Is it possible to publish corona apps to window store?

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#21

Have you tried sideloading the UWP file and see if it runs correctly? Have you tried submitting it to the Windows store?

Rob

#22

I successfully managed to install the UWP file on my PC, Surface Pro 2 and on my Nokia 650 (all of them are running on Windows 10).

The app was working as expected, just like the Win32 build, except for two things : the gamepad doesn’t work at all, and the only way to quit the app was to do a Ctrl+Alt-Del (I can’t tell if the exit function works, didn’t try it).

I didn’t try to submit my app though, and I won’t be able to try before a long time unfortunately. :frowning:

#23

@MarcosMartini Were you able to get UWP build to work? We are considering it as well…

#24

Any new news on this? Is there anyone who has successfully published (to the Windows store) either the default build generated by Corona or one that was converted to UWP?

#25

Adding new platforms is not an easy task even if it’s using this conversion tool. Our engineers work load is full. We want to do this, it’s just not going to happen overnight. 

Rob

#26

I was mainly wondering if anyone had found a workaround or was able to upload the default build to the Windows Store (even if its only available as a desktop app.) Thanks for the hard work Rob.

#27

Hey @evanspro, would you mind sharing how you got it working? I got the Windows 10 SDK and the DesktopAppConverter but the package is not being created, maybe I’m writing the wrong command or using the wrong folders etc. Could you share the command you use? Thanks

#28

Hey @Marcos Martini !

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to give you step by step instructions : I simply can’t remember how I did it exactly and the only way to do to that would be to do it again… And unfortunately, I won’t be able to do that for now (I’m sorry !).

BUT, I can give you all the URLs that helped me building the app. And unless things have changed, it should help you :

If I remember correctly, the 2nd link is the most important and I don’t think I had any trouble doing it : I simply followed those guides and it worked.

#29

I was looking for this topic.

Very nice and helpful for me.

:) 

#30

I am going to ask this question again about publishing Corona Apps to the Windows Store.  I have looked thru the links above and it seems that to use the Windows Desktop Bridge you need Win10 on your PC, is that correct?

I am currently running Win7 and using Corona to make Apps, so far i have a iStore App (using myMac) and a Android App using my Win7 computer.

I have set up my Windows Store account and it has been verified so everything appears to be in order. BUT how do i get my Corona build files uploaded to the Windows Store. I have my Windows Store identity details for my designated App name. But i also note that there is no where in the Windows build option in Corona to enter these details.

Maybe this is not possible, given that i am running Win7, if this is the case, it would be good if someone could confirm that.

I suggest that it would be good if someone could refresh this issue and give a good step by step guide on how to prepare for, build, and upload a Corona built App to the Windows Store, given that the user has a registered Windows Store Acc and reseveved name and identity details for the App.

Regards

Bruce

#31

@MarcosMartini Were you able to get UWP build to work? We are considering it as well…

#32

  1. Corona does not build Universal Windows Platform apps. Last time I checked this is required for the Windows App Store.

  2. Corona does build Windows Desktop apps. These cannot be uploaded to the store.

  3. Microsoft has a bridging tool that you can use to convert Windows Desktop apps to Windows Store Apps. This is a Microsoft product and I don’t believe Corona provides support for this product in any way. Last time I checked this bridge software required Windows 10.

So to answer your question directly:

  1. No, you can’t build anything in Corona that you can directly push to the Windows App store.

  2. If the Microsoft bridge software requires Windows 10 then yes you need Windows 10 on your machine to be able to attempt to use the software to convert your desktop app to a Windows Store app.

#33

To add to @agramonte’s response, we are going to look at UWP builds later in the year, hopefully in the 3rd quarter (see our roadmap), however, i highly expect we would look to use Microsoft’s bridge tool and that UWP will require Windows 10 regardless. Now I’m speculating, but this seems to be a Microsoft requirement.

Rob

#34

I was looking for this topic.

Very nice and helpful for me.

:) 

#35

I am going to ask this question again about publishing Corona Apps to the Windows Store.  I have looked thru the links above and it seems that to use the Windows Desktop Bridge you need Win10 on your PC, is that correct?

I am currently running Win7 and using Corona to make Apps, so far i have a iStore App (using myMac) and a Android App using my Win7 computer.

I have set up my Windows Store account and it has been verified so everything appears to be in order. BUT how do i get my Corona build files uploaded to the Windows Store. I have my Windows Store identity details for my designated App name. But i also note that there is no where in the Windows build option in Corona to enter these details.

Maybe this is not possible, given that i am running Win7, if this is the case, it would be good if someone could confirm that.

I suggest that it would be good if someone could refresh this issue and give a good step by step guide on how to prepare for, build, and upload a Corona built App to the Windows Store, given that the user has a registered Windows Store Acc and reseveved name and identity details for the App.

Regards

Bruce

#36

  1. Corona does not build Universal Windows Platform apps. Last time I checked this is required for the Windows App Store.

  2. Corona does build Windows Desktop apps. These cannot be uploaded to the store.

  3. Microsoft has a bridging tool that you can use to convert Windows Desktop apps to Windows Store Apps. This is a Microsoft product and I don’t believe Corona provides support for this product in any way. Last time I checked this bridge software required Windows 10.

So to answer your question directly:

  1. No, you can’t build anything in Corona that you can directly push to the Windows App store.

  2. If the Microsoft bridge software requires Windows 10 then yes you need Windows 10 on your machine to be able to attempt to use the software to convert your desktop app to a Windows Store app.

#37

To add to @agramonte’s response, we are going to look at UWP builds later in the year, hopefully in the 3rd quarter (see our roadmap), however, i highly expect we would look to use Microsoft’s bridge tool and that UWP will require Windows 10 regardless. Now I’m speculating, but this seems to be a Microsoft requirement.

Rob