NIU Event Resources
Let’s do the pre-work to publish an app
Hello spring OMIS 259 and OMIS 351 Students. Instructions for getting started and building your app can be found here: https://1drv.ms/1lvtqDP
At the event…Need some help? Look here first
Need your app URL in the store? https://blogs.msdn.com/b/mschray/archive/2014/05/01/get-your-windows-phone-app-url.aspx
Mac users? Can’t upload your .xap file. There seems to be an issues with Sliverlight on the Mac with uploads. Please use a PC such as the ones found in the labs.
How do I get back to App Studio? https://aka.ms/appstud
How do I get back to the Windows Phone store? https://dev.windowsphone.com (click dashboard)
Need to do the pre-work? https://1drv.ms/1lvtqDP
Need to create a Microsoft Account? https://1drv.ms/1lvtqDP
Need to create Windows Phone Develop Account? https://1drv.ms/1lvtqDP
Need to create you app logo? https://vimeo.com/92528960 (the template is https://aka.ms/LogoTemplate)
Need to get your app screen shot? https://aka.ms/ScreenShot
Getting a 450 error creating your account? Search for 450 after opening this doc https://1drv.ms/1lvtqDP.
Need to resize an image and you’re using Windows? https://aka.ms/QuickResize
Need to resize an image and you’re not on Windows? https://aka.ms/UsePixlr
How do I create transparent backgrounds (for Mac and PC users) - https://aka.ms/Tranparent
What are the images sizes?
- App logo 300x300 pixels (https://vimeo.com/92528960) (the template is https://aka.ms/LogoTemplate)
- App screen shoot 768x1280 pixels (https://aka.ms/ScreenShot)
What do I need to submit to the store?
- A Microsoft Account
- A Windows Phone Developer account
- A .xap file downloaded from App Studio
- A 300x300 pixel app logo (https://vimeo.com/92528960) (the template is https://aka.ms/LogoTemplate)
- A 768x1280 screen shot (https://aka.ms/ScreenShot)
Need the detailed publishing walk-through?
- Slides version https://1drv.ms/1luZZ06
- Video version https://vimeo.com/92610272
Comments
Anonymous
April 18, 2014
Excited to have such a great person come to our class. :)Anonymous
April 19, 2014
Pretty simple steps, might take longer if you don't have a MS account.Anonymous
April 27, 2014
Two steps before submitting my App to the Windows Store, while i'm trying to upload my package to the Packages step, this message will come out "You can upload only .appx, .appxbundle or .appxupload files" Please i need help from anyone knows how to solve this issue. Thanks