How to create .appx package for Universal Windows Platform(UWP) application?

Question

I have created package for my universal windows platform application.But I am not able to find where the .appx file is generated for my package. It has generated .appxbundle file and all the other files.But .appx file is not generated.

Answer 1

An .appx is just a zip64 file, and a .appxbundle is a zip file containing such zip files.

If you use makeappx.exe you can extract all the files inside your .appxbundle and see the individual .appx files within.

MakeAppx unbundle /p bundle_name.appxbundle /d output_directory

See App packages and deployment (Windows Runtime apps) and App packager (MakeAppx.exe)

Answer 2

The .appxbundle is like the name suggest a bundle of .appx files. This is actually a zip file containing .appx file.

You can choose not to create .appxbundle files but create separate .appx files if needed

Set "Generate App Bundle" to never

Answer 3

You can find the appx file in the dependencies folder of the app package under the ARM folder.

AppPackages-->Dependencies-->ARM