Appcircle Enterprise App Store

Appcircle Enterprise Mobile App Store is your own mobile app store for providing access to in-house apps with a customizable mobile storefront.

• Customizable Storefront: Distribute your in-house apps with a fully customizable mobile storefront.
• Secure Distribution: Everything you need for secure, streamlined distribution of your in-house apps.
• No MDM Required: Allows distribution of B2B and B2E applications without the need for an MDM solution and enrollment.

Learn more about Appcircle Enterprise App Store.

What Sets Apart Appcircle Enterprise Mobile App Store

1. Direct File Sharing:
   • Skip Traditional Stores: Share .IPA, APK, or AAB files directly, avoiding the need to wait for Apple App Store or Google Play approvals.
2. Flexible Sharing Options:
   • Beta and Live Modes: Share your app in ‘beta’ mode for testing new features or identifying bugs, or in ‘live’ mode for stable versions. This flexibility helps maintain the development lifecycle without interruptions.
3. Enhanced Security:
   • Secure Authentication: Access the Enterprise Mobile App Store with extra secure authentication using Enterprise Authentication Methods.
   • Controlled Access: Ensure that only authorized users can access the app store and its contents.
4. Customizable Mobile Storefront:
   • Tailored Experience: Provide a customizable mobile storefront for your in-house apps, ensuring a tailored experience that aligns with your brand and user needs.
5. No MDM Requirement:
   • Simplified Distribution: Distribute B2B and B2E applications without the need for a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution or enrollment, reducing complexity and costs.
6. Streamlined Workflow:
   • Seamless Integration: Integrates smoothly with your existing workflow, making it easy to manage and distribute apps within your organization.
   • Efficient Management: Track and manage applications, versions, testers, and teams effectively, ensuring a smooth distribution process.

These features make the Appcircle Enterprise Mobile App Store a powerful tool for securely and efficiently distributing in-house applications, offering flexibility, enhanced security, and a streamlined workflow.

System Requirements

Compatible Agents:

• macos-14 (arm64)
• Ubuntu-22.04

Note: Currently, plugins are only compatible to use with Appcircle Cloud. Self-hosted support will be available in future releases.

Generating/Managing the Personal API Tokens

To generate a Personal API Token:

1. Go to the My Organization screen (second option at the bottom left).
2. Find the Personal API Token section in the top right corner.
3. Press the "Generate Token" button to generate your first token.

How to use Appcircle Enterprise Store Action

- name: Publish App to Appcircle Enterprise App Store
  id: store-publish-to-appcircle
  uses: appcircleio/appcircle-enterprise-app-store-githubaction
  with:
    personalAPIToken: ${{ secrets.AC_PERSONAL_API_TOKEN }}
    appPath: APP_PATH
    summary: SUMMARY
    releaseNotes: RELEASE_NOTES
    publishType: PUBLISH_TYPE # "0": None, "1": Beta, "2": Live

• personalAPIToken: The Appcircle Personal API token is utilized to authenticate and secure access to Appcircle services, ensuring that only authorized users can perform actions within the platform.
• appPath: Indicates the file path to the application that will be uploaded to Appcircle Testing Distribution Profile.
• releaseNote: Contains the details of changes, updates, and improvements made in the current version of the app being published.
• Summary: Used to provide a brief overview of the version of the app that is about to be published.
• publishType: Specifies the publishing status as either none, beta, or live, and must be assigned the values "0", "1", or "2" accordingly.

Leveraging Environment Variables

Utilize environment variables seamlessly by substituting the parameters with ${{ envs.VARIABLE_NAME }} in your task inputs. The action automatically retrieves values from the specified environment variables within your pipeline.

Ensure that this action is added after build steps have been completed.

If two workflows start simultaneously, the last workflow to reach the publish step will be the up-to-date version on the Enterprise App Store. If these workflows building the same package version, the first publish will be successful, while later deployments with the same version will fail.

If you would like to learn more about this action and how to utilize it in your projects, please contact us

Reference

For more detailed instructions and support, visit the Appcircle Enterprise App Store documentation.