DevOps for Mobile Apps Demo - September 17, 2021

All Demos: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/devops-for-mobile-apps/readme/-/issues/7

Recording

https://youtu.be/2bej-XonbCQ

Mission

DevOps for Mobile Apps Single-Engineer Group

Our goal is to improve the experience for Developers targeting mobile platforms by providing CI/CD capabilities and workflows that improve the experience of provisioning and deploying mobile apps.

Demos like this one are published each week, you can find previous demos and see new ones when they are finished in the Weekly Demos issue.

Current Update

Review Apps for Mobile

Setup Instructions

Updated setup instructions and Video Walkthrough

CI Template UX Updates

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/devops-for-mobile-apps/readme/-/issues/14#note_677523152

• Added allow_failure: true to the review app jobs to ensure they don't cause pipeline failures
• Added messaging in the job output to alert when the Appetize token hasn't been set

Appetize Alternatives

• https://github.com/google/android-emulator-container-scripts
• https://github.com/badoo/ios-device-server

Sample Projects

Platform	App	Source	Template	Fastlane	Review Apps
Android	weatherapp	github	⛔	✅	✅
Android	materialistic	github	⛔	✅	✅
iOS	hackers	github	✅	✅	⛔
iOS	xkcdy	github	✅	✅	✅

Up Next

• Continuing to look for more folks to test out this feature. Setup instructions & feedback issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/incubation-engineering/devops-for-mobile-apps/readme/-/issues/15
• Sketching out some approaches to improve the Review App for Mobile setup experience
• Connecting with some new domain experts for new feedback and insights