Does anyone know if it is possible to load a windows phone 7 XAP file into the emulator without the solution or source files? In other words, can I send somebody just a XAP file so that they can test my app, without giving them the full source code?
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In the current CTP, XAPs can only be deployed from a project. So the only way of sharing your application with someone else, is to share the source.
Jorge Råström
2010-03-25 16:04:09
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Yes it can be deployed on any emulator.
And here the way to do it
Regards
Vipul
2010-05-11 15:43:33
This only applies to XNA games and doesn't work for Silverlight apps.
Andréas Saudemont
2010-05-11 19:27:42
+1 because it will help XNA devs, but unfortunately I am developing silverlight
Chris Ballard
2010-05-13 13:36:22
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There now seems to be a solution to this in the beta release, according to the windows phone developer blog - the following two tools ought to be able to address this problem (although I have yet to try this):
• Developer Registration Utility – Now you can unlock you Windows Phone 7 device for development purposes.
• XAP Deployment Tool – if you want to deploy XAP files directly to an unlocked device, now you can.
Chris Ballard
2010-07-15 13:53:40