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Using Continuous Integration with Xamarin Apps
Presented at Xamarin Evolve 2014
Greg Shackles
October 08, 2014
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Using Continuous Integration with Xamarin Apps Senior Engineer, Olo @gshackles
[email protected]
Greg Shackles
Ship It A Cautionary Tale
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The Worst by Vitruvius This app is just…the worst.
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How can we deliver Continuous Awesomeness?
Continuous Integration Let your tools work for you on every
commit
What is Continuous Integration?
What is Continuous Integration? VCS
What is Continuous Integration? VCS CI Server
What is Continuous Integration? VCS CI Server CI Agent
What is Continuous Integration? VCS CI Server CI Agent
Options TFS Jenkins …and more
Delivery TestFlight HockeyApp …and more
CI with Xamarin Apps
Build Agent Setup
Build Agent Setup ▪ OS X machine for iOS builds
- Mac Mini works well
Build Agent Setup ▪ OS X machine for iOS builds
- Mac Mini works well ▪ OS X or Windows machine for Android
Build Agent Setup ▪ OS X machine for iOS builds
- Mac Mini works well ▪ OS X or Windows machine for Android ▪ Install platform SDKs
Build Agent Setup ▪ OS X machine for iOS builds
- Mac Mini works well ▪ OS X or Windows machine for Android ▪ Install platform SDKs ▪ Install Xamarin
Build Agent Setup ▪ OS X machine for iOS builds
- Mac Mini works well ▪ OS X or Windows machine for Android ▪ Install platform SDKs ▪ Install Xamarin ▪ Install agent software for chosen CI server
iOS: Build mdtool build -t:Build -c:AppStore MyAwesomeApp.sln /Applications/Xamarin Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool
iOS: Package zip -r -y MyAwesomeIosApp.zip path/to/MyAwesomeIosApp.app
Android: Build Windows: msbuild OS X: xbuild xbuild build /t:Build
/p:Configuration=Release MyAwesomeApp.sln
Android: Package (Part 1) Windows: msbuild OS X: xbuild xbuild
build /t:PackageForAndroid /p:Configuration=Release MyAwesomeAndroidApp.csproj
Android: Package (Part 2) jarsigner -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore
<keystore file> -storepass <keystore password> -signedjar path/to/MyAwesomeAndroidApp-Signed.apk path/to/MyAwesomeAndroidApp.apk <keystore alias>
Android: Package (Part 2) jarsigner -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore
<keystore file> -storepass <keystore password> -signedjar path/to/MyAwesomeAndroidApp-Signed.apk path/to/MyAwesomeAndroidApp.apk <keystore alias> zipalign -f -v 4 path/to/MyAwesomeAndroidApp-Signed.apk path/to/MyAwesomeAndroidApp-Aligned.apk
Package Restore NuGet mono NuGet.exe restore path/to/App.sln
Package Restore NuGet mono NuGet.exe restore path/to/App.sln Xamarin Components mono
xamarin-component.exe restore path/to/App.sln
Xamarin.UITest Run using any NUnit runner nunit-console4 path/to/TestAssembly.dll -xml testresults.xml
Pro Tip: Allow Build to Access UI jetbrains.teamcity.BuildAgent.plist
Pro Tip: Allow Build to Access UI jetbrains.teamcity.BuildAgent.plist ▪ Set
username <key>UserName</key> <string>your_user</string>
Pro Tip: Allow Build to Access UI jetbrains.teamcity.BuildAgent.plist ▪ Set
username <key>UserName</key> <string>your_user</string> ▪ Copy to /Library/LaunchAgents
TestCloud Run your UI tests on hundreds of devices test-cloud.exe
submit path/to/myapp.[ipa|apk] <TestCloud token> --devices <Device Set ID> --series "master" --locale "en_US" --assembly-dir “path/to/bin“ --nunit-xml testresults.xml
FAKE #r @"FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll" #load "build-helpers/iOS.fsx" open Fake Target
