Introducing Visual Studio App Center

Visual Studio App Center is now generally available and other announcements from Connect(); 2017!

This morning at Connect(); 2017, we announced that Visual Studio App Center (formerly known as Mobile Center) is now generally available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows apps! We also shared some exciting updates related to Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin and the Xamarin platform, which you can read about below.

Visual Studio App Center is your continuous integration, delivery and learning solution for Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS apps, enabling you to ship apps faster and with greater confidence. Build in the Cloud Build Swift, Objective-C, Java, React Native, Xamarin, and UWP apps with every commit or on demand, without the headache of managing build agents. Test on Real Devices Test your app on thousands of real devices and hundreds of configurations in the cloud. Automate UI tests for your apps with popular testing frameworks. Distribute Apps Instantly Put apps in the hands of your beta testers and users on multiple device platforms. Send different builds to different groups of testers and notify them via in-app updates. Analyze and Learn Quickly Understand your customers' app usage with analytics about your core audience—devices, locations, session info, language, and more. Monitor Your App Health Get real-time crash reports and notifications, detailed stack traces, and easy-to-read logs to quickly diagnose and fix problems in beta or production apps. Engage with Push Notifications Integrate push notifications into your iOS, Android, and Windows apps in a few easy steps. Segment your audience and engage them with targeted messaging at the right time. You can learn more about App Center services, pricing, and how to get started in this blog post. App Center is available now for everybody, and we can't wait for you to try it! Get Started For Free

Here are a few more highlights from our announcements at Connect(); 2017: .NET Embedding This initial preview enables developers to integrate .NET libraries and UI written in C# into their existing iOS, Android, and macOS apps written in Objective-C, Swift, and Java. Learn more. Xamarin.Forms 2.5 Stable Release Xamarin.Forms 2.5 delivers the latest quality and performance improvements as well as new capabilities including Native Forms, Layout Compression, and XAML standard support. Learn more. Xamarin Live Player Xamarin Live Player now includes a more streamlined workflow and the ability to simply change the current Live Run page. Learn more. Xamarin Workbooks As part of our ongoing efforts of strengthening the .NET ecosystem, we announced the open-sourcing of Xamarin Workbooks! Learn more.

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