App Center Blog

The latest news, updates and information for mobile developers using Visual Studio App Center

Visual Studio App Center and GDPR

July 26, 2018 Jul 26, 2018 07/26/18

Ian Geoghegan

On the Visual Studio App Center team, our engineers are completely aligned with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which gives consumers better and more explicit control of data – especially their personal data.

Feature Flags Give Crash Reporting a Serious Boost

July 24, 2018 Jul 24, 2018 07/24/18

Visual Studio App Center

Integrating feature flags with your App Center crash service allows you to reduce the impact of crashes. Such an integration makes investigating crashes quicker and easier and allows for almost immediate rollback of problematic features.

Improved App Distribution is Here: Redesigned Tester Experience, Distribution Statistics, and More

July 16, 2018 Jul 16, 2018 07/16/18

Garrett Knoll

Getting your release installed on a user’s device is the most important part of the distribution process. We've been working on incremental improvements to our tester experience since launching App Center in 2017, but after months of interviews and feedback from hundreds of customers, we’ve completely overhauled the user experience and visual design for our tester install portal.

Visual UI Testing for Android Apps with Espresso and Visual Studio App Center

July 13, 2018 Jul 13, 2018 07/13/18

Visual Studio App Center

This is a guest post from Daniel Puterman, engineering lead at Applitools. Suppose you’ve built a new Android app and want to build some visual test automation scripts to ensure that it appears correctly on the devices it might run on. Not all the Android devices out there — just the top 20 for now. Suppose further that your app isn’t ...

Export To Application Insights With AppCenter Continuous Export

July 9, 2018 Jul 9, 2018 07/9/18

Mayur Tendulkar

Five-star mobile apps have one special feature: they don’t let go of their users. This can be achieved by understanding your app, the app’s users, and how these users interact with your app. The deep customer insights offered by AppCenter's Continuous Export provide a better understanding of your customers and help boost retention. By ...

From Code to Google Play: Release your Apps Automatically with Continuous Delivery

July 3, 2018 Jul 3, 2018 07/3/18

Zhuming Pan

We are embracing a world where thermostats automatically adjust and sprinklers automatically water, why shouldn’t your releases be automated? Continuous delivery is a natural extension of continuous integration. It allows you to develop faster, collect feedback earlier, and ultimately produce happier customers. We have received feedback from...