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Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Nati

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

Sujan 9y ago
> Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin) Any word on Cordova support? All those Ionic apps (which uses Cordova in the background) would feel very at home at App Center...
- Sujan 9y ago
  Oh, just saw that https://appcenter.ms https://appcenter.ms mentions Cordova: > Even more! macOS, tvOS and Cordova But can't find it inside...
  - WorldMaker 9y ago
    Interestingly, the new deeper HockeyApp integration recognized that my apps were built with Cordova, but then just shows a "Cordova support coming soon" page for Android and iOS. (The Windows Cordova app was recognized as UWP rather than Cordova. The Windows Electron app I have wasn't recognized at all, but that is unsurprising.)
    - Sujan 9y ago
      Nothing in the transition roadmap from HockeyApp :/ https://www.hockeyapp.net/appcenter/roadmap/ https://www.hockeyapp.net/appcenter/roadmap/
      - WorldMaker 9y ago
        On the main App Center Roadmap [1] they have Cordova CodePush dashboarding mentioned, but not build support. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/general/roadmap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/general/roadmap
- yesimahuman 9y ago
  They don't yet support it and I don't think they will have strong Ionic integration as we haven't talked with them about it. However, we recently rolled out Ionic Pro which is similar to App Center, but focused 100% on Ionic apps. Adoption so far has been strong despite only being out a few months, and we're investing a lot in the product. Hope you give it a try and we're excited to have some extra validation from App Center! http://ionicframework.com/products http://ionicframework.com/products
ridruejo 9y ago
Very cool. Any plans to add support to server side apps for Azure?
- keithba 9y ago
  We are highly focused on rich client apps right now, especially iOS and Android, but also Windows and macOS. Feel free to reach out to me and we could discuss your scenarios in more detail. There are other tools that may fit your scenario better.
CharlesW 9y ago
This seems…great? Why did Microsoft create this? Specifically, I'm not interested in the "because we love developers" story, I'm interested in the "this is strategic for Microsoft now and for the next decade because" story.
- keithba 9y ago
  The team is extremely passionate about creating developer productivity tools. App Center's creators include the founders of HockeyApp, Xamarin Test Cloud, and CodePush. This is something we were all iterating towards individually, and when we met up at Microsoft, we realized we now had the team and ability to make it happen. Microsoft is very serious about creating amazing developer tool across any app, platform, and language for a variety of reasons. Making Azure the most productive place to power your app is part of it, of course. But, in the long run, the easier we make development, the more the world benefits.
  - lardo 9y ago
    What a lovely nonanswer.
    - tkjef 9y ago
      Seems like it's to get more people on Azure. Doesn't look like it works with AWS or GCP.
  - jksmith 9y ago
    You need golang on that toolchain. It is arguably the language of the cloud at this point.
  - orand 9y ago
    Thanks, that makes a lot of sense to see this from the background of HockeyApp, Xamarin Test Cloud, and CodePush coming together. Ignore the non-answer guy, this is a totally sufficient answer in my opinion.
- jjeaff 9y ago
m_fayer 9y ago
Here's a scenario I'm dealing with that must be fairly common. A mobile app running against an Azure backend, where users can also access the app through a SPA on their desktop. I don't want my analytics data spread out over multiple analytics services, so can this analytics service support SPAs as well? Bonus points for being able to track the same user across mobile + SPA.
- keithba 9y ago
  Right this second, we offer the ability to export your analytics to Azure Blob Storage, and Application Insights, where you can then join the App Center analytics with other data. We are looking at what we can do to make the SPA + mobile workflow super easy, though. Stay tuned on this. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to me as I'd love to ask you some more questions.
  - m_fayer 9y ago
    Looking forward to hearing about this. On a similar note, why not collect errors from the backend and SPAs too... after all a stack trace is pretty much a stack trace wherever you are. I get that this isn't the market you're serving, but if you don't do this your user is likely to end up using two very similar error reporting services for the same project.

Sujan 9y ago

> Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin) Any word on Cordova support? All those Ionic apps (which uses Cordova in the background) would feel very at home at App Center...

Sujan 9y ago
Oh, just saw that https://appcenter.ms https://appcenter.ms mentions Cordova: > Even more! macOS, tvOS and Cordova But can't find it inside...
- WorldMaker 9y ago
  Interestingly, the new deeper HockeyApp integration recognized that my apps were built with Cordova, but then just shows a "Cordova support coming soon" page for Android and iOS. (The Windows Cordova app was recognized as UWP rather than Cordova. The Windows Electron app I have wasn't recognized at all, but that is unsurprising.)
  - Sujan 9y ago
    Nothing in the transition roadmap from HockeyApp :/ https://www.hockeyapp.net/appcenter/roadmap/ https://www.hockeyapp.net/appcenter/roadmap/
    - WorldMaker 9y ago
      On the main App Center Roadmap [1] they have Cordova CodePush dashboarding mentioned, but not build support. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/general/roadmap https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/general/roadmap
yesimahuman 9y ago
They don't yet support it and I don't think they will have strong Ionic integration as we haven't talked with them about it. However, we recently rolled out Ionic Pro which is similar to App Center, but focused 100% on Ionic apps. Adoption so far has been strong despite only being out a few months, and we're investing a lot in the product. Hope you give it a try and we're excited to have some extra validation from App Center! http://ionicframework.com/products http://ionicframework.com/products

ridruejo 9y ago

Very cool. Any plans to add support to server side apps for Azure?

keithba 9y ago
We are highly focused on rich client apps right now, especially iOS and Android, but also Windows and macOS. Feel free to reach out to me and we could discuss your scenarios in more detail. There are other tools that may fit your scenario better.

CharlesW 9y ago

This seems…great? Why did Microsoft create this? Specifically, I'm not interested in the "because we love developers" story, I'm interested in the "this is strategic for Microsoft now and for the next decade because" story.

keithba 9y ago
The team is extremely passionate about creating developer productivity tools. App Center's creators include the founders of HockeyApp, Xamarin Test Cloud, and CodePush. This is something we were all iterating towards individually, and when we met up at Microsoft, we realized we now had the team and ability to make it happen. Microsoft is very serious about creating amazing developer tool across any app, platform, and language for a variety of reasons. Making Azure the most productive place to power your app is part of it, of course. But, in the long run, the easier we make development, the more the world benefits.
- lardo 9y ago
  What a lovely nonanswer.
  - tkjef 9y ago
    Seems like it's to get more people on Azure. Doesn't look like it works with AWS or GCP.
- jksmith 9y ago
  You need golang on that toolchain. It is arguably the language of the cloud at this point.
- orand 9y ago
  Thanks, that makes a lot of sense to see this from the background of HockeyApp, Xamarin Test Cloud, and CodePush coming together. Ignore the non-answer guy, this is a totally sufficient answer in my opinion.
jjeaff 9y ago

m_fayer 9y ago

Here's a scenario I'm dealing with that must be fairly common. A mobile app running against an Azure backend, where users can also access the app through a SPA on their desktop. I don't want my analytics data spread out over multiple analytics services, so can this analytics service support SPAs as well? Bonus points for being able to track the same user across mobile + SPA.

keithba 9y ago
Right this second, we offer the ability to export your analytics to Azure Blob Storage, and Application Insights, where you can then join the App Center analytics with other data. We are looking at what we can do to make the SPA + mobile workflow super easy, though. Stay tuned on this. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to me as I'd love to ask you some more questions.
- m_fayer 9y ago
  Looking forward to hearing about this. On a similar note, why not collect errors from the backend and SPAs too... after all a stack trace is pretty much a stack trace wherever you are. I get that this isn't the market you're serving, but if you don't do this your user is likely to end up using two very similar error reporting services for the same project.