Automate Android mobile Application Deployment Process

Automating tedious deployment of Android mobile applications to Google Play Store using Fastlane and Github Actions.

Installation

Make sure you have the latest version of the Xcode command line tools installed:

xcode-select --install

Install fastlane using

[sudo] gem install fastlane -NV

or alternatively using brew install fastlane

Available Actions

test

fastlane test

post_slack_deploy_message

fastlane post_slack_deploy_message

update_available_plugins

fastlane update_available_plugins

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Workflows

Here are three different .yml file which you can use as your workflow.

• distribute.yml - For Firebase Distribution.
• releaseBeta.yml - Deploying to beta track to the Google Play Store.
• releaseProd.yml - Deploying to production track to the Google Play Store.

Fastlane

- Fastfile

   default_platform(:android)
   
   platform :android do
   
       desc "Firebase App Distributions"
       lane :distribute do
           gradle(task: "clean assembleRelease")
           firebase_app_distribution(
               service_credentials_file: "firebase_credentials.json",
               app: ENV['FIREBASE_APP_ID'],
               release_notes_file: "FirebaseAppDistributionConfig/release_notes.txt",
               groups_file: "FirebaseAppDistributionConfig/groups.txt"
           )
           slack(message: "Firebase App Distributed!")
       end
   
       desc "Deploy to the Google Play"
       lane :beta do
           gradle(task: "clean bundleRelease")
           upload_to_play_store(track: 'beta', release_status: 'draft')
           slack(message: "BETA successfully deployed!")
       end
   
       desc "Deploy a new version to the Google Play"
       lane :production do
           gradle(task: "clean bundleRelease")
           upload_to_play_store(release_status: 'draft')
           slack(
             message: "App successfully released!",
             channel: "#channel",  # Optional, by default will post to the default channel configured for the POST URL.
             success: true,        # Optional, defaults to true.
             payload: {  # Optional, lets you specify any number of your own Slack attachments.
               "Build Date" => Time.new.to_s,
               "Built by" => "Jenkins",
             },
             default_payloads: [:git_branch, :git_author], # Optional, lets you specify default payloads to include. Pass an empty array to suppress all the default payloads.
             attachment_properties: { # Optional, lets you specify any other properties available for attachments in the slack API (see https://api.slack.com/docs/attachments).
                  # This hash is deep merged with the existing properties set using the other properties above. This allows your own fields properties to be appended to the existing fields that were created using the `payload` property for instance.
               thumb_url: "http://example.com/path/to/thumb.png",
               fields: [{
                 title: "My Field",
                 value: "My Value",
                 short: true
               }]
             }
           )
       end
   end

- Slack

Send a success/error message to your Slack group

Create an Incoming WebHook and export this as SLACK_URL. Can send a message to #channel (by default), a direct message to @username or a message to a private group group with success (green) or failure (red) status.

slack
Supported platforms	ios, android, mac
Author	@KrauseFx

2 Examples

slack(message: "App successfully released!")

slack(
  message: "App successfully released!",
  channel: "#channel",  # Optional, by default will post to the default channel configured for the POST URL.
  success: true,        # Optional, defaults to true.
  payload: {  # Optional, lets you specify any number of your own Slack attachments.
    "Build Date" => Time.new.to_s,
    "Built by" => "Jenkins",
  },
  default_payloads: [:git_branch, :git_author], # Optional, lets you specify default payloads to include. Pass an empty array to suppress all the default payloads.
  attachment_properties: { # Optional, lets you specify any other properties available for attachments in the slack API (see https://api.slack.com/docs/attachments).
       # This hash is deep merged with the existing properties set using the other properties above. This allows your own fields properties to be appended to the existing fields that were created using the `payload` property for instance.
    thumb_url: "http://example.com/path/to/thumb.png",
    fields: [{
      title: "My Field",
      value: "My Value",
      short: true
    }]
  }
)

Status

Distribution

Beta Deployment

Production Deployment

Tools used

• GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Firebase App Distribution
• Fastlane