But the most easy option would be to use the iis express server that comes with visual studio. With this update installed, you can create and test apps that will run on devices that have windows phone 8. The toolset of the visual studio express is little smaller than the full ide packages, but all the necessary features are present in it to create both native windows applications and windows 8 metrostyle applications. I recently wrote this post on launching the windows phone 8. Blend for visual studio 2012 makes it easy to design great apps for windows phone 8 using the windows phone 8 sdk. Upgraded from the previous windows 10 tp where everything started nice and the app could be deployed to the emulator. Windows phone emulator not working microsoft community. The virtual machine may have been turned off by another application. Do not see windows phone 8 emulator from visual studio 2012. The pro version is recommended so you can run a device emulator. Then, came across this msdn page page which says the windows phone 8 emulator does not work on windows 8. So there it is, the guide on how to get the windows phone 8. Blend for visual studio 2012 is included with many versions of visual studio 2012. One of the reasons to be able to use the emulator without the need for visual studio could be when you only want to view demo your sites or applications on the emulator without having the need to develop and deploy them using visual studio.
The sdk includes a standalone version of visual studio express 2012 for windows phone, for developers on earlier versions of visual studio. This update requires either visual studio 2012 with windows phone sdk 8. Cannot debug with visual studio 2012 express no hyperv. Connecting the windows phone 8 emulator to web api. Hit the green play button beside the windows phone emulator dropdown menu to start debugging or press f5. If you are already using a non express edition of visual studio 2012, the windows phone 8 addin for visual studio lets you. Set up an environment for developing mobile apps for. There is no device debug target in fact my only target says start which doesnt work. Vs express for windows phonewith windows phone sdk not. Not only will you learn the absolute basics of installing and working with visual studio express 2012 for windows phone and the emulator, but youll also learn xaml layout and events, how to. I know that i can get visual studio express 20 but that would be a significant downgrade from vs 2012 ultimate. To launch the device window in visual studio 2012, follow the below steps.
Build windows phone 8 apps using visual studio express 2012. Windows phone 8 emulator running in vmware player a couple of evenings ago, i decided to build a windows 8 64 bit virtual machine with visual studio 2012 and the windows phone 8 sdk, so i could have a look at writing apps for windows phone. Visual studio express 2012 is supported on windows 8 professional or higher, both 32bit and 64bit operating systems. Run menu isnt offering windows 10 mobile emulator despite being installed windows 10. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Microsoft windows simulator rotation and resolution. Test with the microsoft emulator for windows 10 mobile.
In this tutorial, youll create your first windows phone 8 application. Windows phone 8 development for absolute beginners channel 9. Iis express and the windows phone 8 emulator dzone mobile. Getting started with windows phone 8 apache cordova. Do i have to upgrade if i want to develop for wp 8. Windows phone emulator not working i am using visual studio 2010 express for windows phone. To simulate a pair of phones tapping together youll need to launch a pair of windows phone 8 emulators. My bad, the pc i am using does not support hardware virtualization. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. I am new to visual studio 2012 and windows phone development. Visual studio express 2012 for windows phone comes with windows phone sdk 8 and 7. The phone emulator uses hyperv, so this list includes those prerequisites. Discussion in windows guest os discussion started by carringt, nov 7, 2012. How to change the windows phone emulator settings in visual studio 2012 for testing the app.
This message applies both to the visual studio emulator for android and the windows phone emulator. Running windows phone 8 emulator on mac info support blog. The windows phone 8 emulator runs in hyperv, so you cannot use a hyperv virtual machine for the host computer where you install the windows phone 8 sdk additional notes. Make sure to have windows phone emulator selected in the top dropdown menu. These emulators are included with visual studio 20 update 2 or later. How to install and run windows 8 and visual studio 2012 with phone emulator in virtual machine interesting experiment win 1. Announcing windows phone 8 sdkdesign great apps with. How to install and run windows 8 and visual studio. Creating a windows phone 8 project and running it in the emulator is as. If your computer meets the hardware and operating system requirements, but does not meet the requirements for the windows phone 8 emulator, the windows phone sdk 8. Visual studio visual studio 2012 professional, premium, or ultimate.
