Window Phone query

Question

Can we use Windows Phone 81 controls in Windows 8?

Selva Ganapathy · Answer

Hi Jegan Priya Upto Window Phone 8 controls are Sliverlight based but from Windows Phone 81 Microsoft provide Both Window8 (Also Silverlight) support to support Universal Application So Windows Phone Window8 control may used to work in Windows 8 and Universal As well But windows phone 81 (Silverlight base not supported) Regards Selva Ganapathy K

Subramanyam Raju · Answer

Yes at mostPlatform convergence began in Windows Phone 8 which supports a small subset of Windows Runtime APIs but which differs from Windows in many core areas. In Windows Phone 8.1 there's so much more in common—a much larger API set a similar app model and life cycle a shared toolset a common UI framework— Windows Phone and Windows Store app developer platforms truly have become one single development platform.