I have read many articles about the "forward compatibility" of WP apps stating an app targeting 8.0 can run on an 8.1 phone. But I have not verified this on WP Store.
I have published a universal app for WP 8.1 and some users have installed this app. Now I am investigating the various upgrading scenarios happen when Windows 10 Mobile comes out later this year.
Scenario 1: Can a user download and install the 8.1 app with a newly purchased Windows 10 phone? Will it show up in the new, unified Windows Store?
Scenario 2: Can a user who has already installed this app continue to receive updates to this app after he upgrade his phone to Windows 10 Mobile? I have no plan for a Win 10 release at this stage and I will update the 8.1 release in the months to come.
It will be helpful if you can provide me some links about the policies of the new, unified Windows Store.
Yes to both. Existing apps will show up and can be installed from the store. As with the existing stores, users will get the most relevant app for their device. Your existing Windows Phone 8.1 apps will run on and be available for Windows 10 mobile devices. You can update it and expect your users to receive the updates.
This is discussed in the store sessions from Build:
All That is New in the Windows Store and Store: Deep Dive on Publishing Universal Windows Apps
The blog entry Get ready for the Unified Dev Center dashboard preview and upcoming Store changes goes into detail on what you need to do to support various scenarios with the updated store.
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I'm currently trying to know if I can release a couple of my games on Windows Store. The games are single-file executables and they do not require any additional software installed nor installation. More to say, they performed very well on Steam.
I don't plan to use in-app purchases or ads. The games support any screen resolution and both mouse and touch input and fullscreen mode.
So is there a way to publish a "not-Visual-Studio" app on Windows Store?
I have found this thread on Windows Dev Center but not sure if the guy succeed with his trial and it seems he was talking about releasing air app, not a standalone .EXE .
Any help?
Adobe Air is not a way you can create a windows store app. There is a windows desktop bridge for converting .net apps to windows store apps. There is an ios bridge to convert apps created objective c to windows store apps. There is also a way to convert web apps to windows store apps. I am not aware of any way to convert an adobe app air to a windows store app.
I have a Windows Phone individual developer account and need to do a beta testing internally. I used Appaloosa and HockeyApp for this purpose. But, when I try to download the app and install it on my Windows Phone, it shows a message "Can't install company app" on both Appaloosa and HockeyApp.
I heard that one needs to have a Symantec certificate and an .aetx file in order to install Windows Phone app which costs $299.00.
I need to know if there is any other option so that I can install my developed app freely on some Windows Phone devices which are intended for testing. I might need to email my .xap file to the testers and let them download and install for testing purpose.
You can install your developed app on some Windows Phone devices from Windows Store. If you have development account, you can publish your app with limited access. You will get link on your app. Your app will access only for people, who have this link. Another people will not find your app in Windows Store.
I have a computer with Windows 8 Enterprise (Evaluation) and an Intel Q8300 CPU (which does not support SLAT as far as I know).
I also own a Samsung ATIV S - Windows Phone 8 smartphone.
I would like to develop Windows Phone 8 app(s) but the emulator won't run on my PC. What are my options? Can I plug the phone via the USB cable and debug the app on it? Or this will also require a developer account (which I hear is 100 US dollars per year)?
You have to unlock your phone to debug applications on it, and yes, you need a Windows Phone Developer account to do that. It costs 100$ per year.
MSDN: About deploying and running apps on a Windows Phone device
You have to meet the following prerequisites before you can deploy an
app to a Windows Phone device:
You must be a registered developer. For info about registering as a developer, see Registration info.
The phone must be registered. For more info, see How to register your phone for development.
And about Dev Account cost: Register for a Dev Center account
An annual Dev Center subscription is $99 USD plus any applicable tax.
For that, you’ll get to submit unlimited paid apps to Windows Phone
Store. You can also submit up to 100 free apps.
You do not need to pay for Windows Phone Developer account. All you need is a computer with Zune software running and a USB cable. The rest is mostly automated.
Depending on your app, if you can get 99% working on f.e. android, it might be an option to upload a winphone build to the Windows Phone Store and specify its a beta submission. To do this, yes, you need a developer account. But you dont need to unlock your phone.
Add yourself (and other devs) to the beta tester list and submit the app.
It will be available in ~1 hour, but it doesnt really appear in the store; you need to install it using a link sent to you by mail.
As for debugging, try Weinre.
At this link: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/01/09/new-windows-azure-mobile-services-getting-started-content.aspx I see that there are separate Azure SDKs for Windows Store and
Windows Phone 8.
In my app suite (a Windows Store app and a complementary WP8 app), I'm currently using only the
Windows Store SDK - I haven't downloaded/installed the WP8-specific Azure SDK. Do I need to?
It's the same download for WP8 and Windows 8; of course, iOS is completely different, hence the calling out of different SDKs.
Is their any sites available to download windows 8 metro apps for offline installation. Alternative to windows store.Because i don't have internet connection in home.
Please tell me any sites ?
You have to be connected to install Windows 8 Store apps. You cannot sideload an app that has been downloaded from the Windows Store.
Alternatively, you can get your app directly from the developer without involving the Store, in which case, installation can be offline. Apps that aren't signed by Windows Store can only be installed on sideloading-enabled devices.
Actually you can install Windows apps offline, I did it by capturing the URL windows store referring to, it was a file with .appx or .appxbundle extension. However, the URL contained some security information referring to the Windows Store session and user id. It means you cannot multi-part-download it or resume it if disconnected, very disappointing in case of games with 2 Gb or more data. After that, I installed these packages with PowerShell command
Add-AppxPackage [Disk:\File Location\File name.appx]
without brackets. It installed and worked correctly.
Waiting for a dedicated side-software (Like Cydia or smith.) that does it in one-click.
It is only a few days for Windows app store to be live and unfortunately in your case, NO option to it for now.