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John Demetriou
John Demetriou

Reputation: 4371

Is there a way to create a windows phone 8 app in windows 7 and visual studio 2012

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?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 282

Answers (3)

user1869069
user1869069

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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.

Upvotes: 2

JustinAngel
JustinAngel

Reputation: 16092

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.

Upvotes: 2

Jorge Alvarado
Jorge Alvarado

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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.

Upvotes: 3

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