Windows sdk for visual studio 2015

Introduction

This tip guides you on how to prepare the IDE for Windows universal application development. It explains a trick for those who are facing an issue by trying to install the SDK.

Background

No such knowledge needed, it’s a basic level tip.

Using the Code

If you want to develop a Windows universal application, you need the following three things:

1. Windows 10 installed
2. Visual Studio Community/Pro/Enterprise 2015
3. Universal App SDK

Some people are facing an issue with the third point, this includes me and many of my friends. Now I have found a way to solve it and want to share it with you guys.

A general way to install SDK is that when you create a universal app project, it asks you to install the SDK and gives you the download option there. When you click it, the installation starts but some people are facing an issue that after the installation they still see the same download option in VS 2015 and can’t create the universal project.

So here is what you need to do:

• Open Program and Features in your control panel and search for «Windows Software Development Kit». If it is installed, then uninstall it.
  

  Картинка с сайта: www.codeproject.com

• After uninstalling it, select «Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015» and click on «Change».
  

  Картинка с сайта: www.codeproject.com

• A new dialog of Visual Studio will open giving you three options. Select «Modify»:

• Next screen will give you an option to select multiple features to be installed. Select «Universal Windows App Development Tools» it will automatically select all the sub-menus in it. It will require approximately 4GB of space.

• Then click on «UPDATE». The next step will require some time, for me it was around 3 hours! It may seem that the setup has been stuck but it will make a jump move after some time so don’t panic, just wait!
• After the update; it will notify you. Then restart your PC.
• Now open Visual Studio, click on new project, select Universal in Windows and there you go, now you can create Universal Apps. SDK has been installed and integrated in VS 2015.
  

  Картинка с сайта: www.codeproject.com

• Enjoy your development now

Points of Interest

I tried to install it by the main method for 2-3 days but got the same results every time. Sometimes, it failed and sometimes it says succeeded but can’t find the ‘universal’ option in the VS. After so many tries, I tried this trick and this worked for me and my friends!

For more information, queries and contact, visit my blog at http://csdebugger.blogspot.com/.

Техническая информация о «В Visual Studio 2015 с СДК (32-разрядная версия) — (английская)» из раздела «Загрузки для подписчиков MSDN». Вы не можете скачать этот файл с msdn.su, но вы можете использовать приведённую ниже информацию, чтобы найти и загрузить его из других источников.

С помощью Visual Studio 2015 с обновлением SDK, вы можете создать инструмент, окна, команды меню, расширения редактора, изолированные проектов Shell и другие расширения для Visual студии. В Visual Studio 2015 с обновлением SDK включает шаблоны проектов, которые помогут вам пакета Visual Studio расширения в vsix для перераспределения. SDK также поможет вам протестировать и отладить свои расширения в экспериментальном экземпляре Visual Studio, так что ваша основная среда разработки не неожиданно изменилось.

Против релизе (https://www.visualstudio.com/news/releasenotes/vs2015-rtm-vs)
Выпуск ТФС ноты (https://www.visualstudio.com/news/releasenotes/tfs2015-rtm-vs)
Против известных проблем (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=613260)
Системные требования (https://www.visualstudio.com/productinfo/vs2015-sysrequirements-vs)
Совместимость (https://www.visualstudio.com/productinfo/vs2015-compatibility-vs)

There are 2 ways to get the Visual Studio 2015 installation for offline installation:

Option 1 – ISO File: Download the ISO file for Community or Enterprise edition. Then virtual mount them to a drive or extract them using a tool (like 7Zip), and start your installation. When I tried this option, the visual studio seemed to miss few packages which it downloaded through an online feed during the installation. So, a better option is to use…

Option 2 – /layout switch: Download the web installer for Community or Enterprise edition. Using administrative command prompt, navigate to the folder where the installation file were downloaded and run the installation file with /layout command.

Example, for Community edition it would be vs_community.exe /layout and for Enterprise version it would be vs_enterprise.exe /layout. This option allows you to download the full set of files to a local folder, and this folder has all the necessary files for offline installation.

Same way the installation for latest Windows SDK can also be prepared.

July will be a big month for developers with the releases of Visual Studio 2015, Windows 10, and the Universal Windows App Development Tools, which includes the Windows 10 SDK. The purpose of this post is to make you aware of the key dates and some things to keep in mind with regard to version compatibility between the tools and SDK.

Here are the key release dates:

• July 20: Visual Studio 2015 (“VS 2015”)
• July 29: Windows 10, the Windows 10 SDK, and the Visual Studio Universal Windows app development tools

You’ll notice that Visual Studio 2015 will be available several days before the final version of the Windows 10 SDK and Universal Windows App Tools.  During that brief gap, the release version of VS 2015 will not work with the pre-release versions of the Windows 10 SDK and Universal Windows app tools so you won’t be able to develop a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app.

Here is our recommended approach to bridge this gap:

If you are actively working on a UWP app (or plan to before July 29):

You are in the group that will be affected for the nine days between releases. We recommend that you wait to install VS 2015 RTM until July 29. Until that date, continue using the VS 2015 RC that you have today.

When Windows 10 becomes available on July 29, you can install Windows 10, then VS 2015 with the Universal Windows App Development Tools. You can then continue working on your Windows 10 apps and targeting he Universal Windows Platform with no interruption.

If you are not yet working on a UWP app (and don’t plan to before July 29):

You can install VS 2015 RTM with no issue. If you already have the beta Windows 10 SDK installed, you will be asked to uninstall it.

If you then want to develop a UWP app after July 29, there will be two ways to get the applicable SDK. You will be able to use the stand-alone SDK installer (from the Windows Dev Center), or, to launch the Visual Studio installer, use the Universal Windows App Development Tools option.

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