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fastlane

######fastlane lets you define and run your deployment pipelines for different environments. It helps you unify your apps release process and automate the whole process. fastlane connects all fastlane tools and third party tools, like CocoaPods and xctool.

Get in contact with the developer on Twitter: @KrauseFx

Features • Installation • Quick Start • Customise • Extensions • Jenkins • Tips • Need help?

Features

Connect all tools, part of the fastlane toolchain to work seamlessly together
Define different deployment lanes for App Store deployment, beta builds or testing
Deploy from any computer
Jenkins Integration: Show the output directly in the Jenkins test results
Write your own actions (extensions) to extend the functionality of fastlane
Store data like the Bundle Identifier or your Apple ID once and use it across all tools
Never remember any difficult commands, just fastlane
Easy setup, which helps you getting up and running very fast
Shared context, which is used to let the different deployment steps communicate with each other
Store everything in git. Never lookup the used build commands in the Jenkins configs
Saves you hours of preparing app submission, uploading screenshots and deploying the app for each update
Very flexible configuration using a fully customizable Fastfile
Once up and running, you have a fully working Continuous Deployment process. Just trigger fastlane and you're good to go.

Take a look at the fastlane website for more information about why and when to use `fastlane`.

Installation

I recommend following the fastlane guide to get started.

If you are familiar with the command line and Ruby, install fastlane yourself:

sudo gem install fastlane

Make sure, you have the latest version of the Xcode command line tools installed:

xcode-select --install

If you want to take a look at a project, already using fastlane, check out the fastlane-example project on GitHub.

Quick Start

The setup assistent will create all the necessary files for you, using the existing app metadata from iTunes Connect.

cd [your_project_folder]
fastlane init
Follow the setup assistent, which will set up fastlane for you
Further customise the Fastfile using the next section

For a more detailed setup, please follow the fastlane guide.

Customise the `Fastfile`

Why should you have to remember complicated commands and parameters?

Store your configuration in a text file to easily deploy from any computer.

Open the Fastfile using a text editor and customise it even further. (Switch to Ruby Syntax Highlighting)

Lanes

You can define multiple lanes which are different workflows for a release process.

Examples are: appstore, beta and test.

You define a lane like this (more details about the commands in the Actions section):

lane :appstore do
  increment_build_number
  cocoapods
  xctool
  snapshot
  sigh
  deliver
  frameit
  sh "./customScript.sh"

  slack
end

To launch the appstore lane run

fastlane appstore

When one command fails, the execution will be aborted.

Actions

There are some predefined actions you can use. If you have ideas for more, please let me know.

CocoaPods

Everyone using CocoaPods will probably want to run a pod install before running tests and building the app.

cocoapods # this will run pod install

xctool

You can run any xctool action. This will require having xctool installed through homebrew.

xctool :test

It is recommended to have the xctool configuration stored in a xctool-args file.

snapshot

snapshot

To make snapshot work without user interaction, follow the CI-Guide of snapshot.

sigh

This will generate and download your App Store provisioning profile. sigh will store the generated profile in the ./fastlane folder.

sigh

To use the Ad Hoc profile instead

sigh :adhoc

deliver

deliver

If you don't want a PDF report, which you have to approve first, append :force to the command. This is useful when running fastlane on your Continuous Integration server.

deliver :force

deliver :beta: Upload a beta build for Apple TestFlight
deliver :skip_deploy: To don't submit the app for review (works with both App Store and beta builds)
deliver :force, :skip_deploy: Combine options using ,

frameit

By default, the device color will be black

frameit

To use white (sorry, silver) device frames

frameit :silver

increment_build_number

This method will increment the build number, not the app version. Usually this is just an auto incremented number. You first have to set up your Xcode project, if you haven't done it already.

increment_build_number # automatically increment by one
increment_build_number '75' # set a specific number

HockeyApp

hockey({
  api_token: '...',
  ipa: './app.ipa',
  notes: "Changelog"
})

More information about the available options can be found in the HockeyApp Docs.

Testmunk

Run your functional tests on real iOS devices over the cloud (for free on an iPod). With this simple testcase you can ensure your app launches and there is no crash at launch. Tests can be extended with Testmunk's library or custom steps. More details about this action can be found in testmunk.rb.

ENV['TESTMUNK_EMAIL'] = 'email@email.com'
# Additionally, you have to set TESTMUNK_API, TESTMUNK_APP and TESTMUNK_IPA
testmunk

Custom Shell Scripts

sh "./your_bash_script.sh"

before_all block

This block will get executed before running the requested lane. It supports the same actions as lanes.

before_all do
  cocoapods
end

after_all block

This block will get executed after running the requested lane. It supports the same actions as lanes.

It will only be called, if the selected lane was executed successfully.

after_all do |lane|
  say "Successfully finished deployment (#{lane})!"
  slack({
    message: "Successfully submitted new App Update"
  })
  sh "./send_screenshots_to_team.sh" # Example
end

error block

This block will get executed when an error occurs, in any of the blocks (before_all, the lane itself or after_all).

error do |lane, exception|
  slack({
    message: "Successfully deployed new App Update for [AppName](http://link.com).",
    success: false,
    channel: 'development'
  })
end

Extensions

Why only use the default actions? Create your own to extend the functionality of fastlane.

