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Deploying apps to Applivery

Abstract

Applivery is a mobile app distribution platform for iOS and Android that provides a powerful mobile app management and distribution system to simplify app delivery for both testers and employees, with a focus on an easy-to-use experience.

Applivery is a mobile app distribution platform for iOS and Android that provides a powerful mobile app management and distribution system to simplify app delivery for both testers and employees, with a focus on an easy-to-use experience.

Applivery has many features to better manage your in-development and production-ready apps that will help speed up your development, get better feedback and deliver better applications.

Some of the features are:

  • Single or Multi App customized App Stores with a seamless user experience for non-technical users.

  • Multi-track and fully customized app distribution with multiple security configurations including SSO, non-registered users, password protected and unlisted apps.

  • Automatic and forced in-app updates.

  • Feedback and bug reporting.

Combined with Bitrise, you can cover the entire development life cycle, from testing and building to delivery and feedback.

App life cycle with Applivery and Bitrise

Deploying your app to Applivery

  1. Add the Applivery iOS Deploy or the Applivery Android Deploy Step to your Workflow. Make sure you add the Step after the Steps that build your app.

    Applivery Workflow Step
  2. Get your Applivery App Token to link your Bitrise app with your Applivery app. Read more about how to get your App Token.

  3. Open your app on Bitrise and click the Workflows tab to open the Workflow Editor.

  4. Go to the Secrets tab.

  5. Click Add New and type APPLIVERY_APP_TOKEN in the key input field.

  6. Paste your Applivery App Token in the value input field and click Save.

    Configuring Applivery App Token

Configuring the Applivery Step

There are many optional parameters that you can customize for a better and deeper integration:

Input Variables

Type

Description

File path

File

App’s binary file. By default gets $BITRISE_IPA_PATH or $BITRISE_APK_PATH.

App Token

String

Applivery App token. By default gets $APPLIVERY_APP_TOKEN Secret var.

Changelog

String

Additional build/release notes or changelog attached to the deploy.

Notify Collaborators?

Boolean

Automatically notify your project Collaborators vía emai.

Notify Employees?

Boolean

Automatically notify your project Employees vía emai.

Notification message

String

Notification message to be sent along with the email notification.

Tags

String

Comma-separated list of tags to easily identify the build or multitrack App Distribution

Version name

String

Human readable version name for a better identification of the build.

Upload Certificates

Boolean

Download your code signing files from Bitrise Code Signing & Files tab and upload them to Applivery.

Distribution with Applivery

Distribution in Applivery

Applivery provides multiple different ways for app distribution from customized App Stores (public or private) to Distribution Pages (public, private, unlisted, or password-protected shareable installation links). It also enables multitrack app delivery based on the information gathered from your Bitrise workflows, such as GitHub Branches, Tags or customized labels.