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How do I build a Universal Windows Phone/Store 8.1 application from Unity?

Select “Universal 8.1” SDK under Windows Store platform.

Help! There’s too many defines! Which are defined for which platform?

No worries. Here’s all of them:
UNITY_WP8 defined on Windows Phone 8.0 apps only;
UNITY_WP_8_1 defined on Windows Phone 8.1 and Universal 8.1 apps when running on Windows phone device;
UNITY_METRO defined on Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Store 8.0, Windows Store 8.1 and Universal 8.1 apps;
UNITY_METRO_8_0 defined on Windows Store 8.0 apps;
UNITY_METRO_8_1 defined on Windows Store 8.1 and Universal 8.1 apps when running on Windows device;
UNITY_WINRT defined on both Windows Phone and Windows Store apps, regardless of version;
UNITY_WINRT_8_0 defined on Windows Phone 8.0 and Windows Store 8.0 apps;
UNITY_WINRT_8_1 defined on Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Store 8.1 and Universal apps regardless of device it’s running on;
NETFX_CORE defined on Windows Store 8.0, Windows Store 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1 and Universal 8.1 scripts that are compiled using Microsoft C# compiler.

Where do I put my plugins for Windows Phone 8.1 or Universal Apps?

Plugins for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Store apps should be put to Assets\Plugins\Metro directory or one of its subdirectories:

Assets\Plugins\Metro - plugins in this directory will be used in Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Store 8.0/8.1 apps; Assets\Plugins\Metro\Win80 - plugins in this directory will be used in Windows Store 8.0 apps; Assets\Plugins\Metro\Win81 - plugins in this directory will be used in Windows Store 8.1 apps; Assets\Plugins\Metro\WindowsPhone81 - plugins in this directory will be used in Windows Phone 8.1 apps.

Note: We do not support Windows Phone 8.1 silverlight assemblies as plugins for Windows Phone 8.1.

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