ci: Replace App Center with Firebase for Android distribution

Author: lesterbotello

.azure-pipelines-canary.yml

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ stages:
       removeHyperlinksFromReleaseNotes: true
       BannerVersionNameText: "CANARY"
 
-- stage: AppCenter_TestFlight_Canary
+- stage: FirebaseDistribution_TestFlight_Canary
   condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['IsCanary'], 'true'))
   dependsOn: Build_Canary
 
   jobs:
-  - template: build/stage-release-appcenter.yml
+  - template: build/stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml
     parameters:
       applicationEnvironment: Staging
       deploymentEnvironment: AppCenter

.azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ trigger:
       - main
 
 variables:
+- name: system.debug
+  value: true
 #-if false
 - name: IsReleaseBranch
   value: $[eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main')]
@@ -80,21 +82,17 @@ stages:
       iosVariableGroup: 'ApplicationTemplate.Distribution.Internal.iOS'
       BannerVersionNameText: "STAGING"
 
-- stage: AppCenter_TestFlight_Staging
+- stage: FirebaseDistribution_TestFlight_Staging
   condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['IsLightBuild'], 'false'))
   dependsOn: Build_Staging
   jobs:
-  - template: build/stage-release-appcenter.yml
+  - template: build/stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml
     parameters:
       applicationEnvironment: Staging
-      deploymentEnvironment: AppCenter
-      appCenterWindowsSlug: $(AppCenterWindowsSlug)
-      appCenteriOSSlug: $(AppCenteriOSSlug)
-      appCenterAndroidSlug: $(AppCenterAndroidSlug)
-      androidKeyStoreFile: $(InternalKeystore)
+      deploymentEnvironment: Firebase App Distribution
       androidVariableGroup: 'ApplicationTemplate.Distribution.Internal.Android'
-      appCenterServiceConnectionName: $(AppCenterServiceConnection)
-      appCenterDistributionGroup: $(AppCenterDistributionGroup)
+      serviceConnectionKeyFileName: $(FirebaseAppDistributionServiceConnection)
+      artifactFileName: 'com.nventive.internal.applicationtemplate-Signed.apk'
 
   - template: build/stage-release-appstore.yml
     parameters:
@@ -114,21 +112,17 @@ stages:
       iosCertificateFile: $(AppStoreCertificate)
       iosVariableGroup: 'ApplicationTemplate.Distribution.AppStore'
 
-- stage: AppCenter_Production
+- stage: FirebaseDistribution_Production
   condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['IsLightBuild'], 'false'))
   dependsOn: Build_Production
   jobs:
-  - template: build/stage-release-appcenter.yml
+  - template: build/stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml
     parameters:
       applicationEnvironment: Production
-      deploymentEnvironment: 'AppCenter Prod'
-      appCenterWindowsSlug: $(AppCenterWindowsSlug_Production)
-      appCenteriOSSlug: $(AppCenteriOSSlug_Production)
-      appCenterAndroidSlug: $(AppCenterAndroidSlug_Production)
-      androidKeyStoreFile: $(GooglePlayKeystore)
+      deploymentEnvironment: Firebase App Distribution
       androidVariableGroup: 'ApplicationTemplate.Distribution.GooglePlay'
-      appCenterServiceConnectionName: $(AppCenterServiceConnection)
-      appCenterDistributionGroup: $(AppCenterDistributionGroup)
+      serviceConnectionKeyFileName: $(FirebaseAppDistributionServiceConnection)
+      artifactFileName: 'com.nventive.applicationtemplate-Signed.apk'
 
 - stage: AppStore
   condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['IsLightBuild'], 'false'))

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Prefix your items with `(Template)` if the change is about the template and not
 
 ## 3.6.X
 - Added conventional commit validation stage `stage-commit-validation.yml`
+- Replacing Appcenter with Firebase app distribution for android.
 
 ## 3.5.X
 - Bump Uno packages to 5.2.121 to fix a crash on iOS.

build/stage-release-appcenter.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+parameters:
+  applicationEnvironment: '' # e.g. "Staging", "Production"
+  deploymentEnvironment: '' # e.g. "GooglePlay", "AppStore", "AppCenter" "Firebase App Distribution"
+  androidVariableGroup: ''
+  artifactFileName: ''
+  serviceConnectionKeyFileName: ""
+
+jobs:
+- deployment: Firebase_Android
+  pool:
+    vmImage: $(windowsHostedAgentImage)
+  variables:
+  - group: ${{ parameters.androidVariableGroup }}
+  - name: pathToAab
+    value: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/$(AndroidArtifactName)_${{ parameters.applicationEnvironment }}/${{ parameters.artifactFileName }}'
+  environment: ${{ parameters.deploymentEnvironment }}
+  strategy:
+      runOnce:
+        deploy:
+           steps:
+            # Step 1: Install Firebase tools
+            - script: "npm install -g firebase-tools"
+              displayName: "Install Firebase Tools"
+
+            # Step 2: Download the service connection key file
+            - task: DownloadSecureFile@1
+              inputs:
+                secureFile: ${{ parameters.serviceConnectionKeyFileName }}
+              name: DistributionServiceConnection
+              displayName: "Download Firebase Service Connection"
+
+            # Step 3: Deploy to Firebase App Distribution
+            - script: |
+                echo "Deploying to Firebase App Distribution..."
+                echo "App ID: $(FirebaseAppId)"
+                echo "Path to AAB: $(pathToAab)"
+                $pathWithBackslash = $(pathToAab -replace '/', '\')
+                echo "Path with backslash: $pathWithBackslash"
+                firebase appdistribution:distribute $(pathToAab) --app $(FirebaseAppId) --release-notes "UnoApplicationTemplate" --groups "nventive" --debug
+              env:
+                GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: $(DistributionServiceConnection.secureFilePath)
+              displayName: "Deploy to Firebase"

build/stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   AppCenterServiceConnection: AppCenter-nventive-framework
   AppStoreServiceConnection: AppStore-nventive
   AppCenterCanaryServiceConnection: AppCenter-nventive-framework
+  FirebaseAppDistributionServiceConnection: com.nventive.applicationtemplate.firebaseappdistribution.json
 
   # AppCenter slugs
   # The "app slug" corresponds to the identifiers of the app in AppCenter; to find it, navigate to the app in a browser and;

build/variables.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Azure Pipelines
+# Azure Pipelines
 
 ## Pipeline Code
 This project uses CI/CD pipelines that are implemented as yaml code.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ These pipelines rely on a few variable groups and secrets in order to fully work
 
 At high level, the CI/CD pipelines do the following:
 - **Build** the app in **staging**.
-  - **Deploy** the staging app (to AppCenter and/or TestFlight and GooglePlay).
+  - **Deploy** the staging app (to Firebase app distribution and/or TestFlight).
 - **Build** the app in **production**.
   - **Deploy** the production app (to TestFlight and GooglePlay).
 
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ This is where the exact build steps are defined. These vary depending on the pla
 
 The release stages are even more straigtforward than the build ones. One thing to note is that, for the same reason as it is done at the end of the build steps, a clean-up step is included in every stage.
 
-### AppCenter Release Stage ([stage-release-appcenter.yml](../build/stage-release-appcenter.yml))
-This stage is in charge of pushing the application to AppCenter. It's divided into 2 jobs, one for each platform.
+### Firebase app distribution Release Stage ([stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml](../build/stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml))
+This stage is in charge of pushing the application to Firebase app distribution. Only for Android.
 
 ### Apple AppStore Release Stage ([stage-release-appstore.yml](../build/stage-release-appstore.yml))
 This stage is in charge of pushing the iOS version to the Apple AppStore. Given that the build stage signs the application, this is as simple as using the proper task and pushing the **IPA** file. This should only be run for configurations that properly sign the application.
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ This pipelines creates a branch on which it commits a version of the latest code
 ### Canary Deployment
 This pipelines triggers automatically when a new branch is created and pushed by the previous pipeline. It takes the new code, builds it, and deploys so that it can be manually tested.
 
-This pipeline uses the same build and release stages as the main CI/CD pipeline of the app.
+This pipeline uses the same build and release stages as the main CI/CD pipeline of the app.

doc/AzurePipelines.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "build", "build", "{6E8378CB
 		..\build\canary-merge.yml = ..\build\canary-merge.yml
 		..\build\gitversion-config.yml = ..\build\gitversion-config.yml
 		..\build\stage-build.yml = ..\build\stage-build.yml
-		..\build\stage-release-appcenter.yml = ..\build\stage-release-appcenter.yml
+		..\build\stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml = ..\build\stage-release-firebase-app-distribution.yml
 		..\build\stage-release-appstore.yml = ..\build\stage-release-appstore.yml
 		..\build\stage-release-googleplay.yml = ..\build\stage-release-googleplay.yml
 		..\build\steps-build-android.yml = ..\build\steps-build-android.yml