Windows 10 UWP Application - Error whilst creating package

Question

I currently have a windows phone 8.1 application in the store and have decided to upgrade it to windows 10 UWP. I've created a new version of the app from scratch using VS 2015 3 RC and used the options in the project menu to associate the app with one already on my account.

When I do this the appxmanifest file is updated with the wrong PublisherDisplayName - instead of my name it's coming up with Microsoft account. If I build the package with this name it all completes without error however if I change to to what is on my developer account then I get the following error

The PublisherDisplayName element of the Properties element in the app manifest must have the value of the Publisher display name value from your developer account: Microsoft account

I've tried logging out/in on my developer account, repairing VS, reinstalling VS etc. confirmed my developer account has the correct name but still the problem occurs.

Any suggestions right now would be most welcome!

Tradition

Answer 1

I was having the same issue, I believe it's because the Package.StoreAssociation.xml doesn't download/build correctly, and then if you change your publisher name in the Package.appmanifest then the two don't align.

To fix this, make sure that the

<PublisherDisplayName></PublisherDisplayName>

element in the Package.StoreAssociation.xml file (usually found in the root of your project) is set to the same as the

Dev centre -> Account Settings -> Public info -> Publisher display name

which is also set to the same as your "publisher display name" in your

package.appmanifest -> Packaging tab.

This should resolve your problem.

Shortridge

Thanks for this Hassan. I actually went down the route of creating a VM to build the app which did the job for me. Looking at history on the files I can confirm that what you have said is correct and the two parameters do not match in the files so I've marked your response as the answer. – Tradition

I have a script which automatically build different version of the app. Thank you for your answer! All I need to know that I also need to maintain separate versions of Package.StoreAssociation.xml file for different versions of the app. After I fixed it, all works fine!!! – Lampedusa

After setting that I'm still getting the error. It says: "The PublisherDisplayName element of the Properties element in the app manifest must have the value of the Publisher display name value from your developer account: .". Notice how my publisher name is perceived as blank from the store. However it doesn't appear as such in the developer center. – Pansypant