Validating your Windows Store app
Every app submitted to the Windows Store will be validated by Microsoft before being listed. Part of that validation process involves running the app through an automatic certification tool that Microsoft has included with Visual Studio. You should check that your app passes the certification tool before beginning the Windows Store submission process.
Getting ready
Ensure the SplitApp project you were using in the Packaging your Windows Store app recipe is working correctly and has been deployed.
For the certification process to work, your deployed version must be in the Release mode.
How to do it...
The following steps need to be performed in order to validate your Windows Store app:
From the Windows Start screen, launch the Windows App Cert Kit. The app will prompt for elevation and then start a wizard as shown in the following screenshot:
Select the Validate Windows Store App option. The tool will search for Windows Store apps installed on your machine and list...
