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Bitrise CI pipeline allows you to build and upload both Android & iOS apps to TestApp.io to notify your testers for testing and feedback.

iOS

We will demonstrate with our sample project testappio-ios-sample-app to integrate TestApp.io with Bitrise CI.

1. Clone the project repository and checkout the integration-bitrise branch:

git clone https://github.com/testappio/ios-sample-app.git
git checkout integration-bitrise

2. Configure the iOS project for Fastlane:

Install Fastlane.
Create a ./Gemfile file in the root directory of your project with the following content:

source "https://rubygems.org" gem "fastlane"

Run bundle update and add both the ./Gemfile and the ./Gemfile.lock files to version control.

Initiate Fastlane by running the following command in the iOS project folder:

bundle exec fastlane init

Follow the wizard; it will create a ./fastlane/Appfile file with your Apple ID and team.

Initiate Match by running the following command:

bundle exec fastlane match init

Follow the instructions and provide the new empty git repository when asked; it will create the Matchfile

⚠️ Note: Please use the HTTPS GIT repository address.

Generate the certificate and provisioning profile by running the following command:

bundle exec fastlane match adhoc

Provide a matching password for encrypting the certificates and profiles in the GIT repository.

⚠️ Note: Provide a matching password for encrypting the certificates and profiles in the GIT repository.

Add the testappio plugin for Fastlane by running the following command:

bundle exec fastlane add_plugin testappio

3. Select provisioning profiles in Xcode:

The newly created certificates and profiles should now be possible to select inside your project. Open Xcode and go to Signing & Capabilities.

⚠️Note: Don't choose Automatically manage signing

4. Setup Bitrise:

Setup Bitrise Secret

Configure MATCH_PASSWORD the secret parameter in Bitrise.
Go to your Bitrise project page, then Workflow, and add a Secret parameter MATCH_PASSWORD.
Configure GITHUB_API_TOKEN secret parameter in Bitrise CI.
Navigate to Tokens to generate a Personal Access Token, and create a GITHUB_API_TOKEN secret in Bitrise CI. This is for accessing the private certificates' repository.
Add secret parameters for testappio Fastlane plugin.
Add TESTAPPIO_API_TOKEN and TESTAPPIO_APP_ID to Bitrise secret parameters. You can grab them from your App -> Integrations.

Find APP_ID & API_TOKEN

5. Run the pipeline:

Create the lane by creating ./fastlane/Fastfile with the following content:

default_platform(:ios)

platform :ios do
  desc "Build the adhoc and upload to TestApp.io"
  lane :beta do
    match(type: "adhoc")
    gym(export_method: "ad-hoc")
    upload_to_testappio(
      release_notes: "My release notes here...",
      git_release_notes: true,
      git_commit_id: false,
      notify: true
    )
  end
end

More info on the Fastlane plugin: https://help.testapp.io/fastlane-plugin/#testappio-actions

have your lane in place; copy the upload_to_testappio action and put it into your pipeline after the IPA export.

6. The Bitrise pipeline:

Create or update bitrise.yml a file under your project root folder. Or update your bitrise.yml accordingly, if you have the bitrise.yml file stored and managed on bitrise.io.

---
format_version: '11'
default_step_lib_source: 'https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise-steplib.git'
project_type: ios
app:
  envs:
  - FASTLANE_XCODE_LIST_TIMEOUT: '120'
  - opts:
      is_expand: false
    FASTLANE_WORK_DIR: .
  - opts:
      is_expand: false
    FASTLANE_LANE: ios development
  - opts:
      is_expand: false
    TESTAPPIO_NOTIFY: 'true'
  - opts:
      is_expand: false
    MATCH_SKIP_CERTIFICATE_MATCHING: 'true'
workflows:
  primary:
    steps:
    - activate-ssh-key@4:
        run_if: '{{getenv "SSH_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY" | ne ""}}'
    - git-clone@6: {}
    - script@1:
        inputs:
        - content: |-
            #!/usr/bin/env bash
            # fail if any commands fails
            set -e
            # debug log
            set -x

            # write your script here
            echo "machine github.com login $GITHUB_API_TOKEN" >> ~/.netrc
    - fastlane@3:
        inputs:
        - lane: $FASTLANE_LANE
        - work_dir: $FASTLANE_WORK_DIR
meta:
  bitrise.io:
    stack: osx-xcode-13.2.x
    machine_type_id: g2.4core
trigger_map:
- push_branch: main
  workflow: primary

7. Commit and push the change to trigger the Bitrise pipeline.

Android

Sample project we used for following instructions, android-sample-app.

1. Clone the project repository and checkout the integration-bitrise branch:

git clone https://github.com/testappio/android-sample-app.git
git checkout integration-bitrise

2. Configure the Android project for Fastlane:

Install Fastlane.
Create a ./Gemfile file in the root directory of your project with the following content:

source "https://rubygems.org" gem "fastlane"

Run bundle update and add both the ./Gemfile and the ./Gemfile.lock to version control.
For more details please see Setup Fastlane.

3. Init Fastlane:

In the Android project folder, run:

bundle exec fastlane init

And follow the wizard; it will create ./fastlane/Appfile with the required information.

4. Setup Bitrise:

Add secret parameters for testappio Fastlane plugin.
Add TESTAPPIO_API_TOKEN and TESTAPPIO_APP_ID to Bitrise secret parameters. You can grab them from your App -> Integrations.

Find APP_ID & API_TOKEN

5. Run the pipeline:

Create or update bitrise.yml file under your project root folder. Or update your bitrise.yml accordingly, if you have the bitrise.yml file stored and managed on bitrise.io.

---
format_version: '11'
default_step_lib_source: 'https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise-steplib.git'
project_type: android
app:
  envs:
  - FASTLANE_XCODE_LIST_TIMEOUT: '120'
  - opts:
      is_expand: false
    FASTLANE_WORK_DIR: .
  - opts:
      is_expand: false
    FASTLANE_LANE: android beta
workflows:
  primary:
    steps:
    - activate-ssh-key@4:
        run_if: '{{getenv "SSH_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY" | ne ""}}'
    - git-clone@6: {}
    - fastlane@3:
        inputs:
        - lane: $FASTLANE_LANE
        - work_dir: $FASTLANE_WORK_DIR
meta:
  bitrise.io:
    stack: linux-docker-android-20.04
    machine_type_id: elite
trigger_map:
- push_branch: main
  workflow: primary

6. Commit and push the change to trigger the Bitrise pipeline.

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