{"id":39375,"date":"2019-11-13T14:56:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/?p=39375"},"modified":"2019-11-13T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T20:21:55","slug":"hockeyapp-transition-to-visual-studio-app-center-october-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/hockeyapp-transition-to-visual-studio-app-center-october-update\/","title":{"rendered":"HockeyApp Transition to Visual Studio App Center &#8211; October Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39376 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/word-image-1024x597.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/word-image-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/word-image-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/word-image-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/word-image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visual Studio App Center is still closing important feature gaps as HockeyApp is in the process of transitioning to App Center. See what we\u2019ve been working on in October and learn more about what we\u2019ve committed to on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/appcenter\/wiki\/Roadmap\">roadmap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The updates we\u2019ve made in the last month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Switched the distribution group management for orgs to App Center<\/li>\n<li>API to upload custom crashes<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostics support for iOS extensions<\/li>\n<li>Link to a specific version for your testers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Switched the distribution group management for organizations to App Center<\/h5>\n<p>The last missing piece in the transition of user management was to make organization distribution groups fully controllable in App Center. No action is required from your end.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39377 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-picture-containing-monitor-screenshot-black-i-1024x651.png\" alt=\"A picture containing monitor, screenshot, black, indoor Description automatically generated\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-picture-containing-monitor-screenshot-black-i-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-picture-containing-monitor-screenshot-black-i-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-picture-containing-monitor-screenshot-black-i-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-picture-containing-monitor-screenshot-black-i.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Upload custom crashes via API<\/h5>\n<p>Upload custom crash reports if you prefer not to use the App Center SDK or if you develop for a different platform. The forwarding of custom crashes from HockeyApp to App Center will also be available soon, as well as support for the Custom app type.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39378 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1024x651.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Diagnostics support for iOS extensions<\/h5>\n<p>With the latest release of the App Center Apple SDKs we\u2019ve added support to catch crashes in app extensions. Get started or update to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/appcenter-sdk-apple\/releases\/tag\/2.5.1\">version 2.5.1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39379 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-1024x651.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a computer screen Description automatically generated\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Link to a specific version for your testers<\/h5>\n<p>Directly link to a release on the download page. Get the link from the respective release in the App Center portal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39380 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1-1024x651.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/a-screenshot-of-a-cell-phone-description-automati-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The features listed on our <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/appcenter\/wiki\/Roadmap\">roadmap<\/a> will be ready before HockeyApp transitions into App Center. More information on what\u2019s coming next is listed on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/appcenter\/issues\/1322\">iteration plan<\/a>\u00a0for November.<\/p>\n<p>Leverage the full App Center potential,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/appcenter.ms\/signup?utm_source=AppCenter_blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=OctHA&amp;utm_content=OctHA\">start moving your apps<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Studio App Center is still closing important feature gaps as HockeyApp is in the process of transitioning to App Center. See what we\u2019ve been working on in October and learn more about what we\u2019ve committed to on our\u00a0roadmap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":39376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobiledev"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Visual Studio App Center is still closing important feature gaps as HockeyApp is in the process of transitioning to App Center. See what we\u2019ve been working on in October and learn more about what we\u2019ve committed to on our\u00a0roadmap.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}