Using third party .app files as dependencies

[ingvihermannsson]

I have a few apps in the same repository and some of them have dependencies to apps from other developers (so not me and not Microsoft)

How could I include those apps in my build using the .app files? So not links to repositories / AppSource, I just want a folder including all dependencies as .app files or preferably a .zip file containing all apps

I tried looking through the documentation but I have not figured out how to do this, if you could point me in the right direction that would be greatly appreciated!

[freddydk]

If you create a folder in your repo called something like externalDependencies and place your .app files or .zip files there, you should be able to create a setting called:

"installApps": "externalDependencies/*"

That will install/use all apps (or .zip files I think) in that folder.
There is also an installTestApps setting for test app dependencies.

Note, that if the dependencies are AppSource apps - AL-Go will automatically locate symbols for these apps during build - but you won't be able to publish and run tests in containers with symbols.

[ingvihermannsson]

Hi Freddy Thank you so much for the response, I tried setting it up like this but the build doesn‘t seem to pick upp the dependencies.. The dependencies are all AppSource apps, however the builds fail when trying to build apps dependant on them. I am going away for a few days but will look into it better next week. If I can send you my setup and the build settings along with any errors that would be greatly appreciated, I feel like I‘m missing something 😊 Best regards, Ingvi

[freddydk]

If your dependencies are AppSource apps - then I assume you have runtime packages for these?
Remember that the runtime packages needs to be for the exact same version of Business Central as you are using for the build.