Generate UWP.appxupload from VS15 / W10 command line

Question

We had a build problem while creating our UWP application, and I would like some ideas or you would have solutions to our headaches!

Background:

We want the CI server to generate the .appxupload file for sending to the repository. We have already done this with this command:

msbuild.exe App.sln /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Release /m 

HOWEVER , this no longer creates the appxupload file. But it successfully generates applications.

Our setup :

• VisualStudio 2015 Update 2
• appxupload is what we want
• AppxBundle installs as Always
• AppxPackageIsForStore is set to True
• The application is a minimal application. All I did was: New solution -> Empty -> Create storage package from VS

What works :

• Generating appxbundle files using the command line
• Creating appxupload files using Visual Studio (right-click project → Save)

But ... have you tried ...?

Perhaps we searched and tried to mention many of them. Some of the materials we have read and tried include:

• the appxupload package is not created. Only a test package is created.
• How to create a Windows 8.1 Store app (appxupload) in PowerShell?
• https://www.suchan.cz/2015/09/building-windows-store-appxupload-packages-using-powershell/
• How to generate a .appxupload file?
• How to create an appxupload package for Windows 10 (ready to be sent to the repository) on the command line
• Creating an application package from the command line using msbuild

These are the different commands that we tried to create the appxupload file. They all work and generate three appx files and one appxbundle. But none of them generates the required appxupload :(

 msbuild App.sln /p:Configuration=Release;AppxBundle=Always;OutDir=C:/TEMP;BuildAppxUploadPackageForUap=true msbuild App.sln /p:Configuration=Release;AppxBundle=Always /p:BuildAppxUploadPackageForUap=true msbuild App.sln /p:Configuration=Release;AppxBundle=Always /p:BuildAppxUploadPackageForUap=True /p:AppxPackageIsForStore=True MSBuild App.sln /p:Configuration=Release;AppxBundle=Always;AppxBundlePlatforms="x86|x64|ARM" msbuild App.sln /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /v:q /nologo msbuild App.sln /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /p:AppxPackageIsForStore=true /v:q /nologo msbuild App.sln /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /p:BuildAppxUploadPackageForUap=true /v:q /nologo msbuild App.sln /t:Build /p:Configuration=Release /p:AppxPackageIsForStore=true /p:BuildAppxUploadPackageForUap=true /v:q /nologo 

I really hope that someone finds this interesting problem and comes with everything that will lead us to a solution!

THANKS in advance :)

Answer 1

Could you try "UapAppxPackageBuildMode = StoreUpload".

I could create a .appxupload file with this option.

MSBuild App.sln / p: Configuration = Release; UapAppxPackageBuildMode = StoreUpload

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsdevsol/2016/01/08/windows-store-app-projects-stopped-generating-the-appxupload-file-after-installing-vs-2015-update-1/