AppCenterAction

Upload artefacts to App Center by GitHub Action.

Summary

Inspired by wzieba/AppCeter-Github-Action, without limitation of executing on runners with a Linux operating system.

Sample usage

name: Build and publish to App Center

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: macos-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set up JDK 17
        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
        with:
          distribution: 'oracle'
          java-version: '17'
      - name: Build release
        run: ./gradlew assembleRelease
      - name: Upload artefact to App Center
        uses: tomisacat/AppCenterAction@main # not published to marketplace yet
        with:
          appName: tomisacat/Sample-App
          token: ${{ secrets.APP_CENTER_TOKEN }}
          group: Testers
          file: /path/to/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-apk-name.apk
          notifyTesters: true
          debug: false

Inputs

appName

Required username followed by App name e.g. wzieba/Sample-App

token

Required Upload token - you can get one from appcenter.ms/settings

group

Required Distribution group (or multiple groups split by ; delimiter)

file

Required Artifact to upload (.apk or .ipa)

buildVersion

Build version parameter required for .zip, .msi, .pkg and .dmg files

buildNumber

Build number parameter required for macOS .pkg and .dmg files

releaseNotes

Release notes visible on release page

gitReleaseNotes

Generate release notes based on the latest git commit

notifyTesters

If set to true, an email notification is sent to the distribution group

debug

If set to true, shows useful debug information from the action execution.