Xamarin Continuous Integration and Delivery

Microsoft now provides everything needed for developers to setup a full-featured, automated development pipeline for delivering mobile apps to multiple platforms such as Android and iOS, as well as Windows Phone OS. The toolset is a combination of Xamarin with Visual Studio Team Services and HockeyApp, and the Google Trends lines for all three technologies are solidly in the upward direction. Cost to developers for this toolset is zero, and the benefits are faster time to market and reduced development costs. The major benefit to this book is that it saves developers from having to repeat a tedious manual process that no developer likes to repeat! for each new iteration of an app. The result is an optimized process for delivering apps to customers while guaranteeing quality and helping ensure much-coveted, five-star ratings.

Provides a zero-cost solution for eliminating a pain point in mobile app development A step-by-step guide that saves developers from having to repeat a tedious manual process for each new iteration of an app Presents an optimized process that results in developers getting an increase in much-coveted, five-star ratings

Autorentext
Gerald Versluis is a full-stack software developer and Microsoft MVP from Holland. After years of experience working with Xamarin and .NET technologies, he has been involved in numerous different projects, in all kinds of roles. A great number of these projects are Xamarin apps. Not only does Gerald like to code, but he is also keen on spreading his knowledge - as well as gaining some in the bargain. Gerald involves himself in speaking, providing training sessions and writing blogs and articles in his spare time.

Inhalt

1. Why An Automated Pipeline?.- 2. Establishing the Prerequisites.- 3. Creating Your First Build.- 4. Customizing Your Builds.- 5. Creating and Running Tests With Xamarin Test Cloud.- 6. Integrating Tests into Your Builds.- 7. Preparing for Distribution.- 8. Releasing Your App.- 9. A Closer Look at HockeyApp.- 10. Where to Go from Here.- 11. Appendix A: Alternative Tooling.