On 30 April 2017 at 07:57, Robert Iakobashvili <corobe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Has anybody tried to make and publish a Qt-based Windows "Desktop App" > at the Microsoft App Store? > I'm currently trying to do just that.
I've managed to build and package an app that I can sign and install locally, It also passes the app certification test. > Any experience you have to share? > Not a huge amount yet, you need to request permission before you can publish desktop bridge apps, I'm currently waiting for this to be done so I can release. This is just a little hobby project using Qt 5.8, nothing large. I used the manual conversion process outlined in the documentation. The only thing to remember is to include the VC runtime dependencies in your manifest: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/07/07/using-visual-c-runtime-in-centennial-project/ A slightly simplified version of my build script is below. It also calls another script that sets the environment up (adds qmake to path, qt vars, calls VS setvars.bat and adds the git bash tools to the path as I use sed to writing the correct version into the manifest). The build process is basically.... 1. Checkout project from git 2. qmake then build the project for release 3. create an install folder, cd to it. This is the folder that will appear in 'program files'. 4. copy all the needed bits of Qt and the just built app exe to the install folder 5. Copy any other files needed to the install folder, this includes the icons as png. 6. copy the 44x44 png icon with the correct extension so it's 'unplated'. 7. create the ApplicationManifest.xml file in the install folder. 8. run the resource generation tool for the unplated icons. (This is so the taskbar icon looks okay). 9. package the install folder into an .appx file 10. Sign the package with a local cert so it can be installed to test. Cheers, Ian <---- @Echo off REM ------------- Settings SET VERSION=1.0.0.0 SET COPY_TO_FOLDER=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop SET GIT_ROOT="ssh://some...@some.example.com/project.git" SET GIT_BRANCH=master SET BUILD_DIR=%TEMP%\_win_store_build REM ------------- Settings end SET SCRIPT_FOLDER=%~dp0 IF EXIST %BUILD_DIR% ( echo Build dir exists! goto error ) MKDIR %BUILD_DIR% pushd %BUILD_DIR% SET BUILD_DIR=%CD% set BUILD_SRC_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%\project set BUILD_TARGET_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%\project_build_x64 set INSTALL_TARGET_DIR=%BUILD_DIR%\project_install_x64 REM Set the env variables echo Setting build environment... call ***SCRIPT_THAT_ADDS_COMPILER_PLUS_GIT_BASH_TOOLS_TO_PATH*** echo Cloning... git clone %GIT_ROOT% cd %BUILD_SRC_DIR% git checkout %GIT_BRANCH% echo Creating build directory... mkdir %BUILD_TARGET_DIR% cd %BUILD_TARGET_DIR% echo Running qmake... qmake -config release %BUILD_SRC_DIR%\project.pro echo Building... nmake /nologo echo Creating install folder... cd %BUILD_DIR% mkdir %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% echo Setting up install contents... copy %BUILD_TARGET_DIR%\project\release\project.exe %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% copy %QT_DIR%\bin\Qt5Core.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% copy %QT_DIR%\bin\Qt5Network.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% copy %QT_DIR%\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% copy %QT_DIR%\bin\Qt5Gui.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% copy %QT_DIR%\bin\Qt5Script.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% copy %QT_DIR%\bin\libGLESv2.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% mkdir %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\platforms mkdir %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\imageformats copy %QT_DIR%\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\platforms copy %QT_DIR%\plugins\imageformats\qico.dll %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\imageformats copy %BUILD_SRC_DIR%\resources\Qt_licence.txt %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\ copy %SCRIPT_FOLDER%\project_icon_*.png %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\ copy %SCRIPT_FOLDER%\project_icon_44x44.png %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\project_icon_44x44.targetsize-44_altform-unplated.png :clean cd %BUILD_TARGET_DIR% echo Cleaning.... nmake /nologo clean > :nul 2>&1 cd %BUILD_DIR% echo Create manifest... sed "s:__VERSION__:%VERSION%:" %SCRIPT_FOLDER%\win_store_manifest.xml > %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\AppxManifest.xml echo Resources.... pushd %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% makepri createconfig /cf priconfig.xml /dq en-gb makepri new /pr %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% /cf %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR%\priconfig.xml popd Echo Building app package... MakeAppx.exe pack /d %INSTALL_TARGET_DIR% /p project.appx signtool sign -f %SCRIPT_FOLDER%\project.pfx -fd SHA256 -v %BUILD_DIR%\project.appx cp %BUILD_DIR%\project.appx %COPY_TO_FOLDER%\ goto :end :error pause exit /b 1 :end popd pause rmdir /S /Q %BUILD_DIR% <---- _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
