Automating Android Apps with Github Actions

Wajahat Karim delivers a talk about automating Android apps build process and APK delivery (CI/CD) through Github Actions at an online webinar organized by DSC MUET, Jamshoro and DSC IBA Karachi.

Full video of the talk is available at: https://youtu.be/rZioF9MVZ10

Transcript

1. Automating Android
   Apps with Github
   Wajahat Karim
   GDE in Android
   wajahatkarim.com
   DSC IBA Karachi
   

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2. - Google Developer Expert in Android
   - Over 8 years experience in Android
   - Open Source Contributor
   - Technical Blogs & Books Writer
   - Love to share my knowledge with others
   Follow me on Twitter @WajahatKarim |
   wajahatkarim.com
   This is Wajahat Karim
   

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3. Agenda
   1. What is CI/CD?
   2. Some Examples of CI/CD
   3. CI/CD in Android
   4. Github Actions Demo
   

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4. What’s CI / CD?
   Continuous Integration (CI)
   Continuous Delivery (CD)
   

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5. Some CI/CD Providers
   

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6. Example 1 - Website
   A workflow of my website: wajahatkarim.com
   

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7. Example 2 - Open Source Libraries
   Image: https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/engineering/comparison-of-most-popular-continuous-integration-tools-jenkins-teamcity-bamboo-travis-ci-and-more/
   

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8. CI / CD in Android
   Push code to
   Github
   Run tests /
   Build APK
   Continuous Integration (CI)
   Continuous Delivery (CD)
   

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9. Github Actions Basics
   1. Workflows
   2. Triggers
   3. Jobs
   

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10. A series of operations (jobs)
    performed after certain condition is
    met like pull request / commit push
    etc.
    Workflow
    

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11. An event such as commit is pushed,
    or pull request is created or a
    comment is added in pull request
    etc.
    This will start executing any
    workflow.
    Trigger
    

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12. The actual operation to be
    executed when trigger is hit. For
    example, run Unit Tests, build APK
    etc.
    Job
    

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13. Github Actions
    Image: https://overflow.buffer.com/2020/05/07/using-github-actions-for-android-continuous-integration-and-delivery/
    

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14. Show me the code!
    github.com/wajahatkarim3/Android-Github-Actions
    

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15. Thank you for listening...
    @WajahatKarim
    wajahatkarim.com youtube.com/c/wajahatkarim3
    

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