Metro Apps?
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| Having heard Monkey will have a Metro target soon is there any way I can test it? I have a Windows 8 AppStore Developer account, tax, identity, bank details etc are all verified. I got the email this morning with my Windows Appstore developer ID so I can now begin uploading apps for testing. Would love to test the metro target! |
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| Not an answer to the question, but if I have a Windows Appstore ID for the "old" WP7, do I get access to the new WP8 store automatically? |
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| Its underway : http://www.monkeycoder.co.nz/Community/posts.php?topic=3206 |
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| It would be nice for wp7 dev accounts to be upgraded to wp8, but somehow i don't see it; you never know though, MS do seem quite desperate to get devs onto it. |
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| http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpregister/thread/72f8cc26-1f68-4548-a332-b87829859c0a So yeah, it' will be possible. |
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| So.... is Metro now Windows RT or Windows 8? |
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| hmm..I guess mojo will implement Direct3D11 feature level 9_1, in order to support all win8 plattforms...also wp8. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh994923.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff476876 http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2012/07/26/windows-phone-8-application-platform-detailed/ pretty annoying that D3DReflect is only supported while development ...same with runtime shader compilation. |
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| As far as I know, "metro" applications are called just "windows 8 applications" and desktop applications are called "legacy applications" or "desktop applications" in latest Microsoft talk. Then, Windows RT can execute only "windows 8 applications" with the exception of Office wich will be usable from the Desktop environment on Windows RT. If I'm not wrong, Windows RT does have a Desktop environment but it does not allow you to install any software on it. It's mainly there to allow you the usage of Office, and to manage your files with the windows explorer. Then, Mark seems to be creating a "Windows 8 application" target that should/could be compatible with Windows 8, Windows 8 RT and Windows phone 8. |
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| @ziggy, you are correct, although Windows Phone 8 apps will require a different target (currently the XNA based one will run on WP8 (compatability), but a new c++ target will be required eventually for a true WP8 app - I guess most of it should work with some minor changes) Yep - happy to test Metro apps here also. |
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| @dopeyrulz: Why a new target? Is there any reason why it can't it be done just as a config setting or like we're doing now on XNA? (just being curious) |
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| @ziggy, the SDKs for W8 and WP8 are different as the are now with WP7. Apparently WP8 is a subset similar to WinRT but is not the same. I'd imagine a chunk of code sharing will be possible but different targets definitely. Thankfully that should now be the end with the change-over for WP8 so we'll be able to move forward on the same platform from this point. |
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