Resolved ETA for UWP Cloud Build Support?

Hi there!

As per the title, is there an ETA for UWP cloud build support please?

I'm a month or so away from releasing a UWP game and am keen to go down the cloud build route.

Android & iOS versions will follow a month or so after, so it would be nice to be up-to speed by then.

 

Is anyone from Unity able to shed some light on this please?

 

I am interested in UWP build support as well, I found threads that are almost 2 years old asking for this.

Some guys from Unity answered that it is on the roadmap and they are working on it, is there finally an ETA for this?

 

Hi there!

Are there any updates on UWP cloud build please? I would be more than happy to join a testing programme, if it would help.

 

Hi Unity Team!

I appreciate we're in pretty unprecedented times right now, but the silence is a tad frustrating.

I've seen a number of people asking for this over the last few years, so demand appears to be there. Any update would be greatly appreciated. Even if UWP support has been put on hold or cancelled (whilst frustrating) it would still be good to know, so we can plan accordingly.

 

UWP support requires Windows builders and UCB only runs on OSX builders currently. We've been working on adding Windows builder support to UCB for about three years now since it required a near-complete rewrite of all UCB code - we're getting very close to being able to deploy Windows builders to production but we've spent about the last 5 months discovering new cross-platform issues every time we get close to releasing.

Once we release Windows Builders and keep them stable for a length of time we can consider adding UWP support - it's currently not something we have the ability to prioritize since we do not have the infrastructure required.

 

Thanks for the update Victor, it's much appreciated. At-least we have some idea of where UWP support is now.

Windows\UWP is my lead platform, which means daily builds. So if you ever have a need for testers, just DM me and I'd be glad to help out.

 

Any more updates on this? I too would like to build for UWP

 

Hello @victorw,
Do you have any update on supporting UWP in UCB?
Thanks in advance

 

Hi @Justin-Unity,

I'm guessing (hoping) the Windows builders went live today?

I was hoping to see a new UWP (IL2CPP) target platform appear in the dropdown, but it's not available.

Is that expected (i.e. it's not production ready yet)?

 

Hi @Justin-Unity

Sorry to be that person again

Now that the Windows build servers are live and (appear) stable, any updates on UWP support in UCB please?

 

Hi @victorw @Justin-Unity @rajivrao

Any news on UWP support in UCB please?

It's literally been 'in progress' for years and the Windows builders have been live and stable for over 4 months now. Surely it must be close or at the very least in beta?

 

Hi, just to chime in here. It's a pretty fundamental reason for using Unity Cloud builds for us as Universal Windows is one of our key platforms. It will also be a deal breaker for long-term usage of Unity Cloud builds going forwards so I would also like to champion getting it prioritised on the roadmap if possible. Thanks.

 

Thanks for the reply @rajivrao it is appreciated.

Please could you express the frustration of us developers to the higher-ups? This feature was teased a number of years ago and continues to be teased, without even a hint of a roadmap or timescale.

I understand if it were some obscure feature, but it's Windows UWP and Unity are now running Windows Builders. Developers have been asking for UWP support for a long time and progress appears to have stalled. No news, no alpha, no beta, nothing.

In the meantime we see Unity throwing money at acquisition after acquisition, at the expense of what most would call fundamentals.

I've been happy with UCB until now, holding off and hoping UWP would be forthcoming. But I'm getting the distinct impression UWP support will not be available for some time to come, if ever. Which leaves me little choice but to start investigating an alternative. I hope I'm wrong, but the lack of any solid news after such a long time is frustrating and off-putting.

Thanks again for replying.

 

Would be really helpful to have some kind of estimation, we need to decide if we need to implement our build server for UWP or wait until is supported by unity.

 

With Microsoft receiving $22 billion for HoloLens projects from the military:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorin...lion-army-hololens-2-ar-deal/?sh=5baf8d415d43

...my studio has been specializing in Unity-based HoloLens augmented-reality applications.

We are desperately anticipating Unity Cloud Build support for UWP (i.e. HoloLens) applications!

 

Hi @rajivrao - just wondering if you have an answer yet as you mentioned that you've been working on the roadmaps? Thanks.

 

@rajivrao: In case it's useful...

Using TeamCity Cloud (on Windows build agents), we've been able to use the Unity.exe command line option to install the UWP module on-the-fly in order to successfully build Universal Windows Platforms apps for HoloLens (.appx output). It's 100% possible. We're making dozens of builds per day in this way.

We would LOVE to have this supported "natively" by Unity Cloud Build, rather than rolling our own solution and maintaining it ourselves.

 

Thank you for the update.
Do you think it will support HL2 ?

 

Hi @rajivrao

Are you able to offer any updates on this please?

UWP (IL2CPP) build support isn't listed on the UCB road map (not even 'under consideration')...

https://unity.com/roadmap/devops

I'm hoping that's just an oversight and the Q2\Q3 target is still on-track?

 

Ok, thanks for the update @wrossmck-unity

If you decide to run a limited\closed test, happy to help out.

 

Hi @wrossmck-unity

It's been a few months and I'm wondering if you feel Q4 is still a realistic target?

I see UWP on the roadmap now (thanks for updating) but it's categorised as Planned rather than In Progress

 

join the question. Is there any new status?

 

Are there any updates on this? Is Q4 still realistic?

 

I'm not holding out much hope unfortunately. The silence on UWP questions\features (cloud build or otherwise) indicates it's likely a very low priority to Unity. I wouldn't be surprised if most development on it has stalled, bug fixes aside.

I really hope that's not true (as it might mean dropping one of my supported platforms) but the signs aren't promising.

 

FYI

Unity have finally announced support for UWP Cloud Build

https://forum.unity.com/threads/universal-windows-platform-support-beta.1425414/

 

I spoke too soon...

https://forum.unity.com/threads/universal-windows-platform-support-beta.1425414/#post-8974270

In the last 24 hours Unity have announced that...

1) UWP builds are finally available after many years of asking\waiting.

But...

2) UWP builds will only be available to DevOps users.
3) Teams Advanced users are being forced onto DevOps within the month.

What a terrible way to treat loyal customers.