Buildalon unity-uwp-builder

A GitHub Action to build Unity exported UWP projects.

Note

The main goal of this action to to take what is provided from Unity and package it to be directly uploaded to the Microsoft Store.

How to use

workflow

steps:
  # required for unity-uwp-builder action
  - uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2

  - uses: buildalon/unity-uwp-builder@v1
    id: uwp-build
    with:
      project-path: '/path/to/your/build/output/directory'
      architecture: 'ARM64'
      package-type: 'upload'

  - name: print outputs
    shell: bash
    run: |
      echo "Executable: ${{ steps.uwp-build.outputs.executable }}"
      echo "Output Directory: ${{ steps.uwp-build.outputs.output-directory }}"
      ls -R "${{ steps.uwp-build.outputs.output-directory }}"

inputs

namedescriptionrequired
project-pathThe directory that contains the exported visual studio project from Unity.true
configurationThe configuration to use when building the visual studio project.Defaults to Master.
architectureThe architecture to use when building the visual studio project. Can be: x86, x64, ARM, or ARM64.Defaults to ARM64.
package-typeThe type of package to generate. Can be: sideload or upload.Defaults to sideload.
certificate-pathThe path to the certificate to use when packaging the UWP project.Required when package-type is sideload. Defaults to the Unity generated test certificate.

outputs

  • executable: The path to the generated appx executable.
  • output-directory: The path to the package output directory.

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