Private Preview for App Store Connect API support

December 9, 2022 Dec 9, 2022 12/9/22
Jihye Eom
App Center is introducing JSON Web Token based authorization to Apple Developer Connection. You no longer have to renew your connection every 30 days using credentials, 2FA, and App Specific Password. Additionally, you will be able to set access levels for the keys in the Apple Developer Portal. While App Center will continue supporting the ...
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Deprecating macOS 10.15 image in App Center Build

August 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022 08/16/22
Jihye Eom
Microsoft-hosted Pipelines recently announced macOS-10.15 image deprecation in Azure Pipelines. Accordingly, we want to update App Center customers on the upcoming change in our build image support. If you are building iOS or Xamarin apps using Xcode 12.4 (Except 11.7), Xamarin.iOS 13.20, or Xamarin.Android 11.0 or below versions, you will be...

Public Preview for App Center Build Export

April 4, 2022 Apr 4, 2022 04/4/22
Andrei Kamenev
App Center Build makes it easy for mobile developers to get started with building their apps - in many cases with just a few clicks. But this focus on simplicity also means that customers who need more complex builds end up outgrowing App Center Build and have a hard time figuring out where to go next. Whereas there are other tools in the ...
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App Center Analytics & Diagnostics Data Retention

March 1, 2022 Mar 1, 2022 03/1/22
Jihye Eom
Mobile developers use App Center Analytics to gain insights into their applications’ users and their usage and use App Center Diagnostics to monitor their applications’ health and dig into unexpected failures. We are committed to keeping these services healthy and reliable, and as part of that we are making some changes to our data ...

Deprecating macOS 10.14 image in App Center Build

November 12, 2021 Nov 12, 2021 11/12/21
Jihye Eom
Microsoft-hosted Pipelines recently announced macOS-10.14 image deprecation in Azure Pipelines. Accordingly, we want to update App Center customers on the upcoming change in our build image support. If you are building iOS or Xamarin apps using Xcode 10.3, Xamarin.iOS 12.14, or Xamarin.Android 9.4 or below versions, you will be impacted by ...
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Announcing Apache Cordova Retirement in App Center

October 15, 2021 Oct 15, 2021 10/15/21
Jihye Eom
Since App Center launched in 2017, we’ve added support for 16 platforms and frameworks. One of the first was Apache Cordova, a cross-platform framework that wraps JavaScript apps in a native container. Along with React Native, it was one of two frameworks to support CodePush and exactly what the community needed as many developers ...

Run Tests on Android and iOS Beta Versions

August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21
Jihye Eom
We understand the pain and struggle to address unexpected issues before the next release of the major OS version. As exciting as it is to try new features in advance, the struggle to identify compatibility issues over a night is real. We heard your feedback, and now we are super excited to announce beta version support in App Center Test ...
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Deprecating Xcode version 11.0, 11.1, and 11.4 in App Center

October 13, 2020 Oct 13, 2020 10/13/20
Ela Malani [MSFT]
This September, Visual Studio App Center delivered build support for Xcode 11.7, 12.0, and 12.2 beta. In the process of expanding our Xcode support, we also investigated how many customers were using older versions. We discovered that our community currently builds between 2-4% of apps using Xcode 11.0,11.1 or 11.4. Therefore, we have ...
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Migrating off App Center Push

May 15, 2020 May 15, 2020 05/15/20
Ela Malani [MSFT]
Retiring App Center PushEarlier this year, Microsoft announced the retirement of the preview MBaaS services in Visual Studio App Center, which include Auth, Data, and Push services. Today we’re providing an update on the App Center Push retirement timeline and details to help you migrate to Azure Notifications Hubs.We will retire App ...

Announcing MBaaS Service Retirement

February 3, 2020 Feb 3, 2020 02/3/20
John Wargo [MSFT]
We are discontinuing efforts in the Auth, Data and Push services and working to retire these preview services in App Center. With this change, we will focus App Center on delivering a world-class mobile and desktop DevOps experience.