USE DEVOPS TO AUTOMATE YOUR WORKFLOWS

Using GitHub Actions with iOS and Android Xamarin apps

Get started by creating Automated Builds on each Push or Merge Request

DevOps are a must-have in every Software Architect’s belt, and GitHub’s Actions for CI/CD is just another step to make DevOps accessible for everyone. Ever since I got a chance to see the immense impact that CI/CD can have on efficiency of mobile teams, I knew it is a no-brainer for every team project!

Introduction

This document will teach you the easiest use of GitHub Actions: Running a GitHub Action to perform a sanity test on your apps— make sure the iOS & Android apps build on each commit or merge request, ensuring that there is no bug introduced in that commit which breaks the build.

Merge Request with a missing semicolon in MainActivity fails Android Check

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What You Need

You need any Xamarin solution in a repository on Github. Yes, it can be Xamarin.Native or Xamarin.Forms, and the repository can be public or private. You don’t need Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, Bit-rise or anything else that sounds fancy because GitHub Actions has everything you need.

How easy is this?

It shouldn’t take you longer than 60 seconds:

1. Go to your repository’s main folder and tap the Create new file button
2. Name the file .github/workflows/main.yml and add this code snippet
3. ReplaceBlank with the names you are using, and tap Commit new file