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TheQuestioner
TheQuestioner

Reputation: 447

Building Metro Apps for beta testing

I have created a Metro application, but I did not yet send it to Windows Store as it's still in beta. One of my friends was interested in testing my application. To install my application on hes computer I used sideloading, following the steps in this article : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patricka/archive/2012/11/05/how-do-i-deploy-a-windows-8-app-to-another-device-for-testing.aspx . The problem is that, when a press "Y" (yes) and PowerShell should install my app, it gives an error "The package or bundle is not signed or it's digital signature is corrupted. ". What should I do ? I sent him all the files that were generated by the Visual Studio. I have to mention that :

EDIT : I tried to follow the steps in this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/jj835836(v=vs.85).aspx , but my error does not appear to be listed there. In AppxPackagingOM > Microsoft-Windows-AppxPackaging/Operational I have the next error: 

    error 0xC00CE014: App manifest validation error: 
    The app manifest must be valid as per schema: Line 27, Column 8, Reason: Element  
  '{http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2013/manifest}VisualElements' is unexpected according
   to content model of parent element '{http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest}Application'.
    Expecting: {http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest}VisualElements.

Also in AppXDeployment-Server > Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeploymentServer/Operational I have no errors.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1057

Answers (2)

Frode F.
Frode F.

Reputation: 54821

After reading your question again, I see the obvious solution.

The target platform of my app is Windows 8.1 (and I have no idea how to change this)

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My friend uses Windows Server 2012 Datacenter

You need to target Windows 8 to make it run on 8/2012. And if you check out MSDN, you'll see:

If you want to create a Windows 8 version of your app, you must use Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Upvotes: 2

Farhan Ghumra
Farhan Ghumra

Reputation: 15296

Please make sure you have created beta app package in release mode not in debug mode. This is wrong from here.

Also check out Can Windows Server 2012 run all Metro (/ Windows Store) applications?

Upvotes: 1

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