Using Xcode Cloud and Android CI/CD strategy

[shirelzz]

Hi skip team,

I recently tried using skip and I want to confirm CI/CD best practices.
In my native iOS app, Xcode Cloud builds by branch:

• develop -> uses dev config
• production -> uses prod config

Can I do the same in Skip (Xcode Cloud for iOS), and is this the recommended setup?
Also, is this a good split for Skip:

• Xcode Cloud for iOS
• GitHub Actions + fastlane for Android

Any guidance/template for this flow?
Thanks!

[marcprux]

We don't have a lot of experience with Xcode Cloud. In theory everything should work, but it is only lightly explored and documented in the FAQ (see also #353).

We do have much more robust support for GitHub actions (https://github.com/skiptools/actions), and have build/test/deploy workflows for both libraries (see https://github.com/skiptools/skip-lib/actions) and full applications (https://github.com/skiptools/skipapp-fireside/actions).

For a full build and release example, see the latest Showcase release run to build and uploaded the app to both the App Store and Play Store that uses our fastlane support. It takes some setup and trial and error, but once it is working it is magical: you just tag a release and everything is taken care of for you.

[shirelzz]

Thank you for responding 🙏🏻