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POWhat is the correct way to manage app 'Capabilities' listed in the WMAppManifest file?
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    copied!<p>I've read in several place, include here <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2010/04/30/windows-phone-capabilities-security-model.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2010/04/30/windows-phone-capabilities-security-model.aspx</a> that if a Windows Phone app doesn't need a capability, then you should remove it from the manifest.</p> <p>I have an app that I don't believe needs any of the capabilities.</p> <p>When I removed all of the capabilities from the manifest file, everything seems fine until I do one of two things.</p> <p>One, If I close and re-open the project in Visual Studio 2010, then Visual Studio complains with the following error:</p> <blockquote> <p>You are using a project created by a previous version of Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP. Your application may not run properly.</p> <p>Please edit the WMAppManifest.xml file under Properties node and insert the following elements between element as show below.</p> </blockquote> <p>and then it lists all of the capabilities.</p> <p>The second place this causes an issue is when I try to debug the app on my phone. I read here <a href="http://blog.adamnathan.net/2010/11/09/ThisAppMakesUseOfYourPhonesDataConnection.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blog.adamnathan.net/2010/11/09/ThisAppMakesUseOfYourPhonesDataConnection.aspx</a> that I need to add this capability in the manifest if I want to debug my app on my phone even if my app doesn't need it durning normal use. This appears to be true, but it is a real hassle to have to add this capability and then remember to remove it when I want to submit my app to the marketplace. </p> <p>So what is the correct way to manage this? Will the marketplace flag my app as using all of the capabilities if I leave them in the manifest?</p> <p>[Update: 1 Jan 2011 4:58PM] While the error message tells me to add all of the capabilities back, Visual Studio will stop complaining if I add just the Networking capability.</p>
 

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