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Link to Release on install.appcenter.ms #140

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@scottschmitz

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to be able to generate links that launch directly to a release on install.appcenter.ms. It appears as though currently you can only generate links to all releases.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Currently we can link to the list of all releases for an app. You can also by getting the link of the download button send a direct link to an apk. However it would be nice to be able to generate a link that launches to a release where you can view release notes

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joshfriend

joshfriend commented on Mar 4, 2019

@joshfriend

HockeyApp let you do this, and it was amazing. Each version in the dashboard had a "Public page" link which was unique to each version. It would be something like this: https://rink.hockeyapp.net/apps/<some hex app id>/app_versions/1234

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J-Swift

J-Swift commented on Mar 13, 2019

@J-Swift

This is big for me as well. I really want to have some (minimal) security around the public release link. Even better if the release url was fully randomized so that linking to a single public release does not necessarily let you access all other public releases.

botatoes

botatoes commented on Mar 21, 2019

@botatoes

Thanks for the feature request. We're planning on merging the install portal with the main App Center portal in the upcoming months. Along with that effort, we will support links to specific versions as well as public pages.

noahsark769

noahsark769 commented on Apr 17, 2019

@noahsark769

Just wanted to throw my support behind this too - having a specific page to install a specific build of our internal iOS apps would really be a great help. Ideally we'd like this available as some API (fastlane plugin would be the best but I think we could deal with some sort of other interface as well) so that we can send Slack messages to engineers who have kicked off enterprise builds of our iOS apps with a link to the download page.

The other thing that would be really great about this would be a page where we could see builds for a given app in order of upload, rather than app version. I noticed also that appcenter has a "releases" page that lists all the releases in order of upload, but there's no install button on this page :( seems like if we had a permalink to an install page, we could pretty easily put that link on the "releases" page in order to solve this issue too 👍

Happy to see that this is on the radar!

karimElJed

karimElJed commented on Jun 18, 2019

@karimElJed

That is great. I just moved from HockeyApp to AppCenter and public pages is the feature I miss the most. Any update on the rough time schedule?

RyanThomas73

RyanThomas73 commented on Jun 20, 2019

@RyanThomas73

@botatoes Are there github issue(s) for the portal merge that we can track for status updates and/or provide feedback on?

botatoes

botatoes commented on Jun 25, 2019

@botatoes

@RyanThomas73 I am working on the first round of requirements this week and will create an issue once I have the draft going. I'll post an update here to get your feedback. We will be working with designers on it soon but I'll put out some information around it beforehand.

SpaceApeGamesSy

SpaceApeGamesSy commented on Aug 12, 2019

@SpaceApeGamesSy

I'll +1 this as well, though our use case is specific to sharing builds around the development team. I seem to be able to share links to specific builds (e.g. https://appcenter.ms/orgs/<your org>/apps/<your app>/distribute/releases/<release number>) but that page doesn't include a download button on mobile 🤦‍♂ .

The desktop page does include a download button, but downloads builds rather than installing them, which is a bit of a mess workflow-wise, specifically on iOS.

RyanThomas73

RyanThomas73 commented on Aug 20, 2019

@RyanThomas73

@SpaceApeGamesSy We've had problems specific to iOS as well. One recent problem we ran into was that the 'Download' button doesn't appear on iOS devices when we're visiting the site in Safari. If we install chrome on the iOS device and open the site on the same device the download button was visible.

The latest version of the HockeyApp mobile app is now pulling in the App Center builds for us so we've switched back to using that at the moment in lieu of using the web portal

botatoes

botatoes commented on Aug 21, 2019

@botatoes

Quick update on this. We are finalizing the designs this week (there were some hiccups but we finally did it 😭). I will post links to the flow on this thread next week to get some feedback from you all.

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mickey35vn

mickey35vn commented on Oct 19, 2022

@mickey35vn

Any update?

evertoncunha

evertoncunha commented on Dec 9, 2022

@evertoncunha

still relevant

microsoft-github-policy-service

microsoft-github-policy-service commented on Apr 22, 2023

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity for 60 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 15 days of this comment.

stianjensen

stianjensen commented on Apr 22, 2023

@stianjensen

Hi!

VillSkog

VillSkog commented on Apr 26, 2023

@VillSkog

I give up on this one, Microsoft are ridiculous. Unsuscribing.

microsoft-github-policy-service

microsoft-github-policy-service commented on Jun 26, 2023

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity for 60 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 15 days of this comment.

microsoft-github-policy-service

microsoft-github-policy-service commented on Jun 26, 2023

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity for 60 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 15 days of this comment.

aknabi

aknabi commented on Jul 3, 2023

@aknabi

Rather than addressing the problem or resolution status Microsoft's out is to mark it "stale"... Microsoft doesn't really inspire confidence in their ability to manage software development.

philliptharris

philliptharris commented on Aug 3, 2023

@philliptharris

My team needs this. We need to be able to link our release to a specific build in AppCenter.

Maksym5732005

Maksym5732005 commented on Nov 8, 2023

@Maksym5732005

This would be great to have a link to the apk file. Why it is not done for so long?

ghost

ghost commented on Nov 26, 2023

@ghost

I'm having an issue where the app center only displays the latest release, upon trying to get the other ones by adding /releases/{release_id} I get the message "not found", meanwhile I know the release existed by checking one of the endpoints on the API, anyone knows what's up with this?

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        Link to Release on install.appcenter.ms · Issue #140 · microsoft/appcenter