AppCenterDistribute@0 - App Center Distribute v0 task

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02/27/2024

Use this task to distribute app builds to testers and users via App Center.

Important

This task is deprecated.

Inputs

serverEndpoint - App Center connection
string. Required.

Selects the service endpoint for your Visual Studio App Center connection. To create one, click the Manage link and create a new service endpoint.

appSlug - App slug
string. Required.

The app slug is in the format of {username}/{app_identifier}. To locate {username} and {app_identifier} for an app, click on its name from App Center, and the resulting URL is in the format of https://appcenter.ms/users/**{username}**/apps/**{app_identifier}**. If you are using orgs, the app slug is of the format {orgname}/{app_identifier}.

appFile - Binary file path
Input alias: app. string. Required.

The relative path from the repo root to the APK or IPA file you want to publish.

symbolsOption - Symbols type
Input alias: symbolsType. string. Allowed values: Apple. Default value: Apple.

Includes symbol files to receive symbolicated stack traces in App Center Diagnostics.

symbolsPath - Symbols path
string. Optional. Use when symbolsType == AndroidNative || symbolsType = Windows.

The relative path from the repo root to the symbols folder.

symbolsPdbFiles - Symbols path (*.pdb)
Input alias: pdbPath. string. Optional. Use when symbolsType = UWP. Default value: **/*.pdb.

The relative path from the repo root to .pdb symbols files. Path may contain wildcards.

symbolsDsymFiles - dSYM path
Input alias: dsymPath. string. Optional. Use when symbolsType = Apple.

The relative path from the repo root to the dSYM folder. Path may contain wildcards.

symbolsMappingTxtFile - Mapping file
Input alias: mappingTxtPath. string. Optional. Use when symbolsType = AndroidJava.

The relative path from the repo root to Android's mapping.txt file.

symbolsIncludeParentDirectory - Include all items in parent folder
Input alias: packParentFolder. boolean.

Uploads the selected symbols file or folder and all other items inside the same parent folder. This is required for React Native apps.

releaseNotesOption - Create release notes
Input alias: releaseNotesSelection. string. Required. Allowed values: input (Enter Release Notes), file (Select Release Notes File). Default value: input.

The release notes will be attached to the release and shown to testers on the installation page.

releaseNotesInput - Release notes
string. Required when releaseNotesSelection = input.

The release notes for this version.

releaseNotesFile - Release notes file
string. Required when releaseNotesSelection = file.

Selects a UTF-8 encoded text file which contains the release notes for this version.

distributionGroupId - Distribution group ID
string.

The IDs of the distribution groups who will receive the build release.. Leave it empty to use the default group.

Task control options

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Output variables

None.

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