How to get redeployed SharePoint app to appear?

Question

Hello! I am developing a SharePoint app and doing some testing with it. A week or so back, I deployed the app via an sppkg file from the app catalog page. I was initially able to see it when I would edit a site an go to the "My apps" page. I removed the app from the app catalog, made some updates to it, and redeployed it. But I could not see it after the second deployment. It did not show up on the My apps page. The app catalog said it was deployed to all sites and that there were no issues with deployment. I went to the recycle bin and saw the original installation in there, and removed that. Still, the app didn't show up. So, I changed the app id in the manifest.json file, in case there might have been something cached somewhere, rebuilt the sppkg file, and redeployed. Still, not showing up.

Do you have any ideas on what I can do to get the app to show up?

When I run gulp serve, I can see the app on my site. Just not when I deploy the sppkg file.

App catalog entry: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VZuHeJs75IsbngKHDCrdz9MYYlzUE7hg/view?usp=sharing

As you can see from the All Apps page, nothing is showing up. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vSxaFqyIKV5_wtnRBs-nO0LbMKBU7FAK/view?usp=sharing

Here is the sppkg file, in case you want to try uploading. I'd be most appreciative if anyone is willing to deploy it to see if it would show up on their tenant. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D1xfPhDQg1m4ijX6rplbViOrYjrTpkyD/view?usp=sharing

I have SharePoint Plan 1. I have tried looking in different browsers. I've waited a couple days to see if the app will show up. Nothing.

Answer 1

Hi @Ethan Vaughan, Have you enabled your apps in the app catalog? You need to deploy the solution to the app catalog and active it on your site. Please check the following steps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/web-parts/get-started/serve-your-web-part-in-a-sharepoint-page#deploy-the-helloworld-package-to-app-catalog

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Answer 2

I figured it out. I had the wrong groupId value in the manifest file. I had the groupId set to the uuid of the app instead of one of the options specified here.