If you dont have a separate visual studio license, you can also go straight for the windows phone 8 sdk. When i attempt to start the emulator i get the message. Do not see windows phone 8 emulator from visual studio 2012 express for windows phone 8 2 how to launch an asp. Launch windows phone 8 emulator without launching visual studio 2012 posted on february 6, 20 by gaurav mahajan one of a recent presales engagements that i was working on required me to demo the bi capabilities of sharepoint 2010 on a windows 8 phone device. Visual studio express 2012 for windows phone comes with. Run menu isnt offering windows 10 mobile emulator despite. Microsoft visual studio express 2012 for windows phone easily design, develop, build, debug and validate your windows phone 8 and windows phone 7. Visual studio express 2012 download for windows 10, 8, 7. As we have seen earlier here, you can develop universal apps windows 8.
Note visual studio 2012, including visual studio 2012 express for windows phone, can only be installed on windows 8. Note that visual studio express for windows phone included in the sdk is not recommended. Shown are the default emulator options for a windows phone 8 app. I can successfully build with visual studio and deploy with application deployment program my application to a windows phone 8. I havent had much luck to date getting up and running with the wp8 sdk for visual studio 2012. Since visual studio doesnt support running two identical emulators at the same time, youll need to select different resolutions for each of the emulators to work around it. I have both visual studio 2012 rtm for windows 8 store application development and windows phone 7. Any content that you add here needs to be a part of the visual studio project, and it must be set as content. The connection to the virtual machine has been lost. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Can not see windows phone 7 emulator in visual studio 2012. I was able to successfully install the windows phone sdk 8 and visual studio 2012 express for windows phone on a mac pro running osx mountain lion and vmware fusion. However, if you want to run your app in an emulator there are requirements to be met before you can use the emulator. You can easily run your app in visual studio 20 express for windows with update 2 rc.
How to change the windows phone emulator settings in. Note that visual studio express for windows phone included in the sdk is not. The windows phone sdk provides a standalone visual studio express 2012 edition for windows phone or works as an addin to visual studio 2012 professional, premium or ultimate editions. Visual studio express is a very popular integrated development environment ide package from microsoft built to be a lightweight alternative to the full package of the app.
Once youre done with the initial setups, open internet explorer and go to microsoft download center, then download and install windows phone sdk 8. Home forums parallels desktop for mac windows guest os discussion how to enable windows phone 8 emulator in visual studio 2012. An overview of the windows phone 8 sdk code magazine. I ran into a similar issue today with vs 2012 express on windows 8. I installed multiple times and finally noticed this message at launch time. However, i cannot debug, breakpoint, etc from within visual studio. Do not see windows phone 8 emulator from visual studio. Windows phone 8 emulator issues in visual studio 2012. Net mvc 4 web application in the windows phone 8 emulator pref.
And like you, i am also waiting for the windows phone 8 sdk. Launch windows phone 8 emulator without launching visual. With this package, you can create and test apps using an emulator for windows phone 8. Windows 10 9926 visual studio windows phone emulator not. Its main purpose is to enable debugging when developers want to test how their applications respond to the new metro style capabilities without having. Download and learn about visual studio express 2012 for windows. Sdk includes new windows phone 8 emulators in 3 screen sizes wvga. By installing visual studio express 2012 for windows phone 8, you install the. How to enable windows phone 8 emulator in visual studio 2012.
If you see this message, check the system requirements for the visual studio emulator for android to see whether you can run the emulator. Troubleshooting the visual studio emulator for android. Microsoft visual studio express 2012 for windows phone easily. Windows phone 8 apps do not run on windows phone 7 devices.
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