logged into xda this morning, and hit the wp8 'general' section. not much happening, so i tried the 'dev' section. ghosttown.
on what forum are all the cool kids (developers) hanging out ?
It is a Catch 22 situation. I have asked several developers of my favorite apps if they are going to do WP versions. All have said the market is too small to justify the expense.
Rob
For WP8 the big hurdle is supporting hardware and software. Most of the dev community is still using Windows 7 whereas WP8 applications can only be developed on Windows 8. They need latest hardware which should have SLAT and Hyper-V support to test their apps on windows phone emulator.
Exactly my findings. I upgraded my aging laptop to W8 Pro, so that i could start developing, only to find 32bit wasn't supported. Then Work bought me 64bit Pro laptop, only to find Hyper-V isn't supported on it. I can still develop on this machine, but cant use the emulator, so have to have a device attached.
This us why there are so many developing on Android. Eclipse runs on any version of anything (Win and Mac) and you only need a developer account to publish to the market. So you can code, test and run on your own device without it costing a penny.
Yes MSDN is our main source. But it's more of a blog + document + troubleshooting site.Have you checked MSDN forums?
MSDN is for development.
XDA is for hacking, cracking.
For $99 a year, why would anyone hang out at XDA where it's mainly launcher and skins business?![]()
Yes MSDN is our main source. But it's more of a blog + document + troubleshooting site.
And most of the time MVP can only tell us "no can't do, WP don't support that/don't have that API/stay tuned"
We really need a place for discussion.
You can't discuss in their forums? - MSDN Forums
I thought they encouraged discussions of that sort. When I started with a dreamspark account, I was encouraged to involve in discussion back in 2010.
You can of course bring your friends here and hang out at WPC Devs corner![]()
So judging by how many total apps there are in the Play Store, we're talking 100,000+ malware apps? I find that impossible to believe.Google app store has a lot of crap in it. 1 in 7 apps is a malware just because it's so easy and tempting to do such.
Google app store has a lot of crap in it. 1 in 7 apps is a malware just because it's so easy and tempting to do such. That is why apple and Microsoft products are more secure and with higher return of investments for apps(people will more likely buy apps on those platforms while they perceive that android should only have free and add supported apps). So I won't bash apple or Microsoft policy on the annual developer account
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So judging by how many total apps there are in the Play Store, we're talking 100,000+ malware apps? I find that impossible to believe.