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Table of contents

  1. What is PoGo-UWP?
  2. Why PoGo-UWP?
  3. Todo
  4. Known issues
  5. How to help
  6. Instructions (beginner)
  7. Support my work
  8. Instructions (expert)
  9. FAQ
  10. Legal
  11. Credits

What is PoGo-UWP?

PoGo-UWP is an UWP (Universal Windows Platform) client for Niantic's Pokemon™ Go Android/iOS game. Being a client, this means that it gives you the ability to play in the same game-world as your friends that are playing with an Android or iOS device.

Why PoGo-UWP?

  • Because there is no official client for Windows.

Todo

Check milestones to see what are we working on!

Known issues

Check issues to see what are the known issues!

How to help

If you want to provide feedback and/or report a bug, please use Github Issues (you'll need a free GitHub account). To make things easier, please search for opened issues before starting a new one so that we avoid useless duplicates.

Every kind of help is appreciated, feel free to submit a pull request if you feel that you can improve my code or add new features!

Instructions (beginner)

  • Minimum required Windows build version is 14393 (Anniversary Update)
  • Create a Pokemon™ Trainer Club account
  • On your phone, change the storage settings from SD card to phone storage (thanks to nr23730)
  • Enable sideloading on your device (go to settings -> updates and security -> for developers -> Tick the 'sideload apps' radio button)
  • Download the latest release from releases, using Edge on your phone and make sure you get the arm.appxbundle
  • When downloading is complete, start it from the download tab. It will ask if you want to install the app
  • Wait a few minutes and it will be in the installed app list
  • Launch the app on your device
  • Enter a valid Pokehash key, obtain one from this website
  • Login
  • Have fun!

** If this doesn't work, try the method below.

Instructions (alternative)

  • Create a Pokemon™ Trainer Club account
  • Change your storage settings from SD card to phone storage (thanks to nr23730)
  • Enable Device Portal
  • Download the *_arm.appxbundle file from releases to your computer
  • Navigate to the APPS page on Device Portal
  • Choose PokemonGo-UWP_version_x.x.x.x_arm.appxbundle under "Install App"
  • Click on "Go" under "Deploy" and wait until "Done!" is shown
  • Launch the app on your device
  • Enter a valid Pokehash key, obtain one from this website
  • Login
  • Have fun!

Support my work

The goal of this project is to learn and experiment, but if you want to support my work please do one of the following:

  • Donate using PayPal
  • Download one of my other apps: TODO

Instructions (expert)

Check Dev Wiki

FAQ

What is the minimum required Windows version? PoGo-UWP will run on all devices running Windows 10. Build 14393 (Anniversary Update) is required.

Will this work on Windows Phone 8.1? No. But everyone's free to port my code to WP8.1 if he wishes.

Does the game support AR & 3D? Not yet, but I'm investigating the possibility to implement this. It will need a lot of changes to the code base however.

Can I play with the same account that I'm using on my Android/iOS device? Yes.

Will it run on low-end devices? It should, but I couldn't test it. It works with the 512MB-ram emulator, so I'm quite confident that it should be ok on real devices too.

Device portal returns error 0x80073cf6 Change storage settings from SD card to phone storage. More infos here If you already had the app installed, probably a reboot is required (reported by f1516904)

Legal

This code is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Niantic, The Pokémon Company, Nintendo or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. This is an independent and unofficial API for educational use ONLY. Use at your own risk.

Credits

This client is based on PoGo-UWP by ST-Apps, Pokemon-Go-Rocket-API, using assets from Pokemon-GO-App-Assets-and-Images. thanks to the POGODEV team for keeping the (paid) API