Including DeviceCapability in appx file generated by pwabuilder

Question

I need to upload a progressive web app appx file generated by pwabuilder.com to the MicroSoft partner Center. It must include in its list of capabilities

I could not see any way to add capabilities during the pwabuilder.com appx generation process. So I

• renamed windows.appx to windows.zip
• unzipped windows.zip
• edited AppxManifest.xml and added in the location capability DeviceCapability Name="location"
• zipped it up again
• renamed it back to windows.appx
• submitted it to the Microsoft partner center

Without adding the capability in the appx file upload fine but with the capability in I get

Package acceptance validation error: The package file format for windows.appx is invalid: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80510007. Update the package and try again.

How can I include the capability and get the package uploaded ?

Answer 1

The above error was a certificate signing error. The solution was to add the following to the web app manifest file

"mjs_capabilities": [
  "location"
],

and submit as before using pwabuilder.com . Full details at

https://github.com/pwa-builder/PWABuilder-CLI/wiki/Accessing-the-Windows-10-Runtime