FAQ?
Setting Up Your Development PC
1. Install Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or Visual Studio 2017.If you're installing Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, make sure that you choose Custom ins...Read more
Setting Up Your Xbox One Console
1. Activate Developer Mode on your Xbox One. Download the app, get the activation code, and then enter it into the Manage Xbox One consoles page in...Read more
Creating Your First Project in Visual Studio
For more detailed information, see Set up your UWP on Xbox development environment. 1. For C#: Create a new Universal Windows project, and in the S...Read more
How to activate Dev Mode on Xbox One?
- Go to the Xbox One Store, search for the ‘ Dev Mode Activation’ app.
- Click Download.
- Click Confirm, this will install the app.
- Head over to My games & apps.
- Choose Apps from the left side of the screen.
- Click the ‘ Dev Mode Activation’ tile to open the app. ...
- Make note of the code given to you. ...
- Log in using your Dev Center account. ...
How to become a developer on Xbox?
- Email ownership verifies that the primary contact (primary email) address is valid. ...
- Limit access to this Microsoft account to the least number of users possible.
- Set up a corporate email distribution list that includes everyone who needs to access the developer account. ...
- Add a company phone number to the Microsoft account's security info. ...
How to put your Xbox into developer mode?
How to deactivate your Xbox One from the Dev Center
- On your PC, open your web browser, and go to http:// developer.microsoft.com/xboxactivate.
- Sign in with your Dev Center credentials.
- Click the Deactivate link for the console you want to remote.
What is developer mode on Xbox One?
so to summarize:
- retail and sideloading are mutually exclusive, which means that:
- Retail mode runs retail stuff but does NOT allow sideloading
- Dev mode does NOT run retail stuff but allows sideloading
- a dev capable console in retail mode is no different from a locked one (except that you can switch)
- you have to reboot for switching