How can I sign my Windows Store app from Window Store certificate?

Question

I have just bought my developer account from the Windows Store, and I would like to sign my app before uploading. When I go inside the packaging and then I click on the choose certificate button, I see following options:

1. Pick from certificate store
2. Select from file
3. Create test certificate.

I tested everything with the third option but the first option, pick from certificate store, gives me error like below:

No Certificate Available

No certificates meet the application criteria.

This is a screen capture of the error:

How am I supposed to get the certificate ? I thought like Apple iTunes I can create the certificate from the store and then I will use it or like Android self signing certificate.

I am using Visual Studio 2013..

Kindly help

Answer 1

I believe you only need to sign your app if you are sideloading it. If you upload it to the Windows Store, Microsoft will sign the app for you.

From the MSDN article Submitting Your Windows 8 Apps:

Signing and publishing. In this final step, we'll sign the packages you submitted with a trusted certificate that matches the technical details of your developer account. This provides customers with the assurance that the app is certified by the Windows Store and hasn't been tampered with.