Build and upload both your Android (APK) & iOS (IPA) to notify your testers for testing and feedback using Jenkins Freestyle Project & Pipeline.

Install Jenkins with Docker

Assuming Docker is installed, use the following command to start the Jenkins server.

docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 50000:50000 -v jenkins_home:/var/jenkins_home --name jenkins jenkins/jenkins:lts-jdk17

Open http://localhost:8080 and get the credentials from the log:

docker logs jenkins

Follow the instructions to complete the setup.

Setup the Jenkins job

Depending on how you use Jenkins, please choose one of the two options to upload your package.

Option 1: Freestyle Project

Create a Freestyle Project job — do not include spaces in the name, e.g. upload-mobile-package
Add parameters to the job as shown below

Parameter Type	Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
String Parameter	api_token		You can get it from https://portal.testapp.io/profile/tokens
String Parameter	app_id		You can get it from your app page at https://portal.testapp.io/apps
Choice Parameter	release		It can be either both or android or ios
String Parameter	apk		/user/path/to/app.apk (if you select release both or android)
String Parameter	ipa		/user/path/to/app.ipa (if you select release both or ios)
String Parameter	release_notes		Manually add the release notes to be displayed for the testers
Boolean Parameter	notify		Send notifications to your team members about this release

Check TA-CLI for more info

Add an Execute Shell build step, and paste the following code

export INSTALL_DIR=`pwd`
if [ ! -f ${INSTALL_DIR}/ta-cli ]
then
  curl -Ls https://github.com/testappio/cli/releases/latest/download/install | bash
else
  ${INSTALL_DIR}/ta-cli version | grep "You are using the latest version"
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]
  then
    curl -Ls https://github.com/testappio/cli/releases/latest/download/install | bash
  fi
fi
export PATH=$INSTALL_DIR:$PATH
chmod 0755 $INSTALL_DIR/ta-cli$INSTALL_DIR/ta-cli publish --api_token=$api_token --app_id=$app_id --release=$release --apk=$apk --ipa=$ipa --release_notes="$release_notes" --notify=$notify --source="Jenkins"

Integrate with existing Jenkins CI process

Call this job from other jobs which build the APK/IPA packages.

Option 2: Pipeline (Jenkinsfile)

Add the below stage to your pipeline script after the build stage.

node {
    stage('Upload to TestApp.io') {
        api_token = 'Your API Token'
        app_id = 'Your App ID'
        release = 'both'
        apk = '/tmp/data/sample-app.apk'  // /user/path/to/app.apk (if you select release both or android)
        ipa = '/tmp/data/sample-app.ipa' // /user/path/to/app.ipa (if you select release both or ios)
        release_notes = "My release notes..."
        notify = false        // Install ta-cli
        sh '''
            export INSTALL_DIR=`pwd`
            if [ ! -f ${INSTALL_DIR}/ta-cli ]
            then
              curl -Ls https://github.com/testappio/cli/releases/latest/download/install | bash
            else
              ${INSTALL_DIR}/ta-cli version | grep "You are using the latest version"
              if [ $? -ne 0 ]
              then
                curl -Ls https://github.com/testappio/cli/releases/latest/download/install | bash
              fi
            fi
        '''
        // Upload to TestApp.io
        sh "./ta-cli publish --api_token=$api_token --app_id=$app_id --release=$release --apk=$apk --ipa=$ipa --release_notes=$release_notes --notify=$notify --source=Jenkins"    }
}

Tip: Once your CI/CD pipeline uploads a build, team members using the TestApp.io mobile app receive a push notification and can install the build with a single tap. You can also create share links to distribute builds to external testers and clients.

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