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Cecelia Martinez
Cecelia Martinez
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Deploying React Native apps manually on a local machine can be complex. The differences between Android and iOS require developers to use specific tools and processes for each platform, including hardware requirements for iOS. Manual deployments also make it difficult to manage signing credentials, environment configurations, track releases, and to collaborate as a team.


Appflow is the cloud mobile DevOps platform built by Ionic. Using a service like Appflow to build React Native apps not only provides access to powerful computing resources, it can simplify the deployment process by providing a centralized environment for managing and distributing your app to multiple platforms. This can save time and resources, enable collaboration, as well as improve the overall reliability and scalability of an app.


In this workshop, you’ll deploy a React Native application for delivery to Android and iOS test devices using Appflow. You’ll also learn the steps for publishing to Google Play and Apple App Stores. No previous experience with deploying native applications is required, and you’ll come away with a deeper understanding of the mobile deployment process and best practices for how to use a cloud mobile DevOps platform to ship quickly at scale.

This workshop has been presented at React Summit 2023, check out the latest edition of this React Conference.

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AppFlow is a platform for building cross-platform applications similar to React Native. It supports various types of apps including Ionic, React Native, Swift, and Kotlin. It is designed to work well with cross-platform development.

Cecilia Creates is a developer advocate for AppFlow. She has a background in web development and has previously worked at Cypress and RePlay, which are open source dev tools. Her username is @CeciliaCreates on Twitter and GitHub, and she can be reached via email at [email protected].

To build apps with AppFlow, you will need a Git repository of a React Native app, Xcode, and Android Studio. You will also need an AppFlow account, and if you plan to deploy to the App Store, you will need an Apple Developer account and an App Store Connect account.

You can automate the versioning of your app builds using a tool called Trapeze. This tool updates the iOS build number and Android version code based on the CI build number environment variable, ensuring that each build has a unique version number.

A signing certificate is required to validate the identity of the app creator and to ensure that the app has not been modified since it was created. It is necessary for all iOS builds and Android release builds. For iOS, both a signing certificate and a provisioning profile are needed.

You can generate a signing certificate for iOS using Xcode. Open your project in Xcode, go to settings, select your Apple ID, and manage certificates. Create a new development or distribution certificate and export it as a P12 file with a password.

Common reasons for App Store rejection include crashes and bugs, broken links or incomplete information, privacy policy issues, unclear data access requests, substandard UI, static web content, and not enough lasting value.

TestFlight is a tool built into App Store Connect that allows you to distribute beta versions of your app to testers. Testers download the TestFlight app on their devices and can provide feedback through built-in tools. It's used for internal testing before the app is released on the App Store.

Internal testing allows you to share your app with up to 100 testers for initial QA. Alpha (closed) testing allows a wider group to test the app before it's fully configured. Beta (open) testing makes the app available on the Google Play Store with the understanding that it's still in the testing phase.

To create a debug build in AppFlow, import your app repository, select the commit you want to build from, choose the platform (iOS or Android), select the build stack, choose 'debug' as the build type, and initiate the build. For Android, you can scan a QR code to install the APK on your device.

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Cecelia Martinez
Cecelia Martinez
88 min
23 May, 2023

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