Appcenter: Changing platform of existing project (e.g. ObjC/Swift -> Xamarin.iOS)

[arek-avanade]

Describe the solution you'd like
I have 2 apps in AppCenter which were originally created as native iOS and Android apps (Swift and Kotlin, respectively). Later we decided to switch to Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS. Unfortunately it's not possible now to change the platform in AppCenter once the app is created.

Describe alternatives you've considered
As an alternative, I would need to create new apps in AppCenter, but this means I need to invite members again and I would not be able to have release history in one place.

[jBijsterboschNL]

@blparr Are there already plans for implementing this? As inside the App Settings page on App Center it states "Editing OS and Platform will be supported soon.". And this feature request will help me out as well! :)

[blparr]

Hi @jBijsterboschNL and @arek-avanade ! Thanks for your feature request. This is not in our near-term plans, unfortunately. It is however, a great suggestion, so we will work to see when it can get added to our backlog.

Thanks a lot,
Blanca

[rjschnorenberg]

This is a useful feature for people who have been using UWP as their platform in order to track their WPF/WinForms applications and need to change it to the correct platform now that WPF/WinForms are supported.

[kpatwa]

This is going to be really helpful. I have the same scenario like @arek-avanade mentioned.

[alexeSGN]

Migrated HockeyApp Apps seem to default to the OS native platform types, which hides managed errors reported by the App Center Unity SDK on the app Diagnostic page. Platform switching should be enabled for all projects, or facilitated (and explained) during migration.

[lauri-rovio]

Would like to be able to change platform for existing projects as we have many apps with wrong platform type after migration from HockeyApp.

[dipree]

@lauri-rovio please reach out to us, we can fix it for you.

[jacksonkr]

We started a React Native project that we then wanted to move to web so we ported it over to ReactJS yet AppCenter still thinks the app is a React Native app.

It looks like talented developers setup this portal so I have a hard time understanding why switching the app type isn't simpler - which is suspect to say the least.

[matheus-inacio]

I've migrated my app from HockeyApp and for some reason it is set as WPF instead of UWP. Now i can't upload the .appxsym necessary to get a proper error/crash report.

Since it doesn't seems like this feature (changing platform) will be implemented any time soon, can we at least have a documentation page on github with instruction on how/who to contact (with an email or something) in order to get this problem solve.

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