What's new at AppZung - March 2025 edition

AppZung is relatively new, having started with our first private clients from our consulting business in late 2024 before officially launching to the public in February 2025. While we now offer complete feature-parity with the retiring AppCenter CodePush, we’re continuously enhancing our service with capabilities that Microsoft never provided.

Here’s a roundup of all the notable enhancements to the AppZung platform in March 2025!

Security

CodePush is a sensitive service. We’re committed to providing you with all the tools necessary to make your installation as secure as possible.

Member permissions

You can now manage team members and their permissions directly in the web interface. This allows you to carefully control who can access or modify specific resources.

We follow the principle of least privilege both for AppZung and our consulting clients, and we recommend you do the same.

IP allowlist

Reduce your attack surface by specifying which IP addresses can use your API keys to publish new releases.

This feature is available on the production plan and above.

Developer Experience

React Native module

Though not strictly a March update, we’ve invested significant effort in improving Microsoft’s original module. The module is now fully TypeScript strictly-typed with ESM compatibility, among other quality enhancements.

We’ve also added a setLogLevel method (and new logs) to give you greater control over log verbosity.

Integrations

Sentry sourcemaps

We’ve added the --sentry-sourcemap-debug-id flag to simplify sending correct sourcemaps to Sentry. This adds Sentry’s debug ID to your sourcemaps, allowing Sentry to cross-reference it in error reports.

We implemented this feature in response to feedback from a customer who was experiencing difficulties with Sentry sourcemaps. Keep the feedback coming so that we can improve the platform!

CI/CD platforms

We’ve added a Bitrise step and a CircleCI orb.

While I personally prefer using direct bash steps in CI or through fastlane for flexibility and local reproducibility, these integrations are now available for those who prefer them. To be honest I initially made them only for SEO purposes, although I’m not sure if this had any real impact.

If you’re interested in GitHub Actions integration, please let us know.

Analytics

Basic analytics

This was the final piece needed for complete feature-parity with AppCenter CodePush. You can now view release metrics in both the CLI and web console.

We provide insights on update installation success and failure rates, making it easier to monitor your deployments more easily.

More advanced analytics capabilities beyond what Microsoft offered will be available later in Q2 2025.

React Native reports

There were cases where the original React Native module would not send reports reliably. We’ve improved this behavior and have identified additional ways to make it even more robust in future updates.

Final words

This March edition was published rather late (happy Easter!) so expect an April edition soon, with new exciting features :)