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Skuli
Skuli

Reputation: 2067

Programming for Windows Phone 8 on Microsoft Windows 7

Using Microsoft Windows 7 and either Visual studio 2010 or 2012, how should I program for Windows Phone 8?

Assuming it is not possible, when does Microsoft plan to fix that?

Asked a different but related question, and got this answer, which if correct gives me the answer I was looking for.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 289

Answers (2)

Skuli
Skuli

Reputation: 2067

I don't think the following is a recommended approach but I don't see any compelling reason for why that is so feel free to read on.

According to this answer it seems that you can make programs that are runnable on Windows Phone 8 (WP8) although it won't have all the features but probably most, and maybe the developer experience will not be the same. Also it does not seem to be an officially supported way ( I am not sure about that point ).

So it seems like you could use SDK 7.1 for example and update it to SDK 7.8. According to the System Requirements it runs on Windows 7. Keep in mind that I don't know if it is officially supported.

Upvotes: 0

Jim O'Neil
Jim O'Neil

Reputation: 23784

You can't - you'll need Windows 8 64-bit to develop for Windows Phone 8, and additionally you'll want the Professional version of Windows 8 to leverage the emulator.

See http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471 for details.

Upvotes: 2

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