The build step you create will behave exactly like the built in actions.

Just run fastlane new_action. Then enter the name of the action and edit the generated Ruby file in fastlane/actions/[action_name].rb.

From then on, you can just start using your action in your Fastfile.

If you think your extension can be used by other developers as well, let me know, and we can bundle it with fastlane.

Jenkins Integration

fastlane automatically generates a JUnit report for you. This allows Continuous Integration systems, like Jenkins, access the results of your deployment.

Installation

The recommended way to install Jenkins is through homebrew:

brew update && brew install jenkins

From now on start Jenkins by running:

jenkins

To store the password in the Keychain of your remote machine, I recommend running sigh or deliver using ssh or remote desktop at least once.

If you're using Jenkins as its own user, you might run into problems with homebrew and phantomjs.

Deploy Strategy

You should not deploy a new App Store update after every commit, since you still have to wait 1-2 weeks for the review. Instead I recommend using Git Tags, or custom triggers to deploy a new update.

You can set up your own Release job, which is only triggered manually.

Plugins

I recommend the following plugins:

HTML Publisher Plugin: Can be used to show the generated screenshots right inside Jenkins.
AnsiColor Plugin: Used to show the coloured output of the fastlane tools. Dont' forget to enable Color ANSI Console Output in the Build Environment or your project.
Rebuild Plugin: This plugin will save you a lot of time.

Build Step

Use the following as your build step:

fastlane appstore --trace

Replace appstore with the lane you want to use. I recommend appending the --trace to make debugging easier in case something goes wrong.

Test Results and Screenshtos

To show the deployment result right in Jenkins

Add post-build action
Publish JUnit test result report
Test report XMLs: fastlane/report.xml

To show the generated screenhots right in Jenkins

Add post-build action
Publish HTML reports
HTML directory to archive: fastlane/screenshots
Index page: screenshots.html

Save and run. The result should look like this:

Tips

`fastlane` Toolchain

deliver: Upload screenshots, metadata and your app to the App Store using a single command
snapshot: Automate taking localized screenshots of your iOS app on every device
frameit: Quickly put your screenshots into the right device frames
PEM: Automatically generate and renew your push notification profiles
sigh: Because you would rather spend your time building stuff than fighting provisioning

Advanced

Lane Context

The different actions can communicate with each other using a shared hash. Access them in your scrips using:

Actions.lane_context[Actions::SharedValues::LANE_NAME] # the name of the current lane

Available variables (put that inside the square brackets of the above snippet)

Actions::SharedValues::BUILD_NUMBER # generated by `increment_build_number`
Actions::SharedValues::SNAPSHOT_SCREENSHOTS_PATH # generated by `snapshot`
Actions::SharedValues::DELIVER_IPA_PATH
Actions::SharedValues::SIGH_PROFILE_PATH # generated by `sigh`
Actions::SharedValues::HOCKEY_DOWNLOAD_LINK #generated by `hockey`

Complex Fastfile Example

before_all do
  ENV["SLACK_URL"] = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/..."

  increment_build_number
  cocoapods
  xctool :test
end

lane :beta do
  sigh :adhoc
  deliver :beta
  hockey({
    api_token: '...',
    ipa: './app.ipa'
  })
end

lane :deploy do
  sigh
  snapshot
  deliver :force
  frameit
end

after_all do |lane|
  slack({
    message: "Successfully deployed a new version."
  })
  say "My job is done here"
end

error do |lane, exception|
  slack({
    message: "An error occured"
  })
end

Snapshot

To skip cleaning the project on every build

snapshot :noclean

Run multiple `lanes`

You can run multiple lanes (in the given order) using

fastlane test inhouse appstore

Keep in mind the before_all and after_all block will be executed for each of the lanes.

Hide the `fastlane` folder

Just rename the folder to .fastlane in case you don't want it to be visible in the Finder.

Load own actions from external folder

Add this to the top of your Fastfile (. is the fastlane folder)

actions_path '../custom_actions_folder/'

Credentials

A detailed description about your credentials is available on a separate repo.

Need help?

If there is a technical problem with fastlane, submit an issue. Run fastlane --trace to get the stack trace.
I'm available for contract work - drop me an email: fastlane@krausefx.com

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file.

Contributing

Create an issue to discuss about your idea
Fork it (https://github.com/KrauseFx/fastlane/fork)
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create a new Pull Request

Files

README.md

Latest commit

History

README.md

File metadata and controls

fastlane

Features

Take a look at the fastlane website for more information about why and when to use fastlane.

Installation

Quick Start

Customise the Fastfile

Lanes

Actions

Custom Shell Scripts

before_all block

after_all block

error block

Extensions

Jenkins Integration

Installation

Deploy Strategy

Plugins

Build Step

Test Results and Screenshtos

Tips

fastlane Toolchain

Advanced

Lane Context

Complex Fastfile Example

Snapshot

Run multiple lanes

Hide the fastlane folder

Load own actions from external folder

Credentials

Need help?

License

Contributing

Take a look at the fastlane website for more information about why and when to use `fastlane`.

Customise the `Fastfile`

`fastlane` Toolchain

Run multiple `lanes`

Hide the `fastlane` folder