Building Multiple Apps in One Profile
Depending on the structure of your project(s), at one point there might be a need to produce more than one application from a single codebase.
For this situation, there are two ways to accomplish this goal:
- Configure your relevant file to produce different outputs.
- Android -> Build Variants with Product Flavors
- For iOS -> Creating different Targets with Schemes
- Do the steps manually via custom scripts.
For this task, the developer should configure those from Android Studio or Xcode.
A different Application means a different packagename for Android and different bundleId for iOS.
Using Android Product Flavors and Build Variant to Configure Multiple Apps
The Android Developers document has a detailed guide on how to configure build variants and product flavors:
The assets that you can directly change with the productFlavor
- Package Id -> packageName
- App Name
- App Icon
For more information, check the Android Developer Document on productFlavor
How to Change Variant Programmatically on Appcircle
This method will not be required in common scenarios. Unless you have a special case, it is advised to stick with configuring build.gradle instead, as specified at the Android Developers document.
For example, the script below will change the variant if the built branch is release .
Put this script before the relevant **build **step. E.g. for Android, this script should be executed **before **Android Build step.
Note: This script is in Bash language.
if [ $AC_GIT_BRANCH = 'release' ]; then
echo "AC_VARIANTS=YOUR_FLAVOR" >> $AC_ENV_FILE_PATH
fi
For more information about environment variables, click here.
Using iOS Schemes to Configure Multiple Apps
Creating and controlling multiple Schemes on an Xcode project is fairly easy. Check the Apple Help Documentation about how to create & manage schemes.
The assets that you can directly change with the Schemes
- Bundle ID
- Plist file
- App Icon
For more information about iOS Multiple Targets, navigate to the Apple Help Documentation
How to Change Target Programmatically on Appcircle
This method will not be required in common scenarios. Unless you have a special case, it is advised to configure multiple plist files and bundling them into a single scheme.
For example, the script below will change the scheme if the built branch is release .
Put this script before the relevant **build **step. E.g. for Android, this script should be executed **before **Android Build step.
Note: This script is in Bash language.
if [ $AC_GIT_BRANCH = 'release' ]; then
echo "AC_SCHEME=YOUR_FLAVOR" >> $AC_ENV_FILE_PATH
fi
For more information about environment variables, click here
Testing & Downloading Multiple Apps Through Appcircle
As specified in the Appcircle docs, your multiple outputs will be located on the testing distribution and they will be available for download just like a single application.