SharePoint 2013 Workflow development with VS and App Management Shared Service Proxy

Hi,

I'm trying to develop a SharePoint 2013 workflow in Visual Studio (declarative WF). I've not configured app related settings in the farm as my client doesn't want to explore apps just right now. When I was trying to deploy my Visual Studio solution to SharePoint site, I'm getting the deployment error in VS:

   Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: App Management Shared Service Proxy is not installed.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.AppRegistration.AddOrUpdateAppNoPermissionCheck(SPAppPrincipalInfo appInfo)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAppPrincipalManager.RegisterWithInternalDirectory(SPAppPrincipalIdentityProvider identityProvider, String nameIdentifier, String displayName, List`1 appEndpointAuthorities, List`1 redirectAddresses, Boolean delegateAppPermissions, Boolean isInternalDirectoryApp)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPAppPrincipalManager.CreateAppPrincipal(SPExternalAppPrincipalCreationParameters creationParameters)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.SPWebWorkflowSecurityContext.EnsureAppPrincipal(SPWeb elevatedWeb)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.SPWebWorkflowSecurityContext.<SetupApplicationEcosystem>b__3()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.<>c__DisplayClass5.<RunWithElevatedPrivileges>b__3()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SecurityContext.RunAsProcess(CodeToRunElevated secureCode)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(WaitCallback secureCode, Object param)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(CodeToRunElevated secureCode)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.SPWebWorkflowSecurityContext.SetupApplicationEcosystem()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.FabricWorkflowDeploymentProvider.PublishDefinition(WorkflowDefinition workflowDefinition)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.WorkflowDefinitionStorageEventReceiver.PublishDefinition(SPItemEventProperties properties)

Maybe or maybe not, configuring app management service will fix the problem. But my concern, is it required to configure SharePoint app settings in the farm to run SharePoint 2013 workflow?

Thanks,
Sohel Rana
http://ranaictiu-technicalblog.blogspot.com