Rolling hassle-free builds using Fastlane

App deployments have a lot of stages wherein a build must pass through. Running tests, building a release binary to even notifying your team. Doing all of these manually is costly.

Fastlane provides a plethora of tools which help automate deployments making them predictable and cheap.

In this talk, we look into setting up the deployment pipeline using some of the most amazing tools Fastlane provides with its seamless integration for quick, hassle-free app deliveries

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2. Releasing an app?
3. app releases are painful.
4. app releases are painful.
5. The scary checklist
6. 1. Running tests
7. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version
8. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme
9. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles
10. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles 5. Uploading the build
11. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles 5. Uploading the build 6. Managing App store
12. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles 5. Uploading the build 6. Managing App store 7. Screenshots?
13. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles 5. Uploading the build 6. Managing App store 7. Screenshots? 8. Release
14. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles 5. Uploading the build 6. Managing App store 7. Screenshots? 8. Release 9. Post it to Slack / Tweet
15. 1. Running tests 2. Bumping up the version 3. Choosing the right scheme 4. Code signing / profiles 5. Uploading the build 6. Managing App store 7. Screenshots? 8. Release 9. Post it to Slack / Tweet 10. git tags
16. Simple?
17. well
18. well, it’s complicated
19. X n *n = number of variants
21. > fastlane (*) * Eggs/tomatoes are off limits Ashish Krishnan / @ashishkrishnan Android @ kite.work
22. > fastlane qa
23. > fastlane uat
24. > fastlane store
25. > fastlane (*) * Eggs/tomatoes are off limits Ashish Krishnan / @ashishkrishnan Android @ kite.work
26. Fastlanes!
27. $ fastlane <context> tests release
29. (work/tab) $ fastlane init
30. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile
31. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile platform :ios do before_all do ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some-web-hook ensure_git_status_clean # some-other configuration end desc "Submits a new Beta Build to TestFlight" lane :beta do cocoapods match(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta", type: "appstore") gym(configuration: "Internal Beta") pilot(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta") end
32. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile platform :ios do before_all do ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some-web-hook ensure_git_status_clean # some-other configuration end desc "Submits a new Beta Build to TestFlight" lane :beta do cocoapods match(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta", type: "appstore") gym(configuration: "Internal Beta") pilot(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta") end
33. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile platform :ios do before_all do ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some-web-hook ensure_git_status_clean # some-other configuration end desc "Submits a new Beta Build to TestFlight" lane :beta do cocoapods match(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta", type: "appstore") gym(configuration: "Internal Beta") pilot(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta") generate_release_notes end config
34. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile platform :ios do before_all do ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some-web-hook ensure_git_status_clean # some-other configuration end desc "Submits a new Beta Build to TestFlight" lane :beta do cocoapods match(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta", type: "appstore") gym(configuration: "Internal Beta") pilot(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta") generate_release_notes end context
35. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile platform :ios do before_all do ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some-web-hook ensure_git_status_clean # some-other configuration end desc "Submits a new Beta Build to TestFlight" lane :beta do cocoapods match(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta", type: "appstore") gym(configuration: "Internal Beta") pilot(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta") generate_release_notes end actions
36. (work/tab) $ atom fastfile platform :ios do before_all do ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some-web-hook ensure_git_status_clean # some-other configuration end desc "Submits a new Beta Build to TestFlight" lane :beta do cocoapods match(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta", type: "appstore") gym(configuration: "Internal Beta") pilot(app_identifier: "work.kite.tab.beta") generate_release_notes end custom actions
37. https://docs.fastlane.tools/actions/
38. Let’s look at some more
39. Let’s look at some more https://docs.fastlane.tools/actions/
41. (work/tab) $ atom appfile
42. (work/tab) $ atom appfile for_lane :qa do name "Kite Tab (QA)" app_identifier "work.kite.tab.qa" team_id "" end for_lane :release do name "Kite Tab" app_identifier "work.kite.tab" team_id "" end
43. (work/tab) $ atom appfile for_lane :qa do name "Kite Tab (QA)" app_identifier "work.kite.tab.qa" team_id "" end for_lane :release do name "Kite Tab" app_identifier "work.kite.tab" team_id "" end context
44. (work/tab) $ atom appfile for_lane :qa do name "Kite Tab (QA)" app_identifier "work.kite.tab.qa" team_id "" end for_lane :release do name "Kite Tab" app_identifier "work.kite.tab" team_id "" end lane-specific setup
45. Up & Close *pun intended
46. *Doesn’t this look like a person?
50. (Work/tab): $ fastlane qa
51. Slack
52. Pipeline
53. Integrations * source: fastlane.tools
54. Platforms
55. Platforms
56. Next steps - fastlane.tools
57. Next steps - fastlane.tools - github.com/fastlane/examples
58. Next steps - Fastlane.tools - github.com/fastlane/examples - fastlane/actions
59. Next steps - Fastlane.tools - github.com/fastlane/examples - fastlane/actions - docs.fastlane.tools/getting-sta rted/
60. Can we say?
61. app releases are less painful now.
62. That’s all folks
63. Questions?
64. Thank you @ashishkrishnan around the