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.NET Core Desktop #1

# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
# documentation.
# This workflow will build, test, sign and package a WPF or Windows Forms desktop application
# built on .NET Core.
# To learn how to migrate your existing application to .NET Core,
# refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop-wpf/migration/convert-project-from-net-framework
#
# To configure this workflow:
#
# 1. Configure environment variables
# GitHub sets default environment variables for every workflow run.
# Replace the variables relative to your project in the "env" section below.
#
# 2. Signing
# Generate a signing certificate in the Windows Application
# Packaging Project or add an existing signing certificate to the project.
# Next, use PowerShell to encode the .pfx file using Base64 encoding
# by running the following Powershell script to generate the output string:
#
# $pfx_cert = Get-Content '.\SigningCertificate.pfx' -Encoding Byte
# [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($pfx_cert) | Out-File 'SigningCertificate_Encoded.txt'
#
# Open the output file, SigningCertificate_Encoded.txt, and copy the
# string inside. Then, add the string to the repo as a GitHub secret
# and name it "Base64_Encoded_Pfx."
# For more information on how to configure your signing certificate for
# this workflow, refer to https://github.com/microsoft/github-actions-for-desktop-apps#signing
#
# Finally, add the signing certificate password to the repo as a secret and name it "Pfx_Key".
# See "Build the Windows Application Packaging project" below to see how the secret is used.
#
# For more information on GitHub Actions, refer to https://github.com/features/actions
# For a complete CI/CD sample to get started with GitHub Action workflows for Desktop Applications,
# refer to https://github.com/microsoft/github-actions-for-desktop-apps
name: .NET Core Desktop
on:
push:
branches: [ "main" ]
pull_request:
branches: [ "main" ]
jobs:
build:
strategy:
matrix:
configuration: [Debug, Release]
runs-on: windows-latest # For a list of available runner types, refer to
# https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on
env:
Solution_Name: your-solution-name # Replace with your solution name, i.e. MyWpfApp.sln.
Test_Project_Path: your-test-project-path # Replace with the path to your test project, i.e. MyWpfApp.Tests\MyWpfApp.Tests.csproj.
Wap_Project_Directory: your-wap-project-directory-name # Replace with the Wap project directory relative to the solution, i.e. MyWpfApp.Package.
Wap_Project_Path: your-wap-project-path # Replace with the path to your Wap project, i.e. MyWpf.App.Package\MyWpfApp.Package.wapproj.
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
fetch-depth: 0
# Install the .NET Core workload
- name: Install .NET Core
uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
with:
dotnet-version: 6.0.x
# Add MSBuild to the PATH: https://github.com/microsoft/setup-msbuild
- name: Setup MSBuild.exe
uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.0.2
# Execute all unit tests in the solution
- name: Execute unit tests
run: dotnet test
# Restore the application to populate the obj folder with RuntimeIdentifiers
- name: Restore the application
run: msbuild $env:Solution_Name /t:Restore /p:Configuration=$env:Configuration
env:
Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
# Decode the base 64 encoded pfx and save the Signing_Certificate
- name: Decode the pfx
run: |
$pfx_cert_byte = [System.Convert]::FromBase64String("${{ secrets.Base64_Encoded_Pfx }}")
$certificatePath = Join-Path -Path $env:Wap_Project_Directory -ChildPath GitHubActionsWorkflow.pfx
[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes("$certificatePath", $pfx_cert_byte)
# Create the app package by building and packaging the Windows Application Packaging project
- name: Create the app package
run: msbuild $env:Wap_Project_Path /p:Configuration=$env:Configuration /p:UapAppxPackageBuildMode=$env:Appx_Package_Build_Mode /p:AppxBundle=$env:Appx_Bundle /p:PackageCertificateKeyFile=GitHubActionsWorkflow.pfx /p:PackageCertificatePassword=${{ secrets.Pfx_Key }}
env:
Appx_Bundle: Always
Appx_Bundle_Platforms: x86|x64
Appx_Package_Build_Mode: StoreUpload
Configuration: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
# Remove the pfx
- name: Remove the pfx
run: Remove-Item -path $env:Wap_Project_Directory\GitHubActionsWorkflow.pfx
# Upload the MSIX package: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/upload-a-build-artifact
- name: Upload build artifacts
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: MSIX Package
path: ${{ env.Wap_Project_Directory }}\AppPackages