I am a newbie in Windows Store Apps development. I have created an app which has some In-App purchase modules. I am testing this with locally created WindowsStoreProxy.xml file, However to test in app purchases, I updated this xml manually and added these modules in ListingInformation and LicenseInformation tags. If I don't do this my app throws KeyNotFoundException which is usual. Now my issue is, after submitting the app to the app store how will testers test these in-app purchases? Its very serious, because It may cause to App Rejection. Please suggest.
On the Store dashboard, you'll fill out the in-app purchase details before you submit. All that info will then be in the Store database when the testers get your app.
To be specific, when uploading your app you'll take whatever information you've been using from WindowsStoreProxy.xml and paste it into the app description page. If you want to see what this looks like, go ahead and create an app package now, and then upload to the dashboard. This will then allow you do go to the description page where you can see what will be required. Just make sure to upload a new package before you complete the submission.
Also be sure to change CurrentAppSimulator to CurrentApp (you'll fail cert quickly if you forget).
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I have to write a small reservation web app to be used inside the company where I work. I decided to try out Google Apps Script (GAS). In short, the user must be able to select any equipment in a list and submit it along with a date he's planning to use it and his identification (this small system must implement the complete CRUD).
The environment:
Google Spreadsheet as a database
Interface made with GAS published as a Web App
The app will be accessible just to members of the company's domain, but I'm developing it in my personal account for now.
In the development environment, everything works fine. Then I deploy it as web app the project (Execute app as: Me; Who has access to the app: anyone). When anyone acess the link, I can't retrieve the user information (Session.getActiveUser().getEmail()). It always retrive the developer information (my information). If I switch the "Execute app as" to "User accessing the app", then the app can't access the spreadsheet that is making the role of the database. In the development environment this works fine.
The rest of the web app is working fine. I just wanted to get and record the identity (email) of who made de reservation in an automatic way (not by asking the user to type this information).
Do I have to setup something else before people can access it?
Thanks in advance.
[EDIT 1]: The situation changed a little bit. I made a few more tests and it seems that the deployed web app get updated just when I save it as a new version in the project. Anyway, I still can't retrieve the active user email. The Session.getActiveUser().getEmail() now returns a blank string.
[EDIT 2]: Following Sujay Phadke's answer bellow, I tried migrating the web app to the company's environment. It worked like a charm.
Juliano
It's well documented here: getActiveUser
When the webapp permissions are set as "execute as me", it seems that the returned userid string will be empty. It also depends on your specific domain permissions as mentioned there.
Is it possible to submit a new app or update an existing app to Windows Phone store with any automate process instead of uploading it manually?
Please suggest the solutions for the same.
I found few automated tools for ios application submission like fastlane
Not possible at the moment and no indication about such feature coming.
There may be such functionality soon.
From https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/03/31/announcing-new-dev-center-capabilities-to-increase-app-revenue-and-streamline-management/:
The new Windows Store submission API will be made available in
preview, beginning today and rolling out in waves. This new API offers
a subset of functionality provided by Dev Center as a REST API and
supports these actions for published apps: submitting updates,
modifying metadata, and adding/removing in-app products. You can
request access to the preview through the “Feedback” tab in Dev Center
by selecting “Submission API” in the “Suggestions” tab. Access will be
granted in waves, beginning with a small group of developers. Build
session: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/B839
When building a tvOS app using TVML, the logic, written in Javascript is downloaded from your server, hosting the files. Does that mean that you could change the Javascript, modifying your app, without having to submit an update to Apple for review?
The tutorial I have been following is
Beginning tvOS Development with TVML Tutorial.
Following the steps in the tutorial, I have successfully started a server locally that is hosting the Javascript files. I can then change part of the Javascript files and then see the change reflected in the app (after I relaunch it). This seems like evidence to me that you could make changes to the app without submitting an update to Apple for review.
Any externally hosted files can be updated. I have personally tested this by adding content and descriptions to my tvml files.
Apple TV will obey any cache headers on the JS script that's served. Additionally, it will only completely reload the app (and the JS with it) if the app has been terminated by TVOS or the user.
Once these criteria are met, it's technically possible to deliver 'OTA' updates to your app without going through App Review again. This is fine with the App Review Guidelines for Apple TV, as long as you're not making 'significant changes' without going through review.
Is there an API that allows to me to programmatically pull the latest update from the store and refresh the current version that the user is using? If not, is it possible for the current app to programmatically know that there is a new version available?
Any samples/examples would be highly appreciated.
You can't programmatically install any Store software. But you can programmatically open the Store to let it do the user manually.
That said, there's no official Store API which you could ask about app versions (you might be able to parse the Store's HTML pages, but I recommend against this approach).
What you can do: Put a small XML file on your website which contains the latest app version number. Your app then can read this file and compare this desired version against the running app's version. If the app is outdated, the app can show a message box to the user.
I ended up using WNS and Azure Notification Hub to send a push notification to the app when it is launched. The notification is in the form of a toast message that essentially states that a new release is available. But if you updated/downloaded the app after xx/xx/xxxx, no updates are necessary.
I know it is a little cludgy but at least the users now know that the version of the app that they are using may be dated. I control the notification through Azure Mobile Service (which is free for up to 10 apps) and can fully modify the actual script.
i know that the index.html page (the PhoneGap startup page) needs to reside on the device. but if we want to create an app who uses third party user authentication before proceeding to core application, so then what we have to do?
Thanks in advance
On android you can change the starting page in the main activity or you can make a redirect in index.html
Well, you don't say if you are platform specific..
And there are lots of third party auth options..
But I can offer two solutions (admittedly my own code etc),
both of them use PhoneGap for Android and PhoneGap Plugins. The key piece of code for me has been the onLocationChange callback feature of the ChildBrowser plugin. Your app can take the user to other sites for auth or whatever, but still get control back.
Tutorial on Using Twitter REST API (OAuth 1, ChildBrowser, jsOAuth plugin)
Free Android App + Source on github : AppLaud App (OpenID, ChildBrowser, custom server)
For authentication, you can have a form in your index.html (maybe under login div) to do a post to an actual webserver.
Then, fetch the data returned from the webserver to let your user access the functionality of your native phonegap application.
You can have the functionality disabled until you receive the successful login from the webserver. If you post via ajax, the webview won't even blink, but you will still get the successful login response from webserver and simply enable functionality on your app after this.
Let me know if this is confusing and I'll try to explain more clearly and
I hope this helps.