Comparison between manual and Azure Pipeline publishing of Android & iOS app

• Xamarin.Android App Publishing on Google Play Store Manually

  • Create Keyfile/upload key.

  • Create App on Google Play.

  • Sign .apk with Keyfile/upload key and upload it on Google Play.

• Xamarin.iOS App Publishing on Apple App Store Manually

  • Create certificate, Identifier and Profile on Apple developer portal.

  • Install certificate & Provisioning Profile on development machine.

  • Create App on appstoreconnect where iOS app will publish.

  • Sign *.ipa with distribution provisioning and upload signed *.ipa to appstoreconnect using Transporter.

• Azure Pipeline

  • Azure DevOps Basics

  • Azure Pipeline Architecture Overview

  • Azure Pipeline and .yml file

  • Azure Pipeline Tasks

• App Center

  • App center Basics

  • App Center Build Services

  • App Center Distribute Services

  • App Center Distribute Release

  • Connect to Google Play from App Center

  • Connect to Apple App Store from.

    
    

• Azure Pipeline for Xamarin.Android Project

  • Create Xamarin.Android Pipeline with default tasks

  • Add Key file in Azure Pipeline Library

  • Add Android Signing, App Center Distribute Task and Publish Artifacts task with all required inputs parameters

  • Run task and publish the Android app on Google Play using App center

• Azure Pipeline for Xamarin.iOS Project

  • Create Xamarin.iOS Pipeline with default tasks.

  • Add .p12 certificate and Distribution Provisioning Profile in Azure Pipeline Library

  • Add Apple Certificate Installation, Apple Provisioning Profile Signing,Publish Artifacts and App Center Distribute task with all required parameter in Pipeline.

  • Run task and publish the iOS app on Apple App store using App center

• Beyond the Basics

• Extension for Azure

• Version Pipeline Task for Android & iOS

• Azure CLI & Bash Pipeline Task

• App Center Service Connection

• DistrbutionStoreID