How can i create app package for SharePoint 2013 App Catalog by using MSBuild?

Question

I know that I can create an app package in VisualStudio 2012 RC simply by right clicking on App Project and then clicking "Publish". But how I can do the same with MSBuild?

Answer 1

can you check out this article and tell me what you think? http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2012/08/01/how-to-build-a-sharepoint-hosted-client-web-part-in-sharepoint-2013.aspx

Hope it helps :)

Answer 2

It works quite nice with command below

msbuild /t:Package <YourProjectNameHere> /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="Any CPU" /p:OutputPath=<OutgoingPath>

Please also check this post http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/appsforsharepoint/thread/34fad52e-31fa-400f-ba94-dbfd97a7cc43