Invalid package family name error in Windows PhoneGap application

Question

I made a windows application using phoneGap. But when I upload the APPX file to the windows dev center, I got some errors, for example, "Invalid package family name."

Answer 1

Today I ran into a similar problem and I found this article useful:

http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/win8/index.html

Check the build configuration file (build.json) and make sure you select the release if your release options are defined according to the strong name with the expected name of the Windows Store publisher.

If you are using Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO), you will also want to view the config.xml file with both a graphical interface and a raw XML editor such as WordPad.

<preference name="WindowsStoreDisplayName" value="XXX" /> <preference name="WindowsStoreIdentityName" value="YYYXXX" /> <vs:platformSpecificValues> <vs:platformSpecificWidget platformName="windows" id="_ZZZZZZZZ" /> </vs:platformSpecificValues> 

If you fill in the value that the Windows Store expects in the XXX, YYY, and ZZZ fields.

Hope this helps, Adam

Answer 2

if you use https://build.phonegap.com you need to compile using cli-6.0.0