Sideloading is when you will manually install the app from the install files (not via the Microsoft store)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft docs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/uwp\/publish\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Log into the store: https:\/\/partner.microsoft.com\/dashboard<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Create the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Select ‘Release’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n Menu > Build > Run code analysis on solution <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do any checks you have on the project, set version number defines, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Open Package.appxmanifest file and check the options for your package. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Menu > Build > Clean [MyAppName] <\/p>\n\n\n\n Menu > Build > Rebuild [MyAppName] <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Solution Explorer right-click the project > Publish > Create App Packages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Select distribution method > Sideloading<\/p>\n\n\n Certificate<\/p>\n If you’ve not created one before here’s how you can create a simple self-issued one (there has to be a certificate to be able to install the app):<\/p>\n Create Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n Set you version number<\/p>\n\n\n\n Select x64 (for 64bit Windows PCs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create<\/p>\n\n\n\n The app will then be built + packaged<\/p>\n\n\n\n Assuming you didn’t have an officially issued trusted certificate when you built your app, you will get a “certificate not trusted error” when you first try to install the app on a PC. Windows insists on a trusted certificate for UWP apps.<\/p>\n To add your self-created app certificate to the PC:<\/p>\n Right click .appxbundle file > Properties > Digital Signatures Now you will be able to install the App \u2013 Double click the .appxbundle file to install.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sideloading is when you will manually install the app from the install files (not via the Microsoft store) Releasing Microsoft docs: https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/uwp\/publish\/ Log into the store: https:\/\/partner.microsoft.com\/dashboard Create the app. In Visual Studio Select ‘Release’ Menu > Build > Run code analysis on solution Do any checks you have on the project, set version number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deploying-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/csharp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}In Visual Studio <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Publisher common name: [a unique name for this app, e.g. “YOUR_COMPANY_NAME-MyProjectName” ]
Enter password: [you can leave password blank]<\/p>\n\n\nInstalling on a Windows PC<\/h4>\n\n\n
Select the signature in the list > Details > View Certificate > Install Certificate
Store location: Local machine
Certificate store: Place all certificates in the following store > Browse “Trusted Root Certification Authorities”
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Finish<\/p>\n