From Commit to MSIX: Automating .NET MAUI Windows Builds with GitHub Actions | Community Feed

Windows packaging for .NET MAUI involves more than just running dotnet publish. This guide tackles the full pipeline: aligning Package.appxmanifest with the signing identity, creating and storing a self-signed test certificate, and producing a signed .msix in GitHub Actions.

What you will learn

How to align the Windows manifest publisher name with the certificate subject
How to create a self-signed test certificate and convert it for GitHub Secrets
How to configure a GitHub Actions workflow that builds a signed .msix
How to include the public certificate in the artifact for test machine installation
Common issues around certificate trust, package identity, and Windows App Runtime dependencies

This is part of a cross-platform series that also covers Android and iOS CI/CD for .NET MAUI.