Publishing an .msix for store distribution

[blmiles]

Hello,

I'm trying to generate a .msix package for my Maui app. for MS Store distribution.

The obfuscation I use works when building in Release mode (works on test devices etc) but creating a deployable .msix package causes build errors, versioning issues etc. No issues packaging .apk files for Android. That works well.

Question - once a Release build is done, is there a way to package those same Release results into a .msix without incurring a rebuild of the application?

Thanks

[MartyIX]

What obfuscation software do you use? It sounds hard to answer without that piece of information.

[blmiles]

Babel Enterprise.
I can obfuscate and package Android .apk no problems. I don't obfuscate iOS app.
Publishing in release to local device with WinUI works too.
Building the .msix hits plugin versioning errors that don't show up when publishing the other two platform app.
Apart from that and working on said plugin version issues ...

Babel. I was told it's apparently a licensing issue after contacting them.

Babel won't build / obfuscate for the .msix package - Why? they want another 1200euro for the "ultimate" package to do so.
Yes, I want to work around that BS because a. that is not made clear when purchasing the Enterprise version (350euro). b. I CAN obfuscate and publish the Android assembly (and iOS if needed), so why not .msix? c. I'm being held over a barrel or I cannot release my WinUI app.
First WinUI release so I was not aware of this before since only had iOS and Android app until now ... yes yes, sour grapes I guess but I doubt I'd be alone in this issue. Rant over. WinUI will have to wait.