Use the newer AppDeployCmd when available
The old XapDeployCmd could raise "Error: The parameter is incorrect." with project files that were opened with more recent versions of Visual Studio.
This change looks for the Windows Phone SDK 8.1 AppDeployCmd before falling back to the WP SDK 8.0 XapDeployCmd.
diff --git a/template/cordova/lib/utils.js b/template/cordova/lib/utils.js
index 28fb018..f3efd7e 100644
--- a/template/cordova/lib/utils.js
+++ b/template/cordova/lib/utils.js
@@ -23,8 +23,16 @@
proc = require('child_process'),
msbuildTools = require('./MSBuildTools');
-// returns path to XapDeploy util from Windows Phone 8.1 SDK
+// returns path to app deployment util from Windows Phone 8.x SDK
module.exports.getXapDeploy = function () {
+ // Try the newer AppDeploy first
+ var appDeployUtils = path.join((process.env["ProgramFiles(x86)"] || process.env["ProgramFiles"]),
+ 'Microsoft SDKs', 'Windows Phone', 'v8.1', 'Tools', 'AppDeploy', 'AppDeployCmd.exe');
+ if (fs.existsSync(appDeployUtils)) {
+ return Q.resolve(appDeployUtils);
+ }
+
+ // If AppDeployCmd wasn't found, try XapDeployCmd
var xapDeployUtils = path.join((process.env["ProgramFiles(x86)"] || process.env["ProgramFiles"]),
'Microsoft SDKs', 'Windows Phone', 'v8.0', 'Tools', 'Xap Deployment', 'XapDeployCmd.exe');
// Check if XapDeployCmd is exists
