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Developing in the Fastlane

How LookLive uses Fastlane to automate and speed up the app deployment process

http://www.looklive.com


A typical deploy day..

Finalize codeHurry to write some tests

Run tests

Upload to Crashlytics

Update release notes

Upload to iTunes ConnectWait…

Update (localized) app info

Update (localized) screenshots

Submit buildWait for review…

Archive build

Update build numberUpdate release notes



That’s a lot of steps

And I actually forgot a couple..



Fastlane to the rescue

fastlane lets you define and run your deployment pipelines for different environments. It helps you unify your app’s release process and automate the whole process. fastlane connects all fastlane tools and

third party tools, like CocoaPods and Gradle.


https://cocoapods.org/

http://gradle.org/


Automate it all?

😍Yes please!!







CocoaPods

Carthage

verify_xcode

clear_derived_data

xcodebuild

clean_build_artifacts

dsym_zip

splunkmintslather

increment_build_number

add_git_tag

push_to_git_remote

swiftlint

s3

deploygateproduce

git_commitensure_git_status_clean



Feature-packed

• A range of built in actions (incrementing build numbers, pushing to git, tagging your repo, crashlytics and more)

• A lot of integrated tools (sigh, gym, scan, pilot and more)



Initial goals for LookLive


Run tests

Upload to Crashlytics

Update release notes

Upload to iTunes ConnectWait…

Update (localized) app info

Update (localized) screenshots

Submit buildWait for review…

Archive build

Update build numberUpdate release notes



A LookLive deploy day..


Wait

Submit buildWait for review

fastlane deliver

fastlane develop or fastlane beta



Let’s get technical



The end resultIncrement

buildRun the

tests Build app Upload Crashlytics

Run the tests Build app Upload

CrashlyticsUpload

TestFlight

Upload Metadata

Develop

Beta

Deliver



Ingredients• fastlane (install through gem install fastlane)

• scan (part of fastlane, used for testing)

• gym (part of fastlane, used for building)

• sigh (part of fastlane, used for downloading certificates)

• crashlytics (function in fastlane, uploads to Crashlytics beta)

• pilot (part of fastlane, uploads to iTunes Connect)

• deliver (part of fastlane, uploads metadata)

























































The develop laneincrement_build_number commit_version_bump

sigh(development: true) scan(scheme: 'LookLive') gym(scheme: "LookLive")

crashlytics( crashlytics_path: ‘:path_to_crashlytics:’, groups: 'b2c-team', api_token: ':secret:', build_secret: ‘:secret:’, notes: File.read("release_notes") )

clean_build_artifacts add_git_tag push_to_git_remote

Because I always forget

Download certificates, test (UI and unit) and build

Send beta to Crashlytics for dev testing

Clean up, tag the repo and push to git



Mind blowing awesomeness.

[sound of mind blowing up]



The beta lanesigh scan(scheme: 'LookLive') gym(scheme: "LookLive")

pilot( skip_submission: true )

crashlytics( crashlytics_path: ‘:path_to_crashlytics:’, groups: ‘internal-testers‘, api_token: ':secret:', build_secret: ‘:secret:’, notes: File.read("release_notes") )

clean_build_artifacts

Download certificates, test (UI and unit) and build

Send beta to Testflight

Clean up

Send beta to Crashlytics for internal testing



The deliver lanedeliver( force: true, skip_screenshots: true )

Uploads all the things



Two more things…

error do |lane, exception| clean_build_artifacts end

andbefore_all do ensure_git_status_clean end



Time saved: ± 15 minutes for a beta ± 30 minutes for metadata changes ± 4 hours for screenshot updates



Nice, but we can do more



Next level

• Use snapshot to automate localised screenshots

• Run fastlane on a Jenkins slave

• Automate submitting for review



And that’s how we brought deployment to the Fastlane

Check out the Fastfile at:

https://gist.github.com/donnywals/02da9957696111f99248


https://gist.github.com/donnywals/02da9957696111f99248

Date post:	16-Apr-2017
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