App Center In-App Update Stuck in a loop iOS - xamarin

Question

I have a Xamarin iOS app that I am trying to distribute in the App Center. It will send out an email and install fine, but when you run it, you get the error
MyApp.iOS Wants to use "appcenter.ms" to sign in.
I have the option of cancelling or continuing. I hit continue and it signs in and says In-App Updates are enabled. It then returns to my app with the message:
In-App updates disabled.
This release was either side-loaded or downloaded using a browser in private mode.
I can either Ignore or Reinstall app. Ignore lets the app work, but it no longer checks for updates. If I Reinstall app, it opens App Center and I can install it, then it starts back at the beginning. It is using Safari to do the original install. I assume that when it does the Reinstall app from within my app, it is using a Safari based browser. Nothing is in private mode as far as I can tell. My startup code for App Center is
Distribute.UpdateTrack = UpdateTrack.Private;
Distribute.DisableAutomaticCheckForUpdate();
AppCenter.Start("11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
typeof(Analytics), typeof(Crashes), typeof(Distribute));
In my main view, I have the code
public override void ViewDidLoad()
{
base.ViewDidLoad();
Distribute.CheckForUpdate();
}
In my Info.plist I have
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>appcenter-11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
Cookies are not disabled that I can tell. I have searched high and low and can't find anything like this. The only similar issue seemed to be someone messed up the Info.plist. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

OK, I finally figured this out. When I was testing the distribution of my app from the App Center, rather than spam the whole group until it worked, I just distributed it to myself. This is what caused the problem. What I had to do was to create another distribution group and only have myself in it. Automatic updates started working once I did this. The point being is that if you don't distribute it to a group, then it thinks it's side-loaded.