{"id":3801,"date":"2015-07-29T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/2015\/07\/29\/targeting-windows-10-with-your-apache-cordova-app\/"},"modified":"2022-05-18T22:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T05:45:42","slug":"targeting-windows-10-with-your-apache-cordova-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/targeting-windows-10-with-your-apache-cordova-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting Windows 10 with your Apache Cordova app"},"content":{"rendered":"

This April, in concert with Windows 10 Technical Preview 2, we debuted support for the Windows 10 platform for Apache Cordova<\/a>. Now, with the availability of Windows 10<\/a>, full Windows 10 support is part of the Windows Apache Cordova platform<\/a> and native to Visual Studio 2015<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Apache Cordova allows you to write apps targeting iOS, Android, Windows, and Windows Phone (and other platforms) with a single code base using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Support for the Universal Windows platform now means that from this single code base you can also target the entire family of Windows 10 devices—desktop, phone, tablet, IoT devices, and eventually HoloLens, Xbox, Surface Hub, and more. Your Cordova apps targeting Windows 10 can smoothly transition between usage modes, such as from desktop to tablet when the user removes the keyboard. They can also take advantage of all the new features of Windows 10, such as Cortana integration.<\/p>\n

Windows 8.1 apps written with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—with or without Cordova—will continue to work with full fidelity on Windows 10. If you target Windows 10, however, you’ll be able to take advantage of changes to the security model for Windows Web apps that allow you to write apps in a way more natural to web programming styles. For instance, new security policy changes mean that you can use the JavaScript libraries you love, such as Angular and Bootstrap, while still having the power of direct access to the Windows Runtime Library (WinRT).<\/p>\n

You don’t need to be running Windows 10 on your development box to build, run, and test your Cordova Windows 10 app. If you’re running Windows 8.1, you can use an emulator to run your app. Also, if you’re running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you can deploy to a remote Windows 10 machine or device.<\/p>\n

If you prefer to build for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, you can continue to do so using the windows-target-version<\/span> and windows-phone-target-version<\/span> properties in your project’s config.xml file.<\/p>\n

Let’s get started building an Apache Cordova app targeting Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Installation Prerequisites<\/h2>\n