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HELP: Ported Windows UWP app is missing default scale visual assets from .appxupload package
Christopher Kennedy
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To Whom It May Conern:
I ported a Windows 8.1 UWP Metro app to Windows 10 UAP. Using Visual Studio 2019 (16.8.2) for the entire process, the app runs great. However, when I submit my generated .appxupload package to the Store for validation, I receive cert reports that I am missing visual assets; specfically, those that are specified in the .csproj file as being default; i.e. x-scale-200.appx is never generated and thus never bundled.
I've tried changing the <UapDefaultAssetScale> tag to every other valid value, and every time I submit the default value assets are missing! Removing the aforementioned tag results in the scale-200 assets missing, by default.
I've tried building my .appxupload file by hand using MakeAppx.exe to no avail.
I'm flabbergasted and implore you for any and all assistance.
Thank you for your time.
- southsidesmoka
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![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(211.20000000000002, 92%, 30%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ERL%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Roy Li - MSFT 33,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2020-11-30T06:21:08.973+00:00 Could you please tell me if you had generated all the Visual Assets? If you haven't, you could try to generate all the visual assets in Visual Studio 2019. Open the manifest file in Visual Studio, then choose the Visual Assets tab. Choose one picture that you want to use and generate other images.
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Christopher Kennedy 1 Reputation point
2020-11-30T12:53:02.457+00:00 Yes, I generated all Visual Assets of all scales from a .png file using VS2019. All my Visual Assets exist on disk, but the default scale Assets are never packaged for distribution. I even attempted a build and package operation from the command line using MSBuild with the exact same results.
- southsidesmoka
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Roy Li - MSFT 33,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2020-12-01T02:59:06.61+00:00 Could you please check the build Action of these images in your project? Has it been set to
Content?
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Christopher Kennedy 1 Reputation point
2020-12-01T14:02:33.163+00:00 Yes, indeed...the Build Action for all of my Visual Assets is set to
Content. I know it's got to be a project setting buried somewhere leftover from antiquity...just not sure where to aim the ol' flashlight to look for the problem. I do appreciate your admonition, thus far.- southsidesmoka
- southsidesmoka
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Roy Li - MSFT 33,166 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2020-12-02T09:33:57.027+00:00 Have you tried to use msixpackage tool to package your app?
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