Windows App Certification Kit for Windows RT

[ This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation ]

Use the Windows App Certification Kit to give your Windows Store app the best chance of getting accepted. Deploy the app and run Windows App Certification Kit on the actual Windows RT device so that you are capturing the correct information for the Performance test and other tests that are influenced by device characteristics.

Get started

  1. Install the latest version of the Windows App Certification Kit for use on Windows RT PCs
  2. Follow the instructions in How to test your app with the Windows App Certification Kit to run the Windows App Certification Kit tests on your Windows Store app.

Note  Some aspects of How to test your app with the Windows App Certification Kit won't apply for a Windows RT PC. For example, the low-power performance guidance includes mention of rotational hard drives, which are unlikely to exist in a Windows RT PC.

 

Windows App Certification Kit

How to test your app with the Windows App Certification Kit