How to get started with windows phone SDK 8.1?
c#, visual-studio, visual-studio-2013, windows-phone-8
Solution
Windows 8.1 is required to develop for Windows Phone 8.1
From the SDK download page:
For Windows Phone development:
- Windows Phone 8.0 development requires Windows 8.1 (x64) or higher
- Windows Phone 8.1 development requires Windows 8.1 (x86) or higher
- For the Windows Phone emulators, Windows 8.1 (x64) Professional edition or higher, and a processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
Problem
Situation: I am running windows 7 professional and I am trying to start developing windows phone 8.1 application. I have downloaded : - VS2013_RTM_DskExp_ENU.iso that is Microsoft Visual studio 2013 Express RTM. - Since this is RTM update and windows phone 8.1 developement needs 2 RC updated, I downloaded VS2013.2 RC.exe, which is online installer for the update mentioned. To download the full local installation package (3.43 GB), I ran `E:/vs/"VS2013.2 RC.exe" /layout` on command line. For installation: - I first installed Microsoft Visual studio 2013 Express RTM - Then 2 RC update. Both of them installed sucessfully with no errors. But when I open Visual Studio 2013>VS Express 2013 for Desktop from start menu, and File>New Project>Installed>Templates>Visual C#, there is no option for windows phone development. That is what I want. Question: How can I get the options to develop windows phone 8.1 in visual studio 2013 express using C#?