subject: Windows Phone 8 Sdk Is Finally Available [print this page] Windows Phone 8 SDK finally drives to developers doors which help them in hacking into the hot and great happening platform of Windows Phone 8. For those users who have been waiting for the windows Phone 8 Software Development kit, there is a good news that there so much awaited Windows Phone 8 SDK is finally here. Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Phone 8 SDK at its build 2012 developer conference along with the official launch of the Windows Phone 8. The so much awaited SDK will let developers to design apps for the smart phones avatar of the hot and latest range of Windows 8 operating system.
Till the launch, Microsoft was highly criticized by developers over the world for not making the SDK which is available well before the official release of the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. Microsoft attributes some delay to one of their strategies which is required by the key features of the new platform as well as the devices of partner. The industry reviewers feel that there is not anything that proves exclusive in the platform which could force such a technique. This is one of the most pleasing news for existing designers is that app which is designed for Windows Phone 7 will work perfectly fine in the new platform. The Windows Phone 7.5 will get well update to the 7.8 version of the OS as one of the official announcement has done about the updates which were made in the event.
Delivering a complete set of emulators and other resources which are designed specifically to enhance the experience of developing Windows Phone 8 apps.
Some of the important features such as native C++ code support and complete compatibility with the Windows 8 SDK have been announced which effectively boils down to some of the major relief to the developers because they can now deal with identical APIs for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. This let users to design and monetize their apps in the desktop windows as well with lower amount of tweak-ups. Also, there are some other updates which includes Speech API, camera API, In-App purchasing API which is also available with the brand new SDK.
With installation requirements, Microsoft has decided to go into the Apple way which requires the developers to have at least 64-bit Windows 8 pro installed on their PCs in order to use some new additions including minimum 4 GB of RAM and 4 GB of storage space. The most interesting new additions which includes Microsoft Advertising Ad Control for Windows Phone incorporated with Windows Phone SDK. It makes possible for developers to monetize applications and games when developers will sign up for advertising.
