How to downgrade a Windows Phone 8 app?

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I originally made an app for WP7 then a while later decided to do a complete overhaul of UI and code which is when WP8 came out so I took down the old app and made a new one specifically targeting the newest platform, however I now want to 'port' it back down to target the old audience as well.

I've had a few attempts but it seems to be a tedious task, is there any easy way to do this?

Thanks.

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 05:59

As per the above answer there is no automated way to revert the projects; however I usually separate out as much logic as I can into a Windows Phone class library which can be shared by both Windows Phone 7 and 8 projects. So my advice is to copy across what you can (VMs, Services, etc.) to a separate class project, setup a new Windows Phone 7 project, and bring across your WP8 views and remove any incompatible bits such as the new maps control and reference the shared library between both platforms.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '13 at 05:37

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No, unfortunately you cannot downgrade a windows phone 8 project to windows phone 7. You can only upgrade a windows phone 7 project to windows phone 8.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 05:37

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