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in android, we right click to our project, click export and get the apk.

For windows phone 8 , in visual studio 2012, how can i export my application into my desktop or somewhere ?

Anyone can help about it ?

Thanks !

rahulroy9202
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Kuthay Gumus
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  • Here is a thread with the same question and a good answear: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13669696/test-windows-phone-8-app-on-actual-device – NiklasHansen Apr 17 '13 at 07:13

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For Windows Phone you get a XAP file instead of an APK file.

The XAP in the ARM Release ie- ..\<Project Folder>\Bin\ARM\Release\ should be submitted to the Windows Store or Deployed to Device. Windows Phone Devices uses ARM based processors.

To generate the output-

  • First Select Release from the Solution Configuration DropBox.
  • Then go to configuration manager and change the AnyCPU field to ARM.
  • Then Build the project.

To Run on Device-

  • Open Application Deployment(a program that is installed with the Windows Phone SDK)
  • Select Target Device(Phone should be connected by USB and Unlocked. For WP 7 you need Zune.)
  • Browse and Select the XAP file in the \Bin\ARM\Release\
  • Click Deploy Button

To Run on Emulator- (use AnyCPU Build Configuration)

  • Open Application Deployment(a program that is installed with the Windows Phone SDK)
  • Select Target emulator.
  • Browse and Select the XAP file in the \Bin\x86\Release\
  • Click Deploy Button
rahulroy9202
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Each time when you build you project - Visual Studio builds XAP file, which is actual package for uploading it to Windows Phone Store or deploying to the real device. This may help Submit your app

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After building your application with VS, If you want to deploy your app, simply go to your Windows SDK folder for instance C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0

and open XapDeploy.exe under *Tools\XAP Deployment*

search for your *.xap file which is in your bin project's folder (for instance C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\HTML5App1\Bin\Debug)

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