How can I get other apps' information on a windows phone? - windows-phone

everyone. Is there a way that I can get some other app's information on a windows phone? This is maybe a silly question, but I'm not familiar with Windows phone platform. Any help, thanks.

I think I've found the answer here:How can I get installed apps list in Windows Phone?
It seems I asked for a restricted capability and I'm not a partner of Microsoft,pity. Thanks thoungh.

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Which service should I choose to convert a website to mobile app?

I am a newbie at programming. I know one or two things about c++ and I also have some knowledge with html and php but app developing is too hard for me at this stage. I want to create my mobile app and I heard about services which convert websites into mobile apps. Which service is the best one? Also, I heard that free services are really bad. Is that true?
Jamblam. Link: https://www.jamblamapps.eu They have great quality and performance. Also their prices are a huge plus.
Note: They make only Android apps.
2nd Note: Yes, free services aren't a good choice (crashes/not working).
you can use Apache Cordova and it is free, to convert your website to a mobile app for both iOs and Android applications. Check my explanation and steps on my GitHub profile, follow this link https://github.com/tshele/Convert-any-website-to-IOS-and-Android-with-Cordova
Jamblam Apps (now changed its name to Shibe Apps but the link is the same) is the best provider. BTW I answered such question before. -1 from me. I recommend looking for already answered questions instead of creating new ones.

WL.SimpleDialog showing full screen in windows 10 mobile and desktop

IBM MobileFirst WL.SimpleDialog appearing fullscreen in windows mobile, windows tab 10. Anybody have faced this issue and have solution please let me know.
Hi Srik, Thanks for replay. There is two environments in IBM MF for generating windows build. One is WindowsPhone8 (Windows8 silver light) .It will gives build for only mobiles. And second one is Windows8(Windows universal) by using this we can generate builds for both phone and tablets.I am using IBM MF simple dialog for display messages and it showing full screen like in the above image. I am using Visual Studio professional 2015 IDE. I think sharing client project is not ethical. Please share your email id so that we will discuss in offline.
Since you are unwilling to provide your project where this issue is reproducible, either write a demo app that reproduces it and provide it, or open an IBM PMR (support ticket) and share it privately with IBM. This is a programming website and you are expected to share code.
If you can't share code, this specific question does not belong here.

Creating universal applications for Consoles (PS4/XBoxOne)

I have been looking all over the place for an answer but I haven't found anything on this yet.
I want to create an application (not a game) for PS4 or XBoxOne but so far none of the related websites provides either a good documentation or any answers on such a question. I want to create applications like Netflix and Hulu Plus.
Does anyone have any clue on how to do this either through Unity3D or through other IDE's, any links or tutorials will suffice?
Historically the PS4 and XboxOne have been a partner-only platform. Though Sony hasn't announced plans to make PS4 non-game apps available to indie-developers, I can help point you in the right direction.
Build your apps with WinJS 4.0.1 (or greater) and ES5
Package your Javascript-Based app for Windows 10 Hosted Web App (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn705792.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396)
Contact Sony Developer World (https://developer.sony.com/) to request Media Application (non-game) access
Hint: Sony non-game apps support something pretty darn similar to step #2
Good Luck!
Right now Xbox One development is not broadly available. Microsoft announced that with Windows 10, they will be opening up to a much bigger set of developers.
Get the Visual Studio 2015 preview and start learning how Universal Apps work on PC and phone. That will prepare you for when Xbox becomes available as a development target.
For PlayStation there is something called LibJScript. This is used primarily for application making on PS platforms (PS3/PS4/PS Vita). It also contains Canvas2D so if you have made any HTML games before it should feel familiar.
It is probably worth mentioning that you need to have access to a Sony development Platform. The process is detailed at https://www.playstation.com/en-us/develop/

Testing Windows phone 7 Application

Forgive me for what may seem as a stupid question but, after some rummaging around on the web, I can't seem to find how to test my Windows Phone Application. I'm not referring to the guidelines, I'm actually referring to sending it to Microsoft for them to check if it's "okay" or checking it on Visual Studio as I think there is a way of doing that in VS.
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thank you.
This should help. Keep in mind that before you send it to microsoft (or appHub) your app needs to be fairly perfect. Submissions aren't free :)
edit: this is assuming you were asking how to submit it for review. When you submit your app, the review process starts.
For app testing you need the sdk... With the sdk you have a perfect emulator for test your apps. For app deploy on your device, after you've bougth the annual subscription to be a developer, you have to associate your phone and install zune on your pc (read here).
After you tests you can submit your app through this process (read here).

is there an equivalent of wp7's marketplacereviewtask for windows 8 / winrt / metro style?

I've looked through MSDN on both the Store API and the Launchers collection, and can't seem to find a task or launcher that would open up an application in the Marketplace application ready for a user to rate, as we could really easily do in Windows Phone 7. Is there an alternative way that I can easily point a user towards leaving a review/rating, or are we going to have to wait until MS provides this, or does it already exist?
I believe, or should I say "I hope", that the "rate and review" command appears automatically under the settings charm for all applications downloaded from the store.
Can anyone confirm this?
Yes it looks like you are right, in the Guidelines for app settings (Windows Store apps) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh770544.aspx#user_experience , says that in the charm setting under Rate & Review, the user can rate and review your application.
However: "Only apps that are installed through the Windows Store have the Rate and review entry point."