App Center Blog

The latest news, updates and information for mobile developers using Visual Studio App Center

Simple, Yet Powerful: How We Make Our Builds Better
Visual Studio App CenterSeptember 5, 2017Sep 5, 201709/5/17

Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here.
 
Mobile developers have a lot of challenges, and our goal is to make building and deploying your app the least of your worries. We (the Mobile Center Build team) developed a simple Android and iOS app called PomPom to ensure we’re delivering the best developer experience and making continuous integration and delivery easier for our users.

AltConf / WWDC Wrap-Up
Visual Studio App CenterJune 23, 2017Jun 23, 201706/23/17

Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here.
 
We just wrapped up four days in San Jose for AltConf 2017, and we had a fantastic time. We shared some information, learned an awful lot from attendees,

Mobile Center Supports Windows UWP Platform
Visual Studio App CenterMay 24, 2017May 24, 201705/24/17

Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here.
 
You heard it right. Mobile Center now supports variety of services to help streamline your Windows UWP app development.
Once your application in added in Mobile Center,

Top Mobile Trends from MWC & SXSW 2017
Visual Studio App CenterApril 13, 2017Apr 13, 201704/13/17

Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here.
 
This year at two of the biggest conferences in technology and mobile, South by South West and Mobile World Congress, several key trends stood out above the rest that mobile developers need to have on their radars.

Microsoft Visual Studio App Center Xbox Sweepstakes Official Rules
AvatarMarch 14, 2017Mar 14, 201703/14/17

SPONSOR
These Official Rules (“Rules”) govern the operation of the Microsoft Visual Studio App Center Xbox Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”). Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, 98052, USA, is the Sweepstakes sponsor (“Sponsor”).

 

DEFINITIONS
In these Rules, “Microsoft”, “we”, “our”, and “us”

Mobile Dev Blog

Announcing MBaaS Service Retirement
John Wargo [MSFT]February 3, 2020Feb 3, 202002/3/20

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.

Updates to macOS Build Agents
AvatarDecember 12, 2019Dec 12, 201912/12/19

As apps move to build on the latest and greatest sets of build tools, we have seen a dwindling demand for building on High Sierra.

A Bite-Sized Daily Digest for Crashes in Visual Studio App Center
Amanda ChewNovember 26, 2019Nov 26, 201911/26/19

We’re excited to announce the launch of a daily digest for crashes in Visual Studio App Center! This bite-sized email gives you a single view of your daily activity of new crash groups.

HockeyApp is being retired
AvatarNovember 16, 2019Nov 16, 201911/16/19

HockeyApp has officially retired.

HockeyApp Transition to Visual Studio App Center – October Update
AvatarNovember 13, 2019Nov 13, 201911/13/19

Visual Studio App Center is still closing important feature gaps as HockeyApp is in the process of transitioning to App Center. See what we’ve been working on in October and learn more about what we’ve committed to on our roadmap.

October Updates for Visual Studio App Center’s Windows Support
Winnie Li (MSFT)October 28, 2019Oct 28, 201910/28/19

This month, we’re excited to announce the General Availability support for WPF and WinForms applications, targeting both .NET Framework and .NET Core 3.

Securely Access, Visualize and Manage your Mobile App Data with Data Metrics View and Data Explorer capabilities in Visual Studio App Center
AvatarOctober 22, 2019Oct 22, 201910/22/19

The App Center Data Explorer allows you to engage directly with and manage your data in the App Center portal. You have complete control over your Data. You can create, read, update, and delete documents directly in App Center. Previously, this was only available through the App Center Data client SDKs and the Azure portal.

HockeyApp Transition to Visual Studio App Center – September Update
AvatarOctober 9, 2019Oct 9, 201910/9/19

Visual Studio App Center is closing important feature gaps as HockeyApp is transitioning to App Center later this year. See what we’ve been working on in September and learn more about what we’ve committed to on our road map.

Using the Android App Bundle with Visual Studio App Center
AvatarSeptember 19, 2019Sep 19, 201909/19/19

We’ve heard you loud and clear that being able to build and distribute AABs to supporting stores is important to you, and so we’re happy to announce that Visual Studio App Center supports building AABs for all supported Android platforms.

New Dark Theme Available on Visual Studio App Center
AvatarSeptember 16, 2019Sep 16, 201909/16/19

Thanks to you taking the time to request features via our Github repo, we are excited to announce that dark theme is available in App Center.