/course/mobile-ci-pipelines
CI Pipelines for Mobile Builds
YAML guardrails, signing secrets, and artifact promotion you can explain to security.
Overview
GitHub Actions and generic CI patterns for matrix builds, caching, and signed artefact promotion. Secrets handling emphasises least privilege—not buzzwords.
Included focus areas
- Matrix strategies per OS
- Gradle/Ruby bundler cache tuning
- Match/fastlane outline without endorsing a single vendor
- Artifact attestation notes
- PR preview builds for RN
- Failure notification templates
- Rollback playbook tied to tags
Outcomes
- Author a CI YAML snippet for dual-platform build
- List secret scopes for your org
- Define promotion gates for internal tracks
Lead mentor
Ravi Menon
Platform engineer; reduced CI minutes for a national retailer app.
FAQ
Discussed; cloud-hosted is the default lab path.
Concept mapping only; YAML examples are GitHub Actions-shaped.
We document common failure codes; Apple systems change without notice.
Experience notes
“CI Pipelines course gave us a promotion diagram security actually accepted—took two drafts, mentor feedback was specific.”
“Matrix caching section alone saved maybe ten minutes a build—not flashy, measurable.”