Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows App Studio that now supports packages in the Windows Store.
The Windows App Studio is available for more than two years. His latest update was six months ago with support for application development in Windows 10. Now, the company has gone one step further by allowing users to publish their apps in the Windows Store directly from App Studio without the need of Visual Studio.
App creators can now with the new updated program create and publish them Universal Windows 10 apps directly from App Studio. Also, App Studio comes with the following characteristics which improve its usability:
- Windows 10 Store bundle with screenshots
- Unique Simulator (full web display)
- App collection for Windows App Studio
- Live Tiles Corrector
- Advanced theme and icon corrector
- Better support for sideloading for Windows 10 applications
- Hero image processor
- Improvements to UX in applications created with the addition of optical features
- Support for original Windows 10 IoT
- Windows App Studio Puget Packages
- Source code on GitHub for the libraries and sample applications
In addition, the applications of Windows 8.1 can now be turned into Universal Windows 10 apps using the latest version of App Studio, so they can be published in no time. Users who have used App Studio to build apps for Windows and Windows Phone should update this version to target Microsoft's latest operating system.
