Setup CI/CD server

[JoaquimLey]

Since the project will have (at least unit) tests. It makes sense to set up a CI server (also good for demo purposes).

Also look into Firebase test lab

Context

This way the builds will automatically run all the tests, build APKs, deploy to test lanes and to play store. There are some good tools it makes sense to explore

• Bitrise.io https://www.bitrise.io/

• Travis https://www.travis-ci.org/

• CircleCi https://circleci.com/

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There are some cool articles helping out with this:

• Bitrise: https://overflow.buffer.com/2018/02/01/setting-android-projects-bitrise-ci/?utm_content=buffer6ec60&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

  • https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise

• CircleCi (with Firebase test lab): https://medium.com/@ayltai/all-you-need-to-know-about-circleci-2-0-with-firebase-test-lab-2a66785ff3c2

  • https://proandroiddev.com/modular-and-dynamic-app-delivery-android-app-bundle-9bbfac814787

• Travis (make it fast): https://medium.com/zendesk-engineering/speeding-up-android-builds-on-travis-ci-1bb4cdbd9c62

[JoaquimLey]

More links:

• https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/language-android/

• https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/jobs-steps/

• https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/parallelism-faster-jobs/

• https://github.com/DroidKaigi/conference-app-2018/blob/master/.circleci/config.yml