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An UWP installer for appx/appxbundle packages

License: MIT License

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uwp-package-installer's Introduction

UWP-Package-Installer

Archived! - Please fork and continue development elsewhere

An UWP installer for appx/appxbundle packages

You can download the installer here: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer/releases

Need help or have questions? Contact me at [email protected]

The App installs the packages with or without their dependencies and displays errors in case something goes wrong.

Devices on Windows 10 Creators Update and Later get their install progress in the action center. Devices on older versions of Windows 10 have their install progress inside the installer's app UI and a few notifications in the app.

This is fully capable of replacing the buillt in app installer on Windows 10 and Windows Device Portal (for sideloading apps onto your device).

Feel free to use this code for your own projects too. WARNING: The methods used in the Package Manager class in this app do require you to manually add the following restricted capablities into your package.appxmanifest file: "packageManagement". You can learn more about restricted capablities in UWP apps here (You might need to scroll down a bit): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/packaging/app-capability-declarations

Enjoy😁!

How to install an uncertified UWP App

Roadmap:

Install Certificates before packages
Try installing the package without dependencies when app fails to install the first time

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uwp-package-installer's Issues

HELP!!! :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((

Add support for more package formats

Encrypted Appx/AppxBundle
MSIX/MSIX Bundle

And Anything else🤷‍♀️

Carried on from #18

certificates expired, please update

Cannot install. Certificat ran out

As in title.

Fluent design changes aren't in the solution

@ahmed605 while I appreciate the changes you've made, you've put them outside the project folder. Because of this. There were reference issues.

Sorry, I never mentioned this earlier, I only just noticed this now.

Need to add ability to install certificates

App should try again to install package after failing with dependencies

Get metadata from package (Specifically logo and app name. The built in App Installer does this already)

Get metadata from the package file so the app logo and app name can be displayed in the installer's UI and the notifications too later on. This can be done since the built in Windows 10 App Installer is able to do this. I couldn't find a way to do it but maybe you can help?

Not an issue, but a question about AddPackageAsync

I'm running into an odd issue with AddPackageAsync. Sometimes it hangs. When it does hang, the package is installed anyway. This happens rather frequently. I'm really at a loss as to what the issue might be.

I was inspired by some of your code. You can find my repo here: https://github.com/Noemata/AppxInstaller

The hang occurs in AppxBundle.cs on line 247. I think the problem is on my end, but I'm starting to wonder since the code works as often as it does not.

                // MP! fixme: why do we hang on the await on occasion?
                Debug.WriteLine("Installing package ...");
                DeploymentResult result = await pkgManager.AddPackageAsync(uriToAppx, urisToDependencies, DeploymentOptions.ForceTargetApplicationShutdown).AsTask(progressCallback).WaitOrCancel(stop);
                Debug.WriteLine("Package installed ...");

On newer versions of Windows 10 (Creators Update and above), get the progress bar to work in the app and in the Action Center (more details available)

(Applies mainly to mobile) When the user switches to another app, the progress status should keep updating in the notifications like it does currently. This might be possible with by using extended execution and adding the "extendedExecutionUnconstrained" restricted capability to the package.appxmanifest.

LTSC

I installed this on LTSC through PowerShell but installed apps don't run, gives an error.
There’s a problem with "App Name". Contact your system administrator about repairing or reinstalling it.