Is it possible to build Windows Phone 8 apps on Windows XP ? The SDK seems to require Windows 8.
Is my only option to use Virtual PC with Windows 8 installed on it?
Does Windows 8 apps work on Windows Phone 8 too?
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Is it possible to build Windows Phone 8 apps on Windows XP ? The SDK seems to require Windows 8.
Is my only option to use Virtual PC with Windows 8 installed on it?
Does Windows 8 apps work on Windows Phone 8 too?
No.
In order to develop Windows Phone8 apps you need to build your code on a Windows8 machine. You can either do this by installing Windows8 on your development machine, or use a virtual machine with Windows8 installed on it.