Windows Phone 8 Development environment Setup

Developing a Windows Phone requires two tools: Windows Phone SDK 8.0 and Visual Studio integrated development tools. The Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 we purchased does not include the Windows Phone SDK, because Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 is a paid software, and if the majority of readers are not authorized, you can also use Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8.
We recommend that if you have Visual Studio Ultimate 2012, install Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 first, and then install the Windows Phone SDK. If you do not have Visual Studio Ultimate 2012, Download direct Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8 installation, Visual Studio Express Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is included in the OWS Phone 8 environment.


Windows Phone SDK 8.0 Installation
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 is http://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/download/details.aspx?id=35471, open the URL in the browser, we can select the SDK language on this page, Click on the Download button to go to the download Download program Selection page.

Download Windows Phone SDK 8.0

Download the program Selection page

in the Download Program Selection page, select Wpexpress_full.exe Download, Wpexpress_full.exe only 1.0MB This indicates that it is installed on-line client, download complete double-click Wpexpress_full.exe Online Installation SDK.
tip Read Windows Phone 8 Release Notes carefully before you install. The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 installation for operating system requirements is the Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client version, and the hardware requirements are: 6.5 GB of available hard disk space, 4 GB of RAM, and 64-bit (x64) CPUs.
Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8 installation
if no Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 is going to be paid for, then Microsoft gives another option to install Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8,visual Studio E Xpress 2012 is a free version of the Visual Studio integrated development environment, we just want to develop and publish Windows Phone 8 programs, Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8 on it.
The Wpexpress_full.exe file that we downloaded in the previous section installs Visual Studio online when you install Wpexpress_full.exe, if you do not have any Visual Studio development tools installed on your computer. Express for Windows Phone 8.
In addition to installing Windows Phone SDK 8.0, Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 8 installs the test Windows Phone 8 emulator (or emulator), Windows Phone Developer Registration and application Deployment tools.
Windows Phone 8 emulator requires Windows 8 Professional or later and requires a CPU that supports two-level address translation (SLAT). If our computers meet hardware and operating system requirements but do not meet the requirements of the Windows Phone 8 emulator, then we can still install and run Windows Phone SDK 8.0. Only the Windows Phone 8 emulator will not work, and we cannot test and deploy the app on the Windows Phone 8 emulator, in which case you can connect to a Windows Phone device for testing.
The Windows Phone Developer Registration tool is a tool for unlocking windows Phone devices, and by default Windows Phone devices are not directly connected to your PC for testing and deploying apps. It needs to be unlocked by the tool and requires a Microsoft developer account when unlocking.

Device unlock

The application Deployment tool is installed for the Windows Phone app package XAP file for deployment, and can be installed on a device or emulator. The XAP is equivalent to an Android APK package. Application after the deployment tool starts the interface as shown, we can select the device or emulator to deploy to in the target. The browse button at the back of the XAP can find the XAP file on this computer, select Finish and click the Deploy button to deploy the installation.

Application Deployment Tools

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Windows Phone 8 Development environment Setup