Package.appxmanifest not present in solution

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate. I've started my Windows Phone 8 app in Blend, and finished it in Visual studio.
According to this article, I need to:

1. In Visual Studio, close the manifest file if it’s already open in XML code view.
2. In Solution Explorer, expand the project node of the app.
3. Double-click the Package.appxmanifest file.

The problem is - I don't have Package.appxmanifest file in my solution. How to create it? Maybe I need to convert my solution to windows store project? If yes, how to do that?

Answer 1

OK, in Windows Phone application there is WMAppManifest.xml file instead of Package.appxmanifest.

Answer 2

That's poorly worded documentation. As Windows Phone 8 projects do not contain a Package.appxmanifest--they contain WMAppManifest.xml which you can edit in a "designer". I've tried upgrading a WP 8 project to 8.1 and it in fact adds an Package.appxmanifest--which is editable in a "designer". I'm surmising that if you also added a Windows Store app to your solution, converting it to a Universal app, it would do the same thing.