Iteration Plan for March 2019

[patniko]

March 2019 Plan

This month keeps the same themes around HockeyApp shutdown readiness, general improvements and new developer backend services from our last iteration plan. We'll continue to share technical designs and UI mockups for our new Identity and Storage backend services while working on the public preview over the coming months.

For HockeyApp users interested in adopting App Center, we'll be adding in general improvements across distribution and diagnostics services while continuing work on the new migration experience. If you're using HockeyApp and feel there is a feature critical to you missing from App Center don't hesitate to create an issue so we can triage your needs right away.

A key addition to this plan are a few user submissions of your own. We recognize the interest @SandroMachado's request #22 has received and will be working on and sharing a feature spec this month for review. A few small requests were added to the plan as well to address minor papercuts such as being able to download mobile releases in our install portal from your desktop web browser.

Below is a detailed summary of the top level plan items covering the March, 2019 time period.

Services

General

• Add support to indicate the environment or release type of an app [Add support to indicate the environment or release type of an app #120]

Billing

• Make it easier to understand personal and organization level billing [Make it easier to discover Organization billing setup #7]

Build

• Specification for cloning branch configuration [Specification for Cloning Branch Configuration #106] (@SandroMachado [Feature] Clone branch configurations #22)
• Support for building apps with Xcode 10.2 on macOS Mojave. All builds using Xcode 9.4.1 or above will begin building on macOS Mojave

Diagnostics

• Integration with Playfab Game Manager console [Integrate diagnostics issues with Playfab Game Manager portal #2]
• Filter crash and error groups by build number [Filter diagnostics data by build number #133]

Distribution

• Download releases from install portal on unsupported platform [Make distribution of APK files platform agnostic for 'testers' #82] (@UnreachableCode)
• Disable in-app update when in guided access mode [Disable in-app update when in guided access mode #46] (@florianbuerger)
• Release to individual testers and multiple distribution groups [Release to individual testers and multiple distribution groups #10]
• Disable releases [Disable releases #121]
• Silent notifications when releasing [Silence notifications when releasing #122]
• CodePush support for Electron apps

Identity

• Create a new or configure an existing AD B2C directory in App Center [Create a new or configure an existing AD B2C directory in App Center #113]
• Sign-in and out experience to authenticate users of your app [Sign-in and out experience to authenticate users of your app #114]

Push

• Remove billing plan options [Remove push billing plan options to clarify positioning #9]
• Push by user id mockups [Send notification to User instead of device #15]

Storage

• Iterate on design and and share preview release mockups [Lock in Initial MVP Requirements for the Data Sync Service #14]

Test

• NUnit 3 support [NUnit 3 support #123]

[ericloeliger]

@patniko Is there a plan in the roadmap to integrate App Center directly into Azure DevOps? Or will they remain as separate tools? Even if this is many months out, just curious if it is planned.

[patniko]

No direct plans @ericloeliger. HockeyApp shutdown and service enhancements are our top priority, but you'll continue to see DevOps and App Center align from a style perspective as our design team is shared across both services.

[lfkwtz]

any ETA for xcode 10.2?

[lumaxis]

@lfkwtz We're already working on it, so it shouldn't be too long anymore 🙏🏼