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What framework does Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 support?

What framework does Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 support?
I could not find much information about this online. But I have heard that WP7 did not support the full framework. If so what are the limitations in terms of frameworks for WP7 and WP8?

Bonus question:
Is the programming of WP7 and WP8 limited to C#? If not what other programming languages can be used?

Solution

  • Windows Phone has it's own custom framework (based on Silverlight in 7.x). Each phone OS version supports its own feature set.

    You can see the supported versions for 7 and 7.1 on the main MSDN help (for Silverlight) - for example, see Color. At the bottom:

    Silverlight for Windows Phone

    Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

    The Windows Phone 8 API reference documentation is separate.