In this article, I will show you how to run cpp-tests on your windows PC.
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Windows version: Windows 8.0/8.1
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Cocos2D-X version: Cocos2d-x v3.0 (https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/)
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IDE: Visual Studio 2012
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SDK: windows phone SDK 8.0 http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-US/downloadsdk
visit the MSDN's windows phone link of developer register http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/help/jj206719(v=vs.105)
fill with your windows account and register Windows phone developer account in steps
explanation of the Windows account: your account of Hotmail or SkyDrive or Xbox LIVE
the fee of developer account: $19 per year, while students account is free but cannot release applications with fees.
- Download Cocos2d-x from our download page and unzip it on your working directory. The structure of the directory should look like as following:
- Open file "cocos2d-wp8.vc2012.sln" in "build" folder as following:
- Right click the "cpp-tests" project, and select "Set as StartUp Project", you can select "Emulator" or a "Device" to run project, if you use Device, you need to connect your phone device using usb.
then you can compile and run the TestCpp project, here is the screenshot in Emulator:
right click cpp-tests, select "Properties", in "Debug", you can select debug target:
If you select "Managed Only" in "UI Task", it's to debug c# code in cpp-tests. And if you select "Native Only", it's to debug c++ code in cpp-testsComponent. Note that If you select "Native Only" and want to use CCLog function to write log in Output, right click cpp-testsComponent and define "COCOS2D_DEBUG=1" in "Preprocessor Definitions":
