[UWP]Possible to build UWP apps with VS2015 + win8.1 OS?

Question

Is it possible to install VS2015 on a Win8.1 OS and develop UWP apps? I think it'll look for the UAP platform and so it may not be possible to do this.. can someone please confirm?

thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Minu7

Requirements

The Universal Windows App Development tools come with emulators that you can use to see how your app looks on different devices. If you want to use these emulators, you need to install this software on a physical machine. The physical machine must run Windows 8.1 (x64) Professional edition or higher, and have a processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). The emulators cannot be used when Visual Studio is installed on a virtual machine.

Here is the list of software that you need:

• Windows 10

• Visual Studio 2015. Make sure that the Universal Windows App Development Tools are selected from the optional features list. Without these tools, you won't be able to create your universal apps.

After installing this software, you need to enable your Windows 10 device for development. (You no longer need a developer license for each Windows 10 device.)

Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 support

If you choose to develop Universal Windows apps with Visual Studio 2015 on a platform other than Windows 10, these are the restrictions:

• Windows 8.1: You can’t run the app locally (only on a remote Windows 10 device). You can use the emulators in Visual Studio, but not the simulator.

• Windows 7: You can’t run the app locally (only on a remote Windows 10 device). You can’t use the emulators or the simulator in Visual Studio either.

More here

Answer 2

Thanks! So, its possible to use Win8 and VS2015 and build UWP apps. I don't want to install and test the app on a Win8.1 machine. I only want to build and post them.

I should use MakeAppx.exe to build app packages through command line correct?

Thanks!

Answer 3

Thanks! So, its possible to use Win8 and VS2015 and build UWP apps. I don't want to install and test the app on a Win8.1 machine. I only want to build and post them.

I should use MakeAppx.exe to build app packages through command line correct?

Thanks!

You can create app package using VS 2015

Read this description Packaging UWP apps

Answer 4

Hi Minu7,

Welcome to the Developing Universal Windows apps forum!

Please read the sticky posts, especially the Guide to posting: subject line tags and Known Issues for Windows 10 SDK and Tools  

I have added tag for you this time, and you would need to add tag to title by yourself next time.

I agree with Azat Tazayan's suggestion, you could develop UWP apps by using visual studio 2015 on windows 8.1 or windows 7. But you could not run it on your local machine.

Best Regards,

Xavier Eoro

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