Setup dev mode

Prerequisites

• App Developer Account
• Dev Mode Activation App
• Visual Studio 2019
• Windows 10 (Preferred)
• PuTTy

Activation

Before you get started you will need to convert your console into Developer Mode. Microsoft have an existing page that will show you how to get started: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/devkit-activation

It may be worth navigating through their documentation and getting a grasp on the basis of the environment: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xbox-apps/

Visual Studio Setup

In order for you to build Win32 applications and libraries you will need to install certain libraries available through the Visual Studio Installer:

Using SSH

After your console is activated you will be able to connect over via PuTTy (or another SSH client of your choice).

• Enter the console IP address and Connect
• Use the following to login:
  • Username: DevToolsUser
  • For the password you are able to use either
    • pin that is displayed on the "Show Visual Studio Pin" in Dev Home.
  • or
    • password used for smb access
• Success!

Accessing Console File System

Open up the File Explorer on your Windows machine and enter the following into your path bar:

\\<Xbox One IP or Hostname>

It will prompt you for login details. We can use the Xbox Device Portal for this:

• Open up your web browser and enter: https://<Xbox One IP or Hostname>:11443
• Go to File explorer
• On the right hand side; you will see "Browse"
• Select it and use the login details provided

Authors: tuxuser