Visual Studio App Center documentation

⚠️ Visual Studio App Center is scheduled for retirement on March 31, 2025.

Overview

Retirement

Get Started

Dashboard overview

How-To Guide

Create and manage apps

How-To Guide

Create and manage organizations

Overview

Service Status

Overview

Pricing

Overview

Roadmap

Reference

API Swagger

Services

Build

Create an installable app package automatically with every push to your repository.

• Introduction
• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• React Native
• Windows (UWP)
• Xamarin
• Troubleshooting

Test

Run tests on more than 400 unique device configurations.

• Introduction to App Center Test
• Core Concepts
• Get Started with App Center Test
• Start a test run
• Troubleshooting

Distribute

Quickly release Android, iOS, macOS, and UWP builds to end user devices.

• Introduction to App Center Distribute
• Release a Build
• iOS Device registration
• Manage Distribution Groups
• Distribute to Store

Analytics

Get information about the number of users, the session duration, top devices and more.

• Introduction to Analytics
• Analytics Overview Page
• Events Metrics
• FAQ

Diagnostics

Collect crash data from all devices.

• Introduction to Diagnostics
• Enable Diagnostics in an App
• Diagnostics Features
• Troubleshooting

Get Started with the SDK

Android

iOS

React Native

Windows

Xamarin

macOS

Cordova

Unity

tvOS

Reference

SDKs

• Data Collected by App Center
• Analytics
• Diagnostics (Crashes)
• Distribute
• Other APIs
• Troubleshooting

General Information

• Accounts in App Center
• Pricing
• Billing
• Azure Subscriptions
• OS/Platform and Services Matrix
• Connecting App Center Organizations to Azure AD
• Configuring Azure AD Conditional Access

GDPR

• Your Data
• Data from your users
• Does GDPR apply to me?
• How to stop collecting data
• Using the Application install ID
• Analytics
• Diagnostics
• Test

Command Line

• Overview

APIs

• REST Interface
• Swagger