Automated Android Deployments with Fastlane and Firebase App Distribution

The code-compile-deploy process can be pretty hectic and take long periods of waiting for an average Android developer. When it comes to deploying your shiny new feature to test environments, the developer often has to build, test, generate an executable file (apk) and manually upload the apk by using Firebase App Distribution, this requires a number of steps and a series of wait-time at intervals. In this article, I will be talking about speeding up the process of deploying beta builds to testers with a run of a command. ...

February 23, 2020 · 6 min · 1233 words · Clement Ozemoya