Convert SharePoint Online based SharePoint Hosted Add-in to SharePoint 2013 On premises based one

Introduction

We used SharePoint Online based template in Visual Studio 2015 in order to develop SharePoint hosted add-in.

Problem

Our client’s requirement is to deploy it in the SharePoint 2013 On premise. So we had to convert the solution.

Solution

Step 01:

• Right click on AppManifest.xml and click on View Code.
• Then change the SharePointMinVersion to 15.0.0.0

Step 02:

• Double click on on Package.package under Package folder.
• There you will find SharePoint Product Version. Change it to 15.0.

 

Conclusion

Now you can publish the solution and deploy to SharePoint 2013 On premise.