App Center Blog

Updates to macOS Build Agents

December 12, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 12/12/19

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

November 26, 2019 Nov 26, 2019 11/26/19

Amanda Chew

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

November 16, 2019 Nov 16, 2019 11/16/19

Daniel Adams

HockeyApp has officially retired.

HockeyApp Transition to Visual Studio App Center – October Update

November 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 11/13/19

Daniel Adams

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

October 28, 2019 Oct 28, 2019 10/28/19

Winnie Li (MSFT)

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

October 22, 2019 Oct 22, 2019 10/22/19

Zakeel Muhammad

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

October 9, 2019 Oct 9, 2019 10/9/19

Daniel Adams

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

September 19, 2019 Sep 19, 2019 09/19/19

Matthias Wenz

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

September 16, 2019 Sep 16, 2019 09/16/19

Blanca Delgado Parra [MSFT]

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.

PLCrashReporter Maintainership Moving to Microsoft

September 12, 2019 Sep 12, 2019 09/12/19

Lukas Spieß

We’re happy to announce that Microsoft is moving PLCrashReporter to the Microsoft organization on GitHub to continue supporting this valuable project. Of course, the licensing of PLCrashReporter won’t change and we are looking forward to continuing to support the project.