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user3102785
user3102785

Reputation: 75

Can I develop Windows Phone 7.1 apps using Windows Phone 8 SDK?

Basically, if I download the WP8 SDK, can I develop WP7 apps with it?

Or can I only create WP8 apps?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 108

Answers (3)

Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips

Reputation: 862

The Windows Phone 8 SDK supports 7.1 projects but only in Visual Studio 2012.

Only 8.0 is available in Visual Studio 2013, however you can still use the 2012 Express IDE installed with the SDK to develop apps for both.

Upvotes: 2

Emmet McLaughlin
Emmet McLaughlin

Reputation: 142

Unfortunately not, you'll have to download the seperate SDKs and use the workaround here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2012/02/29/10274694.aspx, as far as I know.

Upvotes: 0

JTIM
JTIM

Reputation: 2771

No, the APIs are not the same.

look here and download what you need http://developer.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk

Upvotes: 1

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