Hockey App Integration

published by: Cory Fowler

How To: Integrate Hockey App with the Xamarin App for deployment and logging

Integrate Hockey App with the Xamarin App to iOS

  1. Open the Hockeyapp site, if you have not already created a Hockey App developer account, please sign up.

  2. Log in to Hockey App using the developer user that you registered above, and go to the Hockey App dashboard.

  3. Click the New App button.

  4. Click the create the App manually instead link.

  5. Enter your app information and click the Save button.

  6. Copy the App Id, you will use it later.

  7. Use Visual Studio 2015 to open the ContosoInsurance-Mobile.sln Visual Studio Solution.

  8. Build the iOS project, and upload your iOS .ipa file to the iOS Hockey App that you created above.

    Note: Be sure that tester’s iOS UDID has been included in your Apple provision file before build.

  9. Enter the release notes for the build, then click Next Step

  10. Configure the Status according to the screen shot below, then click Next Step.

![](/ContosoInsurance/img/deployment/HockeyApp-AddNewAppStep2.png)
  1. Configure Notify according to the screen shot below, then click Send.

  1. The confirmation screen will look like this after you have uploaded the file and configured the App successfully.
![](/ContosoInsurance/img/deployment/HockeyApp-AddNewAppFileSuccessfully.png)
  1. Click the Invite User button to invite a test user to test the App.
![](/ContosoInsurance/img/deployment/HockeyApp-InviteUser.png)
  1. Enter the tester’s email address and click Save.
![](/ContosoInsurance/img/deployment/HockeyApp-InviteUserTest.png)

Integrate Hockey App with the Xamarin App to Android

  1. Log in to Hockey App using the developer user that you registered above, and go to the Hockey App dashboard.

  2. Click the New App button.

  3. Click the create the App manually instead link.

  4. Enter your app information and click the Save button.

  5. Copy the App Id, you will use it later.

  6. Use Visual Studio 2015 to open the ContosoInsurance-Mobile.sln Visual Studio Solution.

  7. Build the Android project, and upload the Android .apk file to the Android Hockey App that you created above.

  8. Enter the release notes for the build, then click Next Step

  9. Configure the Status according to the screen shot below, then click Next Step.

  10. Configure Notify according to the screen shot below, then click Send.

  1. The confirmation screen will look like this after you have uploaded the file and configured the App successfully.

  2. Click the Invite User button to invite a test user to test the App.

  3. Enter the tester’s email address and click Save.

![](/ContosoInsurance/img/deployment/HockeyApp-InviteUserTest.png)

Download the iOS Hockey App to an iOS device and test it

  1. Open the Hockey App dashboard, and log into Hockey App using the tester user you sent the email to.

  2. Open the ContosoInsurance.iOS Hockey App, and Click Download.

  3. Install the app with iTunes.

    Note: Be sure that your device UDID has been included in your Apple provision file.

  4. Open the Settings page and enter the iOS App Id that you copied above.

  5. Touch the Save button, and restart the app.

    Note: You must restart the App to enable the new Hockey App Id after saving the configuration value.

  6. Test.

Download the Android Hockey App to an Android device and test it

  1. Open the Hockey App dashboard, and log into Hockey App using the tester user you sent the email to.

  2. Open the ContosoInsurance.Droid Hockey App, and Click Download.

  3. Copy the .apk file to your Android device and install it.

  4. Open the Settings page and enter the Android App Id that you copied above.

  5. Touch the Save button, and restart the app.

    Note: You must restart the App to enable the new Hockey App Id after saving the configuration value.

  6. Test.

Explore Hockey App Crashes/Events

  1. Open the Hockey App dashboard, and log into Hockey App using the developer user that you created above.

  2. Open the Hockey App you wish to explore and the click Crashes/Events tab to see the logs.

  3. You can explore HockeyApp data in Application Insights! To do this follow the steps in this link to configure the Hockey App Bridge to Application Insights.