Phonegap CLI with Windows Phone 7 - Can't find the cordovastarter to build wp7

Question

I have installed Phonegap3.0 via CLI. I am trying to run a sample project for android and wp7 in windows 7 machine.

My installation path for project is

 E:\workspace\HelloWorld 

inside i found

"merges,platform,plugins,www,.codova" folders.

After that i run the below command

"phonegap local build android" in  cmd

Then inside platform folder i found android folder with project sturcture. So now i can run this folder by importing in eclipse...

After that for windows i run the below command

 "phonegap local build wp7"

I found the wp7 folder inside E:\workspace\HelloWorld\platform\wp7. Now i want to know how to create a cordovastarter for the project to run in local visual studio 2010 express.

Suggest me how to run wp7 project with phonegap3.0 in visual studio express

Answer 1

You need the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 which you can download here. The requirements for the SDK are:

• Windows® Vista® (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 2 all editions except Starter Edition
• Windows 7 (x86 and x64) with all editions except Starter Edition
• 4 GB of free disk space
• 3 GB RAM
• Windows Phone Emulator requires a DirectX 10 or above capable graphics card with a WDDM 1.1 driver

In the SDK included is a Visual Studio Express. But if you already have a Visual Studio 2010 SP1 installed, the SDK will be hooked there.

Now if you run the following command in your project:

phonegap local build wp7

the/platforms/wp7 folder should contain a whole Visual Studio project that looks like this.

You may now simply open the *.sln File and it should open up your project. There you may directly start the project with the Windows Phone Emulator if the SDK has been installed correctly.

If you still have issues, maybe this Guide may solve them.