SharpDX references missing from templates?

[Rick_Saada]

OK, more research. I got MonoGameSample that was linked off of:

3.2 on Windows Phone 8 just shows black screen

Hello, guys! I solve this problem by this way: I created a new project called “Windows Phone XAML and Direct3D App”, then I deleted all code that related to cpp project in my solution and add MonoGame.Binaries references with Nuget. After that I don’t have black screen and game works with any screen orientations! I used VS2013. I suppose that MonoGame 3.2 Installer have defective Windows Phone 8 template. MainPage.xaml <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent"> <DrawingSurfac…

and that seems to work. So I started investigating differences. Looking for references to SharpDX.WP8.dll in all files in the MonoGameSample project I it in Monogamesample\Bin\x86\Debug\AppManifest.xaml as one of the assemblies:

This line is missing from the app I generated using the Monogame Windows 8 Phone project. That project has other SharpDX files, but not the wp8 one.

So, next question is where does this generated file get it’s info? It’s not from AppManifest.xml under Properties of the project. That doesn’t reference any parts at all. I’d assume it comes from the References on the project. But the MonoGameSample project only has “.Net for Windows Phone” and “Window Phone”. It doesn’t even have the “Monogame.Framework” reference. Hrrrrrm.

The search continues…