This Step integrates with the App Center's Distribution service and enables you to distribute your apps seamlessly to different stores, for example, App Store, MS Intune, user groups or even individual testers.
Configuring the Step
Before you start:
The Step requires an active MS App Center account.
- Add the APP path which points to a binary file.
- Add the mapping.txt file path.
- Add the App Center API token.
- Add the Owner name, which means the owner of the App Center app. For an app owned by a user, the URL in App Center can look like this https://appcenter.ms/users/JoshuaWeber/apps/APIExample where the {ownername} is JoshuaWeber. For an app owned by an organization, the URL can be, for example, https://appcenter.ms/orgs/Microsoft/apps/APIExample where the {ownername} is Microsoft.
- Add the App name which is the name of the App Center app. For an app owned by a user, the URL in App Center might look like this: https://appcenter.ms/users/JoshuaWeber/apps/APIExample where the {app_name} is APIExample.
- Add the Distribution groups which means the user groups you wish to distribute the app to. Please add one group name per line.
- Add the Distribution stores where you wish to distribute the app to. Please add one store name per line.
- Add the Testers who you wish to send the app to via email. Please add one email address per line.
- Add any Release notes for the deployed artifact.
- Send notification emails to testers and distribution groups with the Notify Testers input.
- You can enforce the installation of a distribution version with the Mandatory input set to
yes.
- If you set the Debug input to
yes, you can enable verbose logs.
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