New Project dialog ?
Since Windows Phone does not support WPF the way to built a Windows Phone app using VS2012 version of Blend would be either as a standard Silverlight project or downloading and installing the Windows 8 Phone SDK. (link below)
http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk
I'm sorry if these are really noob questions but I am new to the Visual Studio C# world and confused about what I will and will not be able to do with the Express editions and how they differ from the Professional Edition.
I installed Visual Studio Express for Desktops a couple of weeks ago.
I have seen MVVM tutorials using Blend (Expression Blend?) which looks a great tool for creating modern looking apps that will scale on different devices.
However, I can't find Blend in my current install - it appears to only come with the Express for Windows 8 product.
So I have a couple of questions, bearing in mind I want to eventually purchase the Professional Edition:
Can the different versions of Express be installed at the same time ?
Can you install Blend separately ?
Is Blend only suitable for Windows 8 apps or can it be used for older desktop WPF ? (I read something about Update 2 allowing this ?)
Is the Express for Windows 8 product only suitable for windows 8 apps or could they be compiled to run on Vista and up ?
Will the Professional version give me:
Blend ?
The ability to maintain older VS2010 WPF solutions ?
The ability to style desktop apps which will run on Vista+ (XP even?) ?
The ability to create WinRT and Windows 8+ apps ?
Do you have to install and run VS2012 on Windows 8 if you are targeting Windows 8 ?
I'm a single developer and want to be able to do everything and make it look cool on all Microsoft OS - what do I need ? (That's a rhetorical question btw)
Thanks in advance.
Yes, cou can install different Versions of Visual Studio Express
I have installed
VS 2012 Express for Windows Phone
VS 2012 Express for Windows 8
VS 2012 Express for Windows Desktop
VS 2012 Ultimate (which can all this things at once)
Yes you can install blend seperatly, but I dont know if theres a free Version
You can use Blend for WPF Application as well
Express for Windows 8 is only for Windows 8 Apps
Yes, you can also build WinRT Projects (if you have installed the sdk)
Yes, you only can develop Windows 8 (WinRT Apps) or Windows Phone 8 Applications on Windows 8
But you the Express Versions of Visual Studio are only for non-commercial purpose. If you want to create commercial applications you need a professional version.
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The short story is: I have my laptop that has a processor without Virtualization and Second Level Adress Translation capabilities that are required for running the new Windows Phone 8 SDK.
I can however use the windows phone 7.1 sdk, but for testing my apps i will use a windows phone 8 device.
Is it possible to deploy and test my apps on the connected WP8 device, altough i am using the 7.1 SDK that predates the WP8 os?
I don't think it's possible to deploy apps using WP7.1 SDK on WP8 devices, however, you can install the Visual Studio 2012 + Windows Phone 8 SDK (if you have Windows 8 x64) even when you don't have SLAT enabled CPU. The Windows Phone 8 SDK will work, only you won't be able to launch the WP8 emulator.
No you cannot, The .xap packing mechanism in Windows phone 7.1 and 8 are different so you cannot deploy this xap using deployment tool. But, if we are using windows 8 + wp8 dev tools you can debug the application that developed on 7.1. In future after the launch of wp 7.8 ms may provide a solution for this. for now there is no other alternative is available in front of you
Is there a way to create and test an app (emulator for windows phone 8) in visual studio 2012 and windows 7? I got all the proper SDKs etc from Dreamspark but I cannot seem to find a way to do it in windows 7. It's only "doable" in windows 8?
probably not, Microsoft only released it for Windows 8, but you can always have a virtual machine and Dreamspark also has licenses for Windows, so you won't have any issues with that neither.
No. Running the WP8 emulator on Win7 won't work. The WP8 emulator is based on Hyper-V which isn't supported on Win7. You can still develop WP8 apps on WIn7 and deploy to a real device. Or you should upgrade your Win7 installation to Win8 using your fre dreamspark license and then you could use the WP8 emulator.
No, the WP8 SDK will only run on Windows 8.A reason is the hypervisor in Windows 8 is used to emulate or virtualise Windows phone 8 machines. That and marketing of course.