How to upload mutiple android apk to firebase app distribution

[burhankhanzada]

I have two variants of my app can want to upload both but only one version is upload

[himesh-cm]

@burhankhanzada
Are you building both variants in a single workflow?
Can you share more context?

[burhankhanzada]

yeah its android workflow with two variants of app one for user and one for admin

[burhankhanzada]

but it will cause code duplication because i have to duplicate all steps just just to publish another varaint

[himesh-cm]

You can create two separate workflows in your single codemagic.yaml file, so yes, you need to duplicate those steps, but since your requirement demands, this is the only option.

[himesh-cm]

Another option would be to do it via REST APIs, you can keep the same workflows and change your parameters for publishing, and it should work fine.
You can find more details here

[burhankhanzada]

Well i have created bash to solve this

upload_to_firebase.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ -z "$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON" ]; then

    echo "service_account_key_json is required"
    exit 1
else

    SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON_PATH=service_account_key.json

    echo "Storing service_account_key_json as service_account_key.json"
    echo "$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON" >$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON_PATH

    cat $SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON_PATH

    echo "Exporting GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=service_account_key.json"
    export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=service_account_key.json
fi

if ! [ -f ".firebaserc" ]; then
    echo ".firebaserc not found"

    echo "Consider adding .firebaserc to remove firebase error"

    echo "Extracting project_id from service_account_key.json"
    PROJECT_ID=$(jq .project_id service_account_key.json)

    echo "Setting firebase project to $PROJECT_ID"
    firebase use --add "$PROJECT_ID"
fi

if [ -n "$APPS_JSON" ]; then

    APPS_JSON_PATH=apps.json

    echo "$APPS_JSON" >$APPS_JSON_PATH

    APPS_COUNT=$(jq '.apps | length' $APPS_JSON_PATH)

    for ((i = 0; i < APPS_COUNT; i++)); do

        APP_ID=$(jq -r .apps["$i"].app_id $APPS_JSON_PATH)
        APP=$(jq -r .apps["$i"].app $APPS_JSON_PATH)
        TESTER_GROUPS=$(jq -r .apps["$i"].groups $APPS_JSON_PATH)

        echo Uploading app at index "$i" with app_id "$APP_ID" from location $APP for "$TESTER_GROUPS" groups

        firebase appdistribution:distribute \
            $APP \
            --app "$APP_ID" \
            --groups "$TESTER_GROUPS"
    done

else
    echo Please add APPS_JSON enviroment varaible
fi

APPS_JSON

{
    "apps": [
        {
            "app_id": "1:23456789:android:123456789123456789",
            "app": "/app.apk",
            "groups": "all"
        },
        {
            "app_id": "1:23456789:android:123456789123456789",
            "app": "/build/app.apk",
            "groups": "testers,qa"
        }
    ]
}

codemagic.yaml

scripts:
      ...
      - name: Upload on firebase app distribution
        script: upload_to_firebase.sh

[himesh-cm]

Thanks for sharing @burhankhanzada