Beta testing your React Native app

Making your app available for beta testers and distributing it to play stores

• Fastlane (Android, iOS)
• Firebase App Distribution (Android, iOS)
• Google Play Console (Android)
• TestFlight (iOS)
• App Center (iOS, Android, Windows, Xamarin, React Native)

Fastlane

Fastlane takes screenshots as well. Works well with react native

1# install fastlane on Ubuntu
2sudo apt install -y ruby ruby-dev
3sudo gem install fastlane -NV

• YouTube: Philippe Trepanier - Automate your React Native world with fastlane
• YouTube: MCE^3 - Felix Krause - Continuous Delivery for Mobile Apps Using Fastlane
• Distribute Android apps to testers using fastlane

Automated UI Testing

App Center, Play Console, Firebase Test Lab

App Center

• Continuous integration
• Testing
• Analytics
• Push Notifications
• Live updates (Code Push)

App Center uses fastlane under the hood

• The NEW Visual Studio App Center!
• React Native EU 2019: Nick de Jesus - Continuous Integration With Microsoft App Center

App Center requires you to sign in to App Center (cerate an account or social login), and then download the .apk file and install it. I don’t see this as much different from just sending people a link to the .apk file to download. At least direct downloads don’t make you sign in. And it still gives you that security warning..

And if i open the link (from the email) on my desktop, it tells me the app is not compatible with Linux. Duh.

I prefer Firebase over this.

CodePush vs. RemoteConfig vs. Expo OTA