Azure Pipeline & App Center for Xamarin Projects

Take your Xamarin development skills to the next level with this comprehensive course that guides you through the complete journey of building, configuring, and deploying Xamarin Android and Xamarin iOS applications. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this course will equip you with the essential tools and techniques to successfully publish your apps on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

What You'll Learn:

1. Building Release Versions: Generate secure, optimized builds for Android and iOS ready for distribution.

2. Publishing on Google Play: Prepare and submit your app to the Google Play Console with key signing and Play Store requirements.

3. Publishing on the App Store: Navigate the complexities of Apple's App Store submission process, including App Store Connect, certificates, and TestFlight.

Who Is This Course For?

• Xamarin developers eager to launch their first mobile apps

• Software engineers transitioning to mobile development

• Anyone interested in mastering the app publishing lifecycle

Comparison between manual and Azure Pipeline publishing of Android & iOS app

• Xamarin Android App Publishing on Google Play Store Manually

  • Create Keyfile/upload key.

  • Create App on Google Play.

  • Sign .apk with Keyfile/upload key and upload it on Google Play.

• Xamarin iOS App Publishing on Apple App Store Manually

  • Create certificate, Identifier and Profile on Apple developer portal.

  • Install certificate & Provisioning Profile on development machine.

  • Create App on appstoreconnect where iOS app will publish.

  • Sign *.ipa with distribution provisioning and upload signed *.ipa to appstoreconnect using Transporter.

• Azure Pipeline

  • Azure DevOps Basics

  • Azure Pipeline Architecture Overview

  • Azure Pipeline and .yml file

  • Azure Pipeline Tasks

• App Center

  • App center Basics

  • App Center Build Services

  • App Center Distribute Services

  • App Center Distribute Release

  • Connect to Google Play from App Center

  • Connect to Apple App Store from.

    
    

• Azure Pipeline for Xamarin Android Project

  • Create Xamarin Android Pipeline with default tasks

  • Add Key file in Azure Pipeline Library

  • Add Android Signing, App Center Distribute Task and Publish Artifacts task with all required inputs parameters

  • Run task and publish the Android app on Google Play using App center

• Azure Pipeline for Xamarin iOS Project

  • Create Xamarin iOS Pipeline with default tasks.

  • Add .p12 certificate and Distribution Provisioning Profile in Azure Pipeline Library

  • Add Apple Certificate Installation, Apple Provisioning Profile Signing,Publish Artifacts and App Center Distribute task with all required parameter in Pipeline.

  • Run task and publish the iOS app on Apple App store using App center

• Beyond the Basics

• Extension for Azure

• Version Pipeline Task for Android & iOS

• Azure CLI & Bash Pipeline Task

• App Center Service Connection

• DistrbutionStoreID