Windows Phone 8 apps using Visual studio 2013 Professional [duplicate]

Question

In a confusion of Upgrading Visual studio 2010 to 2012/ 2013.

2013 is the only option for creating Windows store apps.But not giving a clear picture on the support for Windows Phone apps development.

My question is can i use VS2013 for the development of Windows Phone 8 apps?

Not so sure Windows 8.1 is available on phones as well or not in that case if i go for VS2013 can i create Windows Phone 8 app as well ?

Answer 1

This question is a duplicate of Windows Phone 8 template in Visual Studio 2013 Preview but since I haven't got the reputation to post a comment, I'll combine JP Hellemons' answer and my own to answer this specific question.

The Windows Phone SDK 8.0 only incorperates into Visual Studio 2012, even when Visual Studio 2013 is installed. To install the SDK for VS2012, we need to specify this during the initial installation of Visual Studio or do it afterwards by modifying the installation via Control Panel → Add or remove programs.