Test on real device Post-build test distribution

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What I liked about using Visual Studio App Center Good thing 1: Setting up automatic build is extremely easy. The best thing about using App Center is that it's incredibly easy to set up and build on the cloud . The flow of setting up the CI/CD environment is as follows. Sign up for App Center create project Select the repository you want to link on the build screen Select the branch you want to run the build on Change items on the branch build settings screen Press the start build button In this way , you can complete the setup by simply pressing a button from the App Center settings screen without writing a single line of code .

[Build settings screen (when running React Native iOS build)] It is highly extensible, and you can set things like the following, for example. Whether to use push as a trigger Run script immediately after Clone, before build, after build Environment variables that can Phone Number List be used in scripts Whether to add a signature  and store distribution settings By the way, I use the script function to compile TypeScript immediately after cloning, and use environment variables to speed up the build by not applying the CocoaPods library for debugging during CI. Good thing ②: Can also be used as an app distribution service to testers and stores In App Center, you can not only build iOS/Android apps, but also test distribute apps from ipa files and apk files.




Therefore, since you can ``modify code → build → automatically distribute tests'', the entire process can be completed with a single service called App Center. If you want to implement automated test distribution with Circle CI, you will have to implement things like setting up fastlane, linking with test distribution services (Deploy Gate, Firebase distribution, etc.), config.yml settings, etc. by yourself . Using App Center, you can build an automated test distribution system without writing any code. Also, if it is linked with Apple Store Connect or Google Play Console, you can upload ipa and apk files to each store after building.