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Developer
Developer

Reputation: 4321

WP7 project on WP8

We wan't to support both platforms, because the code is 100% portable to Windows Phone 7 from our Windows Phone 8 project, but i have noticed a strange problem.

So to support both platforms we need to create WP7 project and it will be installable on WP8, but:

On small devices like WVGA, application looks normal, but when i open it on 720p it doesn't use 100% height.

Example:

WVGA 720p

What the hell? If i open the same xaml in WP8 project all works perfect.

P.S. Full design is rubber - no hardcode in pixels or %. How to fix it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 96

Answers (2)

Olivier Payen
Olivier Payen

Reputation: 15268

Unfortunately, this is not possible. The WP7 apps running on WP8 devices are constrained in a 480x800 container.

To take advantage of the 720p screen, you'll have to build a WP8 version of your app.

Upvotes: 1

Jozsef Halmi
Jozsef Halmi

Reputation: 1

That's because the different screen sizes and screen ratios. WP8 can run WP7 Apps, but at certain resolutions it uses a black rectangle to avoid lengthening the screen.

Upvotes: 0

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