App Center Blog
The latest news, updates and information for mobile developers using Visual Studio App Center
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How We Build SDKs Developers Love
We—the Visual Studio App Center development team—have released SDKs for Android, iOS, React Native, UWP and Xamarin, with more in the works. As we build new tools, we do so knowing that many are successors to popular SDKs, like HockeyApp, that developers already use and love (for good reason). When we started working on App Center, we knew we had to not only build new, exciting features, but take the existing SDKs’ hard-earned developer satisfaction into account. We’ve learned a lot along the way (and continue to learn!), and we’re sharing our story today to help you build your own amazing SDKs that your team, f...
Introducing App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud
Today, we launched Visual Studio App Center1, and it is now generally available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows apps. App Center has everything you need to manage the lifecycle of your apps, including automated builds, testing on real devices in the cloud, distribution to beta testers and app stores, and monitoring of real-world usage through crash and analytics data. Apps written in Objective-C, Swift, Java, C#, Xamarin, and React Native are supported across all features. Use App Center to release more frequently, with higher quality, and have more time to spend on coding features instead of managing overh...
Everything at Microsoft Connect(); for the Visual Studio App Center Developer
Microsoft Connect (); kicked off this morning, with tons of announcements and demos, including the General Availability of Visual Studio App Center! There’s still a lot of great content to come over the next few days, so to help you hone in on what matters most for you, check out the round up below featuring all things mobile, DevOps, and cloud services. Set your calendar reminders, tune in, and get everything you need to ship faster, add the latest cloud services, and create amazing user experiences for any platform. Session list (note: all times are ET): Wednesday, November 15 | Keynotes & General Sessio...
Visual Studio App Center: The Next Generation of Xamarin Test Cloud
Today at Microsoft Connect(); we announced the launch of Visual Studio App Center, the next generation of Xamarin Test Cloud. App Center brings the power of Xamarin Test Cloud combined with ability to build, distribute, monitor and integrate push notifications- all in one place. Get all the features you use and love today in Xamarin Test Cloud combined with services you need to ship quality apps faster. What's Next with Xamarin Test Cloud We know it’s important to deliver the highest quality experience on the latest platforms which is why App Center Test offers thousands of physical devices for you to deploy y...
Guest Blog | A Mobile DevOps Retrospective Part II: Automation
Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here. This is Part II in a special guest series from Greg Shackles, Principal Engineer at Olo. New to the series? Start here. As I wrote in my last post, DevOps is (1) more than tooling, (2) crucial to mobile app development, (3) rarely done, and (4) worth it. Today, I’ll dig deeper into one of DevOps’ core concepts and something all developers are intimately familiar with: automation. I’ll walk through how we’ve automated our process at Olo (where we build restaurant ordering apps for 150+ brands), give you some real-world implement...
Introducing the App Center Slack App
Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here. I’m Amanda, and I’m passionate about optimization, making processes more efficient, and building apps that improve the world. I'm always looking for ways to save time, whether it’s in personal projects or in my work as a App Center Program Manager, where I spend my days building technology that helps developers deliver better apps faster. My favorite recent project and ultimate time-saver is the App Center Slack App. Our goal at App Center is to empower developers, bringing our tools to you in ways that fit into the way you work...
The Ship List: Mobile Center October Update
Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here. The Mobile Center team has been hard at work adding new functionality and improving existing services. If you attended or watched the Microsoft Ignite live stream, you've heard about some of our exciting updates including build scripts, export of analytics data to Azure Application Insights, UI testing support for Android Oreo and iOS 11, better in-app notifications for new releases, and code signing for React Native apps. If you missed it or got too caught up in the excitement, this post will cover some of the coolest ...
How to Build Better Apps with Xcode 9 and iOS 11
Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here. Apple’s official release of iOS 11 is packed with a smorgasbord of tasty morsels for users and developers. To help you dive in and get the most from iOS 11 and Xcode 9, I’m highlighting my favorite new features and how they—like Mobile Center—free you to build better apps faster. Code and Debug, but Better Historically, refactoring has been one of Xcode’s weak spots. As with drive-thru fast food, it did the job but left much to be desired. Like many other developers, I’ve mitigated this by “dining elsewhere”: using JetBrains’ Ap...
How We Do Code Review
Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. Learn more here. The Mobile Center team is a diverse mix of engineers, product managers, and UI/UX designers with varying professional backgrounds, experience, and countries of origin. Our team has people from over 10 countries working across 8 time zones. Some are fresh out of college, while others have been in the industry for more than 20 years, and we all came in with our own understanding and definition of “code review.” We spend a significant part of our day doing code review in GitHub and Visual Studio Team Services, so we welcome anythin...