WP 8: How to deploy/export Application from Visual Studio

Question

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 !

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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)