"ios-build" (fun () -> iOS.build "Debug|iPhoneSimulator" ) Target "ios-adhoc" (fun () -> iOS.build "AdHoc|iPhone" ) Target "ios-testflight" (fun () -> iOS.publishToTestFlight() ) "ios-adhoc" ==> "ios-testflight" RunTarget()
FAKE #r @"FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll" #load "build-helpers/iOS.fsx" open Fake Target
"ios-build" (fun () -> iOS.build "Debug|iPhoneSimulator" ) Target "ios-adhoc" (fun () -> iOS.build "AdHoc|iPhone" ) Target "ios-testflight" (fun () -> iOS.publishToTestFlight() ) "ios-adhoc" ==> "ios-testflight" RunTarget() TeamCityHelper.PublishArtifact "path/to/App.zip" Helpers
FAKE #r @"FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll" #load "build-helpers/iOS.fsx" open Fake Target
"ios-build" (fun () -> iOS.build "Debug|iPhoneSimulator" ) Target "ios-adhoc" (fun () -> iOS.build "AdHoc|iPhone" ) Target "ios-testflight" (fun () -> iOS.publishToTestFlight() ) "ios-adhoc" ==> "ios-testflight" RunTarget() TeamCityHelper.PublishArtifact "path/to/App.zip" TeamCityHelper.sendTeamCityNUnitImport "results.xml" Helpers
FAKE #r @"FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll" #load "build-helpers/iOS.fsx" open Fake Target
"ios-build" (fun () -> iOS.build "Debug|iPhoneSimulator" ) Target "ios-adhoc" (fun () -> iOS.build "AdHoc|iPhone" ) Target "ios-testflight" (fun () -> iOS.publishToTestFlight() ) "ios-adhoc" ==> "ios-testflight" RunTarget() TeamCityHelper.PublishArtifact "path/to/App.zip" TeamCityHelper.sendTeamCityNUnitImport "results.xml" TestFlight(fun p -> {p with File: "path/to/App.app" Notes: "Now with 42% more awesome!" }) Helpers
FAKE #r @"FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll" #load "build-helpers/iOS.fsx" open Fake Target
"ios-build" (fun () -> iOS.build "Debug|iPhoneSimulator" ) Target "ios-adhoc" (fun () -> iOS.build "AdHoc|iPhone" ) Target "ios-testflight" (fun () -> iOS.publishToTestFlight() ) "ios-adhoc" ==> "ios-testflight" RunTarget() TeamCityHelper.PublishArtifact "path/to/App.zip" TeamCityHelper.sendTeamCityNUnitImport "results.xml" HipChatNotification(fun p -> {p with From = "App BuildBot" Message = "Published to TestFlight" Color = "green" }) TestFlight(fun p -> {p with File: "path/to/App.app" Notes: "Now with 42% more awesome!" }) Helpers
FAKE Helpers for Xamarin “path/to/MyApp.sln“ |> RestoreComponents (fun defaults ->
{defaults with ToolPath = “...” })
FAKE Helpers for Xamarin “path/to/MyApp.sln“ |> RestoreComponents (fun defaults ->
{defaults with ToolPath = “...” }) iOSBuild (fun defaults -> {defaults with ProjectPath = “path/to/MyApp.sln” Configuration = “AppStore” Target = “Build” })
FAKE Helpers for Xamarin iOSBuild (fun defaults -> {defaults with
ProjectPath = “path/to/MyApp.sln” Configuration = “AppStore” Target = “Build” }) “path/to/MyApp.sln“ |> RestoreComponents (fun defaults -> {defaults with ToolPath = “...” }) AndroidPackage (fun defaults -> {defaults with ProjectPath = “path/to/MyApp.csproj” }) |> AndroidSignAndAlign (fun defaults -> {defaults with KeystorePath = “...” KeystorePassword = “...” KeystoreAlias = “...” }) |> fun file -> TeamCityHelper.PublishArtifact file.FullName
How We Work At
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Git / GitHub ▪ Feature branches ▪ Every app builds
on every branch ▪ Any branch can be pushed to TestFlight ▪ Pull Requests for code review
Test-Driven Core
UI Tests and Test Cloud
Deployment and Distribution
Deployment and Distribution
Deployment and Distribution
Continuous Monitoring
Demo github.com/gshackles/xamarin-ci-sample
Questions? @gshackles
[email protected